WATER SHAPES THE DRINK
Does water shape the drink?
Mashing, rice washing, dilution — water is the first ingredient of every drink. But "this water, therefore this taste" is a claim no one can make.
06 / 47 — TOHOKU · JAPAN
Yamagata, in the Tohoku region. On record: Sake, Japanese Wine.
Regional context image (photographed in Towada, Aomori)Photo: 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.
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SAKE
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WINE FROM JAPAN
Drinks
Geographical Indications
- GI YamagataSAKE · 2016-12-16
- GI YamagataWINE · 2021-06-30
SOURCES
- 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26
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PHOTO CREDITS
All image credits →- 1Mountain stream — Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons