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A sugidama cedar ball with straw rope and paper streamers hanging against a white wall

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Iwate, in the Tohoku region. Producers are still being researched.

Photographed in Morioka, IwatePhoto: Daderot / Public domain

REGIONAL CONTEXT

Deep snow, and water running down from the mountains.

Six prefectures divided by the Ou Mountains, with distinct Sea of Japan and Pacific climates. Winter cold, snowmelt and wide rice paddies form the backdrop to drink-making here.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
IWATEN 39.70°  E 141.15°

Producers here are still being researched. We do not display categories that aren't on record.

Geographical Indications

  • GI IwateSAKE · 2023-09-25

SOURCES

  1. 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Sugidama — Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons