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  • Sugidama -  Sake Cedar Ball Symbol
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  • Takayama Sake Shop - The Cedar Ball means "sake brew is ready" and called a sugidama.  Takayama is well known for its quality sake, in part because of the pure waters in the region.
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  • Sake brewery in the Sanmachi or Furui-machi District of Takayama, an area where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings of sake breweries and merchants houses. The ball, made of cedar over the door lets customers know the season's sake is ready for purchase and drinking.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
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  • Sake brewery in Obuse, Nagano.  The ball is made of cedar twigs and hangs over the door of sake breweries which lets customers know the season's sake is ready for purchase and drinking.
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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.
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