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Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”Jukkoku Amazake”

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Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”Jukkoku Amazake”

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake]

Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya’s “Jukkoku Amazake” is introduced here.

 

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“Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya” is a direct sales center for agricultural products located in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

 

“Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”

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“Mizuho No Mura Ichiba” is a direct sales place where local vegetables and other products are sold.

“Mizuho No Mura Ichiba” is written in Roman characters. In English, it is called Mizuho Village Market Place.

 

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“Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya” is a purely Japanese-style building located to the right of the direct sales area.

This building is a relocated farmhouse that is approximately 150 years old. It is a popular place to enjoy the old-fashioned smells and atmosphere.

Official page

 

Water wheel in “Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”

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Right next to “Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”, there is a waterwheel much larger than my height.

 

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The locally grown buckwheat is milled in this waterwheel hut.

 

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My child was very excited by the sheer power of this water wheel. Of course, not only children but also adults who came to the store were fascinated.

 

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](store interior)
The restaurant has a counter where you can dine with a view of the outside.

 

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](sunken fireplace)
Seating around the “Irori” is also available on the first floor.

“Irori” is a type of furnace permanently installed indoors.

 

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](water turbine)
When I entered the restaurant to eat lunch, I was shown to a table where I could see the waterwheel I saw outside right next to me. We were able to enjoy the view with the waterwheel as much as we wanted.

 

 

Impression of “Jukkoku Amazake”

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](soba with tempura batter)
I ordered soba noodles with tempura for lunch. The soba had a nice smooth texture, and I finished it in no time.

 

What is “Jukkoku Amazake”?

“Jukkoku Amazake” is an amazake made from rice, barley, and a blend of 10 other grains and minor grains.

 

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](menu)

 

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When I looked at the menu, the words “amazake” jumped out at me and I immediately ordered it.

 

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Amazake for dessert after dinner.

There is a little grated ginger on a small plate of hot amazake.

If you add ginger, it becomes ginger amazake.

 

[Amazake cafe]Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya[Jukkoku Amazake](amazake)
Amazake is a light-colored, gentle reddish-brown amazake.

You can see that this amazake contains black rice.

It is a type of amazake with fewer grains of rice.

 

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One sip of this amazake spreads the simple flavor of the ten grains in the mouth, and a gentle sweetness gradually spreads in the mouth.

 

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It was also fun to add ginger for a different flavor to the amazake.

 

 

Access map of “Mizuho No Mura Ichiba Sobaya”