{"id":608,"date":"2016-07-12T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/rural-japan\/?page_id=608"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:30:38","slug":"kitakata-sake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/rural-japan\/kitakata-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakata Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Try Kitakata's Internationally Acclaimed Sake<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Located in the north-west section of the Aizu basin, beautiful mountains surround Kitakata. Mt. Iide, the fountainhead of Kitakata's tasty sake, lies to\u00a0the north. Pure white snow decorates Mt. Iide during the fall harvest. When the snow starts to melt in spring, the crystal-clear runoff\u00a0water slowly streams into the plains. Kitakata uses this high-quality stream water to make miso, soy sauce, and sake. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Kitakata Sake makes a name for itself not only in Fukushima and Japan but also internationally. A brewery in Kitakata won the world sake contest the \u201cInternational Wine Challenge\u201d in 2015 and 2016. Kitakata has one of the highest ratios in Japan between sake production and population. 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