Love To Drink SAKE. Visited Sake Brewery Museum

Yamagata Prefecture is famous for its rice production. The census of 2008 said Yamagata was ranked 2nd out of 47 prefectures regarding the rice yield. That means Yamagata is also famous for the production of rice wine, a.k..a Japanese sake.  According to the data of 2009, there are 57 sake breweries in the Yamagata region which is 7th-ranked in the nation. The consumption of sake is also high. It was ranked 3rd in 2009. People in Yamagata definitely love to drink.

There are several sake breweries in the Yonezawa area and Toko Brewery is probably the biggest sake production company in this area.  I and my friend visited a museum of them. It was a quite interesting place. You can taste their sake products at the museum. Unfortunately I couldn’t drink them because I had to drive.

FYI:

Toko Brewery Museum: http://en.yamagata-info.com/kanko/okitama/culture/shuzo_siryokan.html

Toko Brewery Museum (Japanese): http://www.tokonosakagura.com

Toko Brewery (Japanese): http://www.sake-toko.co.jp/main.php

Stats in Japan & Yamagata: http://stats-japan.com/t/tdfk/yamagata