Kyoto Foodie is a blog site dedicated to the culinary culture of Kyoto, Japan.
Posted in in depth, sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jun 23rd, 2008
Kyoto Sake: Learning to Make Hannari Brand Umeshu in Fushimi - part 2 (北川本家はんなり梅酒)
Hannari Brand Umeshu: The tastes of Kyoto are subtle and refined, this umeshu was designed to be hannari, or delicate. In addition to classic umeshu, there are four imaginatively ‘Kyoto’ flavored versions; cinnamon, yuzu, green tea and shiso.
Posted in in depth, sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jun 18th, 2008
Kyoto Sake: Learning to Make Umeshu (Japanese plum liqueur) in Fushimi - part 1
Umeshu: Japanese plums, called ume (梅) are mainly used to flavor alcohol and vinegar and to make the incredible umeboshi, pickled plum. In early summer, it is popular to make ume flavored alcohol, called umeshu (梅酒) at home, but we were fortunate [...]
Posted in Japanese culture, sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), shinise on May 24th, 2008
Taue (Rice Planting): Planting Yamada Nishiki in Rural Kyoto Prefecture for Next Year’s Sake
Taue (田植) means rice planting, or properly, rice transplanting as seedlings are first grown in a protected area such as a greenhouse and then transplanted to the rice paddy. Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery (Learning to Make Sake series) contracts with rice farmers [...]
Posted in day trip from Kyoto, sake, sake brewery (酒蔵) on May 13th, 2008
Kikizake: Sake and Shochu Tasting Event
Kikizake: A very large tasting event was held featuring premium sake breweries and shochu distilleries over the weekend which Peko was lucky enough to attend.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 28th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 22nd, 2008
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.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 13th, 2008
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.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jan 26th, 2008
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, [...]
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jan 25th, 2008
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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Kyoto Foodie: Where and what to eat in Kyoto
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