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Sake made from "Ginza Sake Rice" grown here is commercialized.

Last year's rice was also Junmai daiginjo sake "Hakuzuru Shoun Junmai Daiginjo Ginza Tenku Farm Hakuzuru Nishiki".

This year, due to rice planting on May 24, Shiratsuru Nishiki, the United States of Sake, debuted in 2023.

※　Click here for an article about rice planting this year.

⇒　https://tokuhain.chuo-kanko.or.jp/detail.php?id=3960

※　Click here for an article on the growth of rice as of this summer.

⇒　https://tokuhain.chuo-kanko.or.jp/detail.php?id=4168

Here, about Hakutsuru Sake Brewery's original sake rice "Hakutsuru Nishiki" ...

Sake rice (Sakamai) is rice that is the raw material of sake.

Shiratsuru Sake Brewery is for the development of excellent sake rice. We started breeding Hakutsuru Nishiki with the aim of elucidating the excellent characteristics of Yamada Nishiki, the best variety of sake rice, and developing even better sake rice.

In 1995, we started crossing the varieties "Wataribune", the father of Yamada Nishiki, and the mother "Yamadabo", and the excellent varieties were registered as "Hakutsuru Nishiki" in 2007.

Rosemari has been introducing rice planting and rice harvesting at Tenku Farm in succession since rice harvesting in 2017.

In this year's Tenku Farm, rice planting was done about three weeks earlier than usual.

The reason for this is "to increase the sunshine hours."

Heading is one week earlier than last year, and rice harvesting is several days earlier than usual.

It seems that we have had enough sunshine hours.

On October 17th, the long-awaited rice harvesting was carried out.

The weather is fine, the wind hardly blows, and it is a perfect day for rice harvesting.

Approximately 30 employees of Hakutsuru Sake Brewery participated in the rice harvesting work on the day.

Before starting rice harvesting, the work procedure for rice harvesting was explained.

①　Hold the sickle with a handy hand and grab the rice stem with a hand opposite to the hand.

At that time, make sure that the thumb of the hand holding the stem is facing upward.

If you disagree, if you notice it, it will be "no thumb!", So be sure to cut your thumb upwards because it is very dangerous.

②　Normally, rice harvesting is cut from 1cm to 3cm from the ground, but this time after leaving about one piece of genko, at 5cm to 10cm from the ground, press the jagged part of the sickle and slide diagonally to cut it.

At this time, I think I want to make it as a saw, but instead, slide it and cut it like a sharp cut.

I have to pull out the remaining shares, so please keep them as long as possible.

③　With the harvested rice, we will continue to cut it for about 5 to 6 shares until we can no longer hold it.

If you can't have it, I think there is a staff member who can tie the rice nearby, so please give it to you.

④　Place the harvested rice on a side wooden deck or on a stone at the edge of the rice field so that the ears do not touch the soil.

⑤　The rice harvested from 5 to 6 strains is tied together with a string as one bundle.

At this time, a butterfly knot is fine, but if possible, I want you to keep this out, so it is okay to tighten it.

In that case, if weeds enter the bunch, they will be removed later, so if weeds are in, remove them and tie them.

⑥　Work separately for those who cut rice with a sickle and those who bundle them with strings.

It is difficult to continue in the same position all the time, so please take turns in the team as appropriate.

Please work slowly and fine while watching the surroundings.

This time, we also took care of Ayumi Yamada, a sales support group at the Tokyo branch office of Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

Mr. Yamada is the team leader of Hakutsuru Ginza Tenku Farm.

After 10:00 am, we went up to the roof of the building and started rice harvesting for 17 years.

This year's special guest, 2023 Miss SAKE Rin Akita Takahashi, and 2023 Miss SAKE Fukuoka Otani Shiori entered the rice field with Hakutsuru Sake Brewery employees and harvested rice. Was.

With the policy setting of "Do not spill any grain and do not waste it", a small amount of rice is valued in poly buckets like this.

The rice is gradually harvested and bundled with strings.

The harvested rice is on the rice rack at the drying stage, as shown at the back right of the image above.

At a later date, the rice harvesting will be completed, leaving the rice harvesting fields for elementary school students.

Speaking of Shiratsuru's pose, "Maru", right?

This is an interview with Ayumi Yamada, team leader of Hakutsuru Ginza Tenku Farm.

The person in the image above is Mr. Yamada.

Mr. Yamada, thank you for your hard work today. This year's rice harvesting was also good.

It was early, it was very fast.

What is the best fruit this year?

I'm saying it every year (laughs). But I think it's good.

It is said that this year (rice fruit) is severe nationwide due to the intense heat, but I feel good (Tenku Farm).

It wasn't directly affected by the typhoon this year.

Well, yes, there was no typhoon, and there was no problem with water shortage.

Well, I know that the wind is strong from the beginning.

It's best that there was no typhoon.

ーFrom now on, this rice will be polished for grade testing.

It's November 14th, this year.

ーYou decided the day of rice harvesting by calculating backward according to the day of the grade inspection.

Still, I have a little room, than usual.

-In fact, it would have been better to harvest rice if the rain was not on the rice field and dry it.

Well, it was good to dry, but I'm sorry that it fell unexpectedly on Sunday (two days ago).

Well, I can't help it. But the rice planting and rice harvesting here is always blessed with good weather.

Thank you very much for the weather. I'm quite a bit of rain (laughs).

・・Thank you very much, Mr. Yamada.

Ayumi Fujishiro of Seibu Landscaping, who is helping this sky farm, received a comment.

The person in the image above is Mr. Fujishiro.

"I was very worried this summer because it was a hot summer, but every year I thought it would be the best (rice growth) this year, so I am working on rice harvesting, but this year I was able to do it best. I think it's not. "

This is an interview with this year's special guest, 2023 Miss SAKE Rin Akita Takahashi.

ーWhen I participated in rice planting, I was interviewed.

I put it in an article about rice planting.

Thank you very much.

How was it today? It's time to harvest rice.

Well, it was easier than when I planted rice (laughs).

Well, last time I heard that rice planting was done at school.

I had done it when I was little.

What is rice harvesting?

It's my first time.

I didn't think I would cut it in such a place with a sickle.

I have a lot of power and I'm sweating slowly.

Mr. Takahashi is a liquor expert, so he was the manager of Shirokane Takanawa's izakaya "Retsu, Pickling and Smoking".

That's right.

How this rice will be next year, will it be sake?

Oh, yes.

I'm looking forward to it.

ーWhat would you recommend during this period if you could combine sake with local Akita food?

Food, yes, there are a lot of delicious food in autumn, mushrooms.

I may combine rice and rice, cooked rice may become a little fat, but rice and rice are very compatible.

Along with that, rice while drinking with autumn salmon or cold grated.

Do you have any recommended dishes at the restaurant?

Well, you can enjoy autumn salmon and cooked rice at the shop too.

It's hot from this time.

Well, it's going to be delicious.

This year, the summer season was long, so it was a delicious season for hot sake that we finally waited for.

Thank you very much, Mr. Takahashi.

Next is Shiori Otani, 2023 Miss Sake Fukuoka.

Is it Fukuoka?

Yes, I moved to Tokyo in July, but I was born and raised in Fukuoka.

There was a "company employee."

I'm leaving the company here, yes.

It seems that there are a lot of hobbies, myths, folk tales.

When I was a child, I liked Japanese mythology and books, and became interested in nature and Japanese culture.

It's a hot season, isn't it?

I'm hot all year round.

Oh, that's right.

What would you like to combine it with sake as a Fukuoka food at this time?

In Fukuoka, there are a lot of delicious things, but I think it's a time when water-cooked, motsunabe and hot pots become very delicious.

You can get vegetables and drink.

I see. Haiku is also a hobby.

I don't suddenly do a phrase (accepting Rosmari's intention) (laughs).

Well, I think I want to write it.

ーWhat have you done about rice planting and rice harvesting?

I've never experienced rice planting in my childhood, but I haven't done it until I cut it.

Do you mean that it's the first time to cut it?

It was really fun. It's easy and I'm impressed that it's fruitful.

ーThis rice will also be transformed into delicious sake.

Yes, I'm looking forward to it.

ー Next year, in Ginza, sake made from rice here will be sold.

I think I'll buy it.

I want to buy it and enjoy it with my family.

Thank you very much, Mr. Otani.

・・・ I can't wait for that day when the harvested sake rice becomes a fine sake.

As you can see in the image, everyone was working on rice harvesting with a wonderful smile that spills out.

So I'm sure you will be able to have delicious sake again.

In addition, the daily state of Tenku Farm is also distributed on SNS. Please take a look.

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5-12-5, Ginza

Close to Higashi-Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (also close to Ginza Station)

It's a building opposite the traffic light corner of Kabukiza.

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Click here for the website of Hakutsuru Sake Brewery.

⇒　http://www.hakutsuru.co.jp/