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Kizakura Sake Brewery Kappa (Water Goblins/河童)Museum in Kyoto!

Kizakura/黄桜 sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto City is not only famous for its sake and sake Museum bu also for a collection of Kappa/河童 or water C\Goblins of the Japanese legend which made the Kizakura sake Brewery TV d\ads so famous all over the country

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The “Kizakura Kappa Country” Museum was opened inside the precincts in 1995!

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The entrance!

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Beautiful swimming golden kappa!

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The sake breweries in Fushimi, Kyoto are renown for the underground water they use!
Actually anyone is free to collect such water inside the brewery during business hours!

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Kizakura Brewery sake barrels!

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Antique sake brewery tool collection!

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A double collector’s item:
A Kizakura Brewery antique metallic billboard and a traditional “fune/sake press”!

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A very sexy well-endowed female kappa!

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Kappa tableware!

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Antique Kappa Mask!

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Dressed to kill?

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Kappa figurines!

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African expat kappa?

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Kappa’s morphology!

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Drawings collection 1!

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Drawings collection 2!

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Drawings collection 3!

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The author who created such lovely female kappa for the TV ads!

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Sake Brewing Museum at Kizakura Brewery in Kyoto!

Fushimi/伏見 District in the southern mountains of Kyoto City accounts for no less than 26 sake breweries in all Kyoto Fu/Kyoto Prefecture. Among them Kizakukura Brewery is especially attractive with their free entrance museums.
You ought to visit the sake brewing museum in particular.
It shows only the main process and in Japanese, but the models accompanying the explanations are a sight!

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Rice milling/精米歩合

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Washing/洗米

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Washing/洗米

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Steaming/蒸米

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Steaming/蒸米

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Cooling/放冷

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Cooling/放冷

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Kouji making/麹作り

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Kouji making/麹作り

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Fermenting Starter making/もとつくり

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Fermenting starter making/もとつくり

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The Mash/醪ずくり

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The Mash/醪ずくり

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Pressing/しぼり

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Pressing/しぼり

RECOMMENDED RELATED WEBSITES

So Good Sushi Restaurant in Nice France
Navigating Nagoya by Paige, Shop with Intent by Debbie, BULA KANA in Fiji, Kraemer’s Culinary blog by Frank Kraemer in New York,Tokyo Food File by Robbie Swinnerton, Green Tea Club by Satoshi Nihonyanagi in Shizuoka!, Mind Some by Tina in Taiwan, Le Manger by Camille Oger (French), The Indian Tourist, Masala Herb by Helene Dsouza in Goa, India, Mummy I Can Cook! by Shu Han in London, Pie
rre.Cuisine
, Francescannotwrite, My White Kitchen, Foodhoe, Chucks Eats, Things that Fizz & Stuff, Five Euro Food by Charles,Red Shallot Kitchen by Priscilla,With a Glass, Nami | Just One Cookbook, Peach Farm Studio, Clumsyfingers by Xethia, PepperBento, Hapabento, Kitchen Cow, Lunch In A Box, Susan at Arkonlite, Vegan Lunch Box; Tokyo Tom Baker, Daily Food Porn/Osaka, Only Nature Food Porn, Happy Little Bento, J-Mama’s Kitchen, Cook, Eat, Play, Repeat, Bento Lunch Blog (German), Adventures In Bento, Anna The Red’s Bento Factory, Ohayo Bento,

Must-see tasting websites:

-Sake: Ichi For The Michi by Rebekah Wilson-Lye in Tokyo, Tokyo Through The Drinking Glass, Tokyo Foodcast, Urban Sake, Sake World
-Wine: Palate To Pen, Warren Bobrow, Cellar Tours, Ancient Fire Wines Blog
-Beer: Another Pint, Please!, Beering In Good Mind: All about Craft Beer in Kansai by Nevitt Reagan!
ABRACADABREW, Magical Craftbeer from Japan
-Whisky: Nonjatta: All about whisky in Japan by Stefan Van Eycken
-Japanese Pottery to enjoy your favourite drinks: Yellin Yakimono Gallery

Non gastronomy must-see sites by Shizuoka Residents