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Episode Synopsis
Show Notes:
Your two resident Omachists take on the only rice variety with its own fan club, Omachi. The gentle giant has a rabid fanbase, but why? What makes it different? Where’s it from? Andy brings his hands-on experience and Jim brings his unending thirst to this month’s Sake Deep Dive.
Recommended Sake in this Episode:
Andrew:
Tamagawa Tetsukazu (Untouched) Junmai Ginjo Omachi
Jim:
Taka Sakana Atsurae Omachi 55
Useful vocabulary for this episode:
岸本甚 造 Kishimoto Jinzou - A farmer from Omachi village in Bizen no Kuni (Now Omachi district of Okayama City) who discovered two tall stalks of rice on his way home from a visit to Hokinokuni (Tottori) Daisen 伯耆大山.
赤磐雄町 Akaiwa Omachi - A pure strain of Omachi commonly considered “the best,” for reasons unclear.
改良雄町 Kairyo Omachi - “Improved” Omachi crossbred in Shimane and now common in Hiroshima.
Our theme music is from Lotus Lane by The Loyalist - Preconceived Notions
Available at https://soundcloud.com/preconceived-notions
Under a Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lotus-lane
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/1YVHRMVwwHg
Your two resident Omachists take on the only rice variety with its own fan club, Omachi. The gentle giant has a rabid fanbase, but why? What makes it different? Where’s it from? Andy brings his hands-on experience and Jim brings his unending thirst to this month’s Sake Deep Dive.
Recommended Sake in this Episode:
Andrew:
Tamagawa Tetsukazu (Untouched) Junmai Ginjo Omachi
Jim:
Taka Sakana Atsurae Omachi 55
Useful vocabulary for this episode:
岸本甚 造 Kishimoto Jinzou - A farmer from Omachi village in Bizen no Kuni (Now Omachi district of Okayama City) who discovered two tall stalks of rice on his way home from a visit to Hokinokuni (Tottori) Daisen 伯耆大山.
赤磐雄町 Akaiwa Omachi - A pure strain of Omachi commonly considered “the best,” for reasons unclear.
改良雄町 Kairyo Omachi - “Improved” Omachi crossbred in Shimane and now common in Hiroshima.
Our theme music is from Lotus Lane by The Loyalist - Preconceived Notions
Available at https://soundcloud.com/preconceived-notions
Under a Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lotus-lane
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/1YVHRMVwwHg
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