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Toyama
Sake features
Despite a refreshing taste, it has a certain mellow complexity, and is satisfying to drink, so it is perfect for enhancing the taste of dishes.
This inner profundity is an aspect unique to Toyama sake, and it has netted it many fans, who rave that the sake is "like the people of Toyama." Currently, about 20 breweries in Toyama vie with each other to make the most traditional sake. Every brewery has a high ratio of usage of brewer's rice like Yamada Nishiki, Gohyakumangoku, and others, with this exceeding 80% on the whole.
This is much higher than the national average of just over 20%, and this commitment to the rice is probably linked to the unique richness and mellowness of the resulting sake.
This inner profundity is an aspect unique to Toyama sake, and it has netted it many fans, who rave that the sake is "like the people of Toyama." Currently, about 20 breweries in Toyama vie with each other to make the most traditional sake. Every brewery has a high ratio of usage of brewer's rice like Yamada Nishiki, Gohyakumangoku, and others, with this exceeding 80% on the whole.
This is much higher than the national average of just over 20%, and this commitment to the rice is probably linked to the unique richness and mellowness of the resulting sake.
Regional characteristic
- Good quality water is essential for sake brewing. Toyama is a land rich in high-quality water.
It has considerable snowfall and is covered with a blanket of silver in winter. In particular, the snowfall in mountainous areas such as the Tateyama mountain range is world-class, and in many places, 15m to 20m falls annually.
The melted snow becomes beautiful water, making Toyama's sake famous and noteworthy for its quality. A whopping eight places, the largest number in the country, have been selected as among the Top 100 Famous Waters. - 80% of the rice used is rice intended exclusively for sake. This brewer's rice is rice that has been selectively bred to be suitable for sake brewing.
Compared to rice for consumption, it has larger granules, contains less protein, and has a large core at the center, so it absorbs water and converts to sugar more easily.
Well-known brands of brewer's rice include Yamada Nishiki and Gohyakumangoku. Generally speaking, only about 20% of rice used in sake brewing is rice grown explicitly for that purpose, but sake in Toyama uses 80%.
This rate of usage is the highest in Japan. This imparts a mellow and flavorful taste to Toyama's sake.
Prefecture description
Toyama Prefecture is located on the main island of Honshu in Japan. The Hida Mountains soaring above the prefecture are known for their hot springs and ski resorts. Toyama City, the eponymous prefectural capital, is the starting point for the 90-kilometer Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. Along this popular tourist route, you can visit Mount Tateyama (one of the Three Sacred Mountains of Japan), the crater lake Mikurigaike, and the 186-meter-high Kurobe Dam, which can be visited by bus, cable car, or ropeway.
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