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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    katsunuma-wine-barrels-2.jpg
  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Sake Barrels at Matsunoo Grand Shrine also known as Matsuo Grand Shrine is located at the west end of Kyoto   beyond Matsuo Bridge. This shrine is the oldest shrine in Kyoto, and the divinity worshipped here is the god of brewing sake. Throughout the year, more than a thousand people who are engaged in brewing sake visit Matsunoo Grand Shrine to pay their respects and donate giant casks of sake to the shrine.  Matsuo Shrine is also famous for its modern Japanese gardens.
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  • Sake Barrels at Matsunoo Grand Shrine also known as Matsuo Grand Shrine is located at the west end of Kyoto  beyond Matsuo Bridge. This shrine is the oldest shrine in Kyoto, and the divinity worshipped here is the god of brewing sake. Throughout the year, more than a thousand people who are engaged in brewing sake visit Matsunoo Grand Shrine to pay their respects and donate giant casks of sake to the shrine.  Matsuo Shrine is also famous for its modern Japanese gardens.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Ceramic Wine Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Ceramic Wine Barrels Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Giant Sake Casks at Meiji Shrine - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."  Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine.
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  • Giant Sake Casks, Meiji Shrine  - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
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  • Sake Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
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  • Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
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  • Before Napa and Sonoma were household names, or even a California wine industry at all, there was Buena Vista. Founded in 1857, Buena Vista is California’s oldest winery, and its history is as colorful as it is proud. Just outside the town of Sonoma the original winery is now a California Historic Landmark.
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  • Wine cellars at Merryvale, where not only wine tasting is conducted but elaborate dinners are served.  Nearly three quarters the size of France, California accounts for nearly 90 percent of the entire American wine production. The production in California alone is one third larger than that of Australia. If California were a separate country, it would be the world's fourth largest wine producer.
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  • Matsuo Sama Sake Shrine Saijo - Perhaps not surprisingly, in Japan there is even a "sake god" namely Matsuo Sama. Even sake-producing  town in Japan will have a shinto shrine dedicated to Matsuo Sama, and kegs of sake are donated to the shrine each harvest as thanks to the gods for their help.
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  • Kamotsuru Sake Brewery - Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."  Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    saijo-sake-5.jpg
  • Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    saijo-sake-3.jpg
  • Shimenawa & Sake Casks at Matsuo Shrine - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    matsuo-sake-shrine.jpg
  • Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    saijo-sake-7.jpg
  • Kamotsuru Sake Brewery - Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    saijo-sake-6.jpg
  • Kamotsuru Sake Brewery - Sake Casks and Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    saijo-sake-4.jpg
  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    wine-tasting-yamanashi-1.jpg
  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which operated until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
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  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which operated until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
    shitamachi-museum-yanaka-2.jpg
  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which operated until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
    shitamachi-museum-yanaka-3.jpg
  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which operated until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
    shitamachi-museum-yanaka-1.jpg
  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    wine-tasting-katsunuma-2.jpg
  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    wine-tasting-katsunuma-1.jpg
  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Koshu Grapes Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Tunnel Wine Cave in Koshu Yamanashi in the heart of Japan’s wine country.  The tunnel is now used to store wine although the brick tunnel was built in 1903 for a railway line that is now unused.  The tunnel is just over one kilometer long and except for bottles and barrels of wine remains unchanged from its days as Japan Railways' Fukazawa Tunnel.  Throughout the year the temperature is kept around 10 °C, and the humidity is normally around 50% which are ideal conditions for wines to be stored and to mature.  At the moment more than 1 million bottles of wine are stored here.  After Japan Railways abandoned the tunnel and the railway line that once used it it fell into neglect, and was once a popular haikyo URBEX abandoned site for urban explorers,  Now it has new life as an ideal place to store wines in the ever-improving Japanese wine industry of which Yamanashi, and Koshu in particular, are at the heart of.
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  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which was in business until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
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  • The Shitamachi Museum Yanaka Annex is housed in a century-old liquor shop which operated until 1986.  It was restored to its original state with sake barrels, weights, measures and retro posters adding a perfect accent to Yanaka.  When it was still in business, it was the Yoshida Sake Store. It was built in 1920 and its long eaves are characteristic of Tokyo merchant buildings of the time.
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  • Sommelier at  & Wine Tasting Room - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Koshu Grapes Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Tunnel Wine Cave in Koshu Yamanashi in the heart of Japan’s wine country.  The tunnel is now used to store wine although the brick tunnel was built in 1903 for a railway line that is now unused.  The tunnel is just over one kilometer long and except for bottles and barrels of wine remains unchanged from its days as Japan Railways' Fukazawa Tunnel.  Throughout the year the temperature is kept around 10 °C, and the humidity is normally around 50% which are ideal conditions for wines to be stored and to mature.  At the moment more than 1 million bottles of wine are stored here.  After Japan Railways abandoned the tunnel and the railway line that once used it it fell into neglect, and was once a popular haikyo URBEX abandoned site for urban explorers,  Now it has new life as an ideal place to store wines in the ever-improving Japanese wine industry of which Yamanashi, and Koshu in particular, are at the heart of.
    katsunuma-tunnel-wine-cave-01.jpg