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Kuchi-kami sake

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Kuchi-kami sake is produced by chewing grains such as rice or seed in the mouth, spit out, and left as is, documented in the “Oosumikoku-fudoki.”
Geographically, kuchi-kami sake spread from the South Pacific Ocean to the northern/southern American continents, thought to have spread from the southern islands to Japan.
Sake ingredients are not limited to rice, but all grains, such as foxtail millet, barn millet, corn, etc.

Mythical Sake
Rice sake in Japan is documented in “Kiki-shinwa” (mythical tales documented in “Kojiki” and “Nihonshoki” about the beginning of heaven and earth, and the gods that led to the birth of the first and legendary Emperor of Japan. Both documents were written around the same time as the “Gishiwajinden,” written in China).
Mythical sake is produced from malted rice and rice or rice porridge, prepared together, saccharified and fermented. Apparently, mythical sake was low in alcohol content, closer to unfiltered sake than amazake (sweet sake).


ロ噛みの酒
口噛みの酒については、『大隅国風土記』には記載がある。
地理的には、口噛みの酒は南太平洋から南北アメリカ大陸にも広がっており、日本へ伝わったのは南方系の島々からではなかったかと考えられている。
原料は米に限らず、アワ・ヒエ・トウモロコシ等すべての雑穀が原料だった。

神話の酒
日本での米の酒は、記紀神話に書かれている。(記紀神話とは『古事記』と『日本書紀』に書かれている神話。天地の始まりから初代天皇・神武の誕生に至る神々の物語を語っている。中国で書かれた魏志・倭人伝と同時期の書物)
米麹(こめとうじ)とカユ又はカタカユを一緒に仕込んで糖化発酵させた酒。アルコール分は低く甘酒というよりは酸味の強い濁酒に近いものだったようだ。 
#Gishiwajinden #Kuchikamisake #MythicalSake #sake

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