This is an area of about 20 kilometers in eastern Hyogo Prefecture, stretching from the mouth of the Muko River, which flows along the border between Amagasaki and Nishinomiya, to the former mouth of the Minato River in Kobe. Miyamizu, a high-quality underground water suitable for sake brewing, springs up here, forming the five sake brewing areas known as the Nada Gogo. From the east, the five go are Nishinomiyago and Imazugo in Nishinomiya City, Togo (Fukae, Aoki, Uozaki districts) in Kobe's Higashinada Ward, Nakago (Sumiyoshi, Mikage, Ishiya, Tomyo districts), and Nishigo (Oishi, Iwaya, Midoro districts) in Nada Ward. In 1840 (Tenpo 11), Yamamura Tazaemon of Uozaki noticed that the Miyamizu water from Nishinomiya improved the quality of sake, so he brought it home and used it in sake brewing, and since then, Miyamizu has been used throughout the Nada region. Later, due to the development of coastal industrial areas, the Miyamizu area moved north. Sake brewing has also become more modern through technological development. There are museums built by sake brewing companies, such as the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum, all over the country. [Hiroko Fujioka] [References] | | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
兵庫県東部、尼崎(あまがさき)市と西宮(にしのみや)市の境界を流れる武庫(むこ)川の河口から神戸市の旧湊(みなと)川河口へ至る約20キロメートルの地域。酒造に適した良質の地下水「宮水(みやみず)」が湧出(ゆうしゅつ)し、灘五郷とよばれる酒造地を形成してきた。東部から西宮市の西宮郷、今津(いまづ)郷、神戸市東灘区の東郷(とうごう)(深江、青木、魚崎(うおざき)地区)、中郷(なかごう)(住吉(すみよし)、御影(みかげ)、石屋(いしや)、東明(とうみょう)地区)、灘区の西郷(にしごう)(大石、岩屋(いわや)、味泥(みどろ)地区)の五郷である。1840年(天保11)魚崎の山邑(やまむら)太左衛門は、西宮の宮水が酒質を高めることに着目し、これを持ち帰り酒造にあて、以後、灘一帯では宮水を用いるようになったという。その後、海岸工業地帯の発達などの影響により宮水地帯は北に移っている。酒造も技術開発による近代化が進んでいる。なお、白鶴(はくつる)酒造資料館など酒造会社のつくった博物館が各地にみられる。 [藤岡ひろ子] [参照項目] | | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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