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10/27 Fuji Vinegar Brewery Tour

Familiar with "Fuji Vinegar"!
1893Founded in the year,50We have been using only pesticide-free rice for a long time,
We toured the brewery of Iio Jozo Co., Ltd., which manufactures everything from rice to sake, from sake to vinegar!
The participants are the teachers of the regular cooking school.

The location is two hours by car from Osaka, Kyoto is in Tango and Miyazu.
Miyazu is a town with Amanohashidate, one of the three most scenic spots in Japan.
It used to prosper in Tango chirimen, marine products, and the brewing industry, and during the Edo period, ships coming and going in the Sea of ​​Japan came to Miyazu.The classical townscape that makes you feel the remnants of that time is also a tourist spot.

Start with a meal.
Southern Italian restaurant run by Iio JozoI visited aceto.Read Acetto.It means "vinegar" in Italian.built120The building, which was an old private house renovated into a restaurant, has a very stylish atmosphere.
A chef who honed his skills in Sicily prepares fresh seafood from Wakasa Bay, using less oil and butter.It is an excellent Italian dish that brings out the flavor of the ingredients.

Purple sweet potato vinegar beer with honey


Fuji vinegar rice (aged brown rice) Miyazu fish


Linguine Watari crab Sundried tomato


Red sea bream sautéed clams Tanba black edamame


Apple pie


Mr. Toshiro Akiyama, head brewer of Iio Brewery.
Under the fifth generation owner, Tango, which has first-class ingredients, is making efforts to make it a "town of gastronomy" in 10 years.



aceto
http://www.m-harbor.jp/gourmet/aceto/



After the meal, we moved to Iio Jozo.

The storehouse is crowded with tanks.Climb up the ladder and take a peek, and feel the heat from the surface of the vinegar being brewed.There is a temperature difference between the surface and the bottom, and fermentation progresses due to natural convection.



Chairman Takeshi Iio gave us a tour of the brewery.

 

Iio Jozo's representative product, Fuji Vinegar, is characterized by the use of only pesticide-free new rice.
For example, "Junmai Fuji Vinegar" is made from only rice and water.1per liter200grice.this isYESOf the standard5Double the amount.The vinegar, made with plenty of rice, has a rich and umami flavor.



In addition, compared to general vinegar,12double the time,10While spending double the cost, the selling price is2I'm surprised that it's about twice as much!


In the tasting of vinegar, I tried 10 kinds.





As a vinegar to drink for health and beauty, purple yam vinegar is recommended.
Rich in anthocyanin, a type of antioxidant and polyphenol, it is ideal for anti-aging.



As a result of continuing to drink purple yam vinegar, it seems that the chairman and employees have lost their visceral fat and lost weight!
If you are interested, please visit the brewery and listen to the process of how vinegar is made and the effects of vinegar.

Iio brewery and brewery tour
https://www.iio-jozo.co.jp/about/kura




Finally, the party visits Motoise Kono Shrine.
It is an ancient shrine called Moto-Ise because of the legend that Amaterasu Omikami and Toyouke no Omikami were transferred from this place to Ise Jingu.



I climbed the mountain by cable car and looked at Amanohashidate.



As the evening of autumn approached, I left Tango with gratitude for the clear weather that had lasted all day.