Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 5
Fushimi, Kyoto still has some beautiful places and offers a glimpse into what Fushimi must have been like before industrialization. I took my camera around the neighborhood and visited Okinaya, a small shop run by Kitagawa Honke. Okinaya sells Kitagawa’s Tomio [...]
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Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 4
I visited the Kitagawa Honke sake brewery to see the pressing of the mash for Daiginjo.
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Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 3
I went back to the Kitagawa Honke sake brewery to check-up on the progress of lot no. 18.
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Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 2
This morning I awoke at 5am, opened the window and looked out at Kitayama, the North Mountains of Kyoto to see everything covered in heavy, wet snow.
At 7am, amid heavy snowflakes, I was met by Yukihiro Kitagawa, outside his sake brewery, [...]
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Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto - Part 1
This morning I awoke at 5:00, opened the window and looked out at Kitayama, the North Mountains of Kyoto to see everything covered in heavy snow.
At 7am, amid heavy snowflakes, I was met by Yukihiro Kitagawa, outside his sake brewery, [...]
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