The family of our craftsman, Yamana Shuzo, descended at the origin of Yamana Sozen, a Kanto samurai faithful to Yoritomo, General of the Minamoto clan, known to be responsible for the whirlwomen in the capital during the war. Onin at the time Muromachi. Subsequently, he fled his estate to escape intrafamily quarrels and changed his last name in Funakawa near the Kozenji Temple in Kasuga-Machi where he hidden.
In 1716, he moved to the current site of Ueda, Ichijima-cho and returned to his family name, Yamana, and began brewing Sake, which would be the origin of his distant ancestors.
The Hyogo Prefecture is the largest rice producer in Saké in Japan and has the reputation of selecting excellent varieties, including Yamada-Nishiki, the King of Rice in Sake. The Tamba region, where the brewery is located, is also the birthplace of Tamba Toji, one of the three great toji (chief brewers) of Japan. As a city where the Sake brewing technicians are born, she brought her skills in many parts of Japan throughout the long history of the bracking of the Sake.
The oldest Sake brewery in the Tamba region, which has a certain benefit in terms of raw materials and technology, is the one that continues to produce saké until today.
The brewery uses the spring water of Mount Shinikeji drawn from the wells of the brewery. The name of the brewery is "Kamiike-ji", an old temple of the tendai sect, located on Mount Myoko, which is rising to the east of Ichijima Island. The name "Kami No Ike No Temple" would come from the "clear pond" located at the top of the mountain, a mysterious pond that never dries, regardless of the degree of sunshine. The slightly alkaline fresh water flowing from there to the brewery is suitable for the brewing of the Sake with a sweet taste.
This flattering saké offers aromas of melon, muscat grape, pear Nashi. The very fresh and fruity mouth surprises with a pretty acidity and a lot of softness, notes of apple, honey and lemon then raisin muscat very mature and juicy.
Our perfect agreements : aperitif, fruit salad, fruit tartlets (raspberry)
