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Clear water rushing through fresh green forest at the Oirase Stream

02 / 11 — TOHOKU

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.

Photographed in Towada, AomoriPhoto: Daderot / Public domain

PREFECTURES

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

2 producers on record

01

SAKE

  1. 01Dewazakura Sake Brewery出羽桜酒造EST. 1892
02

WINE FROM JAPAN

  1. 01Takahata Winery高畠ワイナリーEST. 1990

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Mountain stream — Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons