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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.

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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 [...]

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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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