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It is called a cedar ball or a sake forest.

Sake is made from rice harvested every fall and is prepared during the cold season from winter to early spring. This cedar ball informs you that young sake was made when you squeezed the brewed sake.

At Omiwa-jinja Srine in Nara Prefecture, where the god of sake is celebrated, a festival is held on November 14 every year to pray for the safety of sake brewing. At that time, it is said that the custom of decorating cedar balls with a diameter of about 1.5m was gradually transmitted nationwide from the Edo period.

In this month's news, a UNESCO rating agency recommended that "traditional sake brewing" such as sake and shochu be registered in Intangible Cultural Property. It seems that registration will be officially decided next month. I hope that the wonderfulness of Japanese sake and culture will be transmitted.

Why don't you take a walk in Ningyocho, where the downtown atmosphere remains?

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　Nihonbashi Ningyocho neighborhood

◆Sugitama-style landmark (November 2021)

◆Tenku Shrine (November 2020) in Ginza, Akimin