Yamada Nishiki (
Japanese: 山田錦) is a short-grain
Japanese rice
Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice (''uruchimai'') and glutinous rice (''mochigome'').
Ordinary Japanese rice, or ''uruchimai'' , is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists o ...
famous for its use in high-quality
sake
Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...
. It is particularly desired by sake brewers for its ability to absorb water and dissolve easily.
Yamada Nishiki is the most commonly grown sake rice (''
sakamai''). In 1923, Yamada Nishiki was created by
crossing Yamadaho and Tankanwataribune. In 1936, the rice was named Yamada Nishiki. This special rice is mainly grown in
Hyogo-ken, its original area, but also
Okayama-ken and
Fukuoka-ken.
See also
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Japanese rice
Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice (''uruchimai'') and glutinous rice (''mochigome'').
Ordinary Japanese rice, or ''uruchimai'' , is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists o ...
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Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese language, Japanese: ) is based on rice with m ...
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Shōchū
is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, or brown sugar, though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes, or even carrots.
Typ ...
References
Japonica rice
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