【最高すぎる‼︎】新潟の自然の恵みでパワーみなぎる旅〈旅人・澤穂希〉

【最高すぎる‼︎】新潟の自然の恵みでパワーみなぎる旅〈旅人・澤穂希〉

Sawa Homare’s journey to discover the bounty of Niigata’s land. First, a stroll through Murakami, Joka Town . Isn’t it more stylish than the bicycle shop Tane? Wow, amazing. A truly unique liquor store. That’s right. Niigata. When I travel, I drink local sake. As expected, there are a lot of liquor stores. Amazing. Ah, it smells like a liquor store. [Music] Is that true? Welcome. Please take a look. Yes. This is the local Murakami store. The store is called Shimeruzuru and Taiyo. There are two slopes. Yeah. Wow. No, amazing. It’s kind of too many, isn’t it? That’s true. Also, if you’d like, I’ve got Shin and other things too, okay? Well, let’s go ahead and have a look. Yes. By all means, yes, yes, please. Um, there’s a new book in the back, so if you’d like, please take a look. Yes. Amazing. It’s kind of amazing. So, this and this are on my radar right now, this is what the locals drink, called Shimehari Tsuru no Hana, so please try a little. Yes. I’ll have some. Yes. Wow, so refreshing and delicious. This is soft water. This is the Shiun kara mouthfeel of Taiyo Sake. Wow, it’s delicious. Oh, well, it’s different, isn’t it? Yes . It’s a different type. Ah, yes. Yes. There are always about 10 types of sake available. Most of them are free. We hope to introduce the sake and make it a place where people can come. Apparently they built this counter, and the aroma is amazing. Wow, this is delicious. This is amazing. This is delicious. It’s delicious. Super delicious. Super delicious. This is delicious. Oh, it’s so delicious. What should I do? Maybe this will be my trigger for great sake. Yes, I’ll get hooked. Oh, by all means, by myself. Yes. I’ll drink it by myself. Eh, I’ll drink it. I know I shouldn’t drink alone right now , but I like to drink occasionally, so I’ll just leave it like this. [Laughter] The proprietress, who only drinks sake, recommends this snack: salted sake dried and soaked in uragami, a delicacy that represents sake. It works a little magic on it . Letting it soak in sake softens the flesh and makes it delicious. Yeah. It’s delicious. Murakami is known as a sake town, so it’s called the “sake town.” Yeah. Wow. Since the Edo period, the village’s sake has been cherished as a valuable source of income for the villagers. It’s autumn, the season for soju. I’ve heard there’s a special experience I’ve been looking forward to. [Music] [Music] This is a sake auditory survey. [Music] Fishing is usually prohibited in Sake Village to protect resources, but if you register for the survey, you can avoid it. Many people from all over the country come to Murakami this time of year for this. [Music] Fishing is prohibited. Since this is the first time, we’ll do our best to avoid any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding. No, it’s a pain to fish with someone like that. It ‘s a pain to be bothered. I actually quite like fishing. I’ll take this rare opportunity to give it a try. It takes quite a bit of strength, whether you follow the rules or not. Yes. The wind is strong and the fishing rod is long, so yes. I’ll be using a specialized fishing rod that’s a whopping 8m long. The bait is simple fishing that doesn’t use a reel. Shall I give it a try? Let’s give it a try. Yes. It’s pretty tiring just to hold it. It’s tiring, isn’t it? So, it’s like you’re throwing it over there, right? Yes. Ah, I guess. It’s better to do it spontaneously. It’s like swinging it back from above. It’s like when you swing it down. Like holding it like a flag. That’s right, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right. I think that’s fine. Oh, here it comes, here it comes. Sorry. Shall I change? Okay. Go ahead. Amazing. Amazing. Oh, it broke. I’m used to it . They’re there. They’re there. I just got there. Suddenly I’m motivated. It flies really far. He really does have some muscle strength. That’s why he’s a pro. No, not at all. Ah, yeah . Ah, push. Help, help, help. I’m going down. Hey, wait, wait. It’s heavy, heavy. That’s a bit much. I missed it . I missed it. It’s heavy. It’s heavy. Ah, but you know, with a rod without a reel, a rod without that, it’s direct. It’s one-on-one. Those kinds of tactics are the simplest and most fun. Ah, that person’s catching fish, they’re catching fish. See, they’re catching fish . It’s really deep now. Do your best, do your best. Oh, now’s the time. Do your best, do your best. Got it, got it, got it. Yeah. Ah, and finally, he pulls it up to the knight. Ah. Wow, that’s amazing. That’s huge. Amazing. Cool. [Music] Amazing. りっ、今日はまたまたね。またね。 English: Well, this, this is a fish currently in the sea. Wow. When you see this, yes. It means it’s just come in. Oh , I see. It’s just come. That’s when it starts. Right. So the flesh is probably still red and delicious. It’s kind of sad. I’m grateful. I guess they usually eat salmon after all. Yes. It returns to where it was born. The fish I caught today was born four years ago. Oh, I see. It ‘s the descendants of a fish that may be the eggs of the fish I caught four years ago . It may have traveled tens of thousands of kilometers . Maybe it’s meeting its child. Ah, that’s true. Yes. Well, it’s like this in its hometown, and it’s come back . Well, that makes me think a little deeply. Right. Unfortunately I didn’t catch any. Of course . I hold it like my own child. I ended up drinking the sake I was talking about earlier. Sorry. Hello. Hello. The shop I visited is a store that was founded about 400 years ago and deals in processed sake products. Oh, wow, that’s amazing. [Music] Wow . Right. Yeah. The sake dish made by drying and airing it like this is called Shiohikizake, and this delicacy is called Shiohikizake. [Music] Murakami’s traditional method of salting and drying and aging sake . The crisp, cold winds blowing in from the Sea of ​​Japan bring out its unique flavor. After a year of drying, it can be eaten as Shiohikizake, while after about a month of drying, it can be eaten as Shiohikizake. This is what I wanted to do today: making Shiohikizake. I’m going to teach you how to make it, a method that has remained unchanged since the Edo period . Okay, here we go. So, um, we’re going to cut open the stomach like this . Here we go. Okay. What is this? The throat. It’s in the concentration area, that important part. Oh, is that so? You mean resistance? No, um, no, no, failure, failure. That, um, the correct answer was the heart. Sorry, no, no , you said it was an important part, so after carefully removing the internal organs, we’ll finally pull out the meat. Let’s put a little more effort into that part . Yeah. Right, right, right, right, right. Yes. Yes. It feels good. That sizzling sound is great. Okay, next, put salt in that eye. Yes. It stings. It stings. It’s numbing. In Murakami, salted jigsaw is eaten as a New Year’s Eve treat. It’s painstakingly made at home like this in the winter. Be careful with this. Yes. Done. You see, if you look here, all the skylights over there are open, and this one is open too, right? Basically, this is to let the air in. So, when I was a kid, my father would say, “It’s cold today, so please close the windows, idiot, and you should just make a thick sachet, but you’re not the great one, sake is the greatest one.” Well, it’s always been like that. [Music] So that’s what they’ve been saying. [Music] A culture that has been passed down. Ah, [Music] Kicker-san is opening a new store. Wow, amazing. [Music] Look. All of these are sake dishes. All [Music] 22. First, we’ll start with the salted sake. Let’s eat it. [Music] Ah, well. I don’t eat breakfast every day . I want to eat it. Yes. I’ve been eating it since I was a child . Yes. You saw all the meat being butchered. The heart. Oh, yes. I’ll start with the liver and the milt. Yes. There are over 100 types of sake dishes passed down in Murakami. We eat everything, bones, skin, organs, and everything, without the breast. That’s the courtesy for the sake that has returned to the river. I can feel it. What I was thinking today made me feel grateful, and I realized once again that receiving something is a wonderful thing . Oh, next, I’ll make a cute wish for my daughter and husband. It’s done. It’s done. So, on Homare’s journey to discover the bounty of Niigata, we’ve arrived in the town of Yamaai. Isn’t the post office a little too stylish? It has a certain rustic feel to it. Right? But maybe it ‘s unique to Niigata? There are a lot of wooden houses. Yeah. Oh, it smells really nice. It smells really nice. Excuse me. Excuse me for interrupting. Oh, sorry. [Laughter] [Music] Hello. Please come in. Drawn by the delicious smell, I headed to a bakery that’s apparently popular with locals. [Music] Wow. Looks delicious. Do you have any recommendations? Oh, this one. This one. Yes. The Onigurumi and Onigurumi Groat are delicious. Oh, I’ll have that then. Thank you. The shop’s specialty is walnut bread. [Music] Let’s eat. Yes. Me. Ah, I’m happy. Yes. The taste of the walnuts is just as it is, how can I put it? It feels like you’re eating it. This walnut actually grows wild in the mountains and is collected by local grandparents . This area is a very snowy region, and it has long been eaten as a winter ingredient, a food source, and a valuable source of oil in community meals. [Music] Onigurumi has been growing wild in A for ages. This is a rare domestic walnut that is rarely available outside of the local area. [Music] We were also guided by Kumihiro. It looks like this. Wow. It’s spacious. All of these are walnut trees. Wow. The skin is white. The skin of the tree is white. White. Ah, beautiful. Something [music] Yes. This is the tree. Ah, it’s pretty thick. Yeah. It’s really thick , isn’t it? Yeah. Look, come here. Come here. Huh? Ah, really. Please pick these up. Yeah. And when they just fall, they’re green all around. They’re green all around. Yeah. And if you leave them like this, they’ll look like this, and then you pick them up and wash them nicely. Wow. This one’s different. This one, this, this , this is poop. Ah, poop , what kind of poop is it? I don’t know. This one’s big, yeah. Is this one not the big one with a face? Apparently, countless walnut trees have been growing in this area since ancient times, and they compete with squirrels, wild boars, and other forest animals to harvest them , and they probably get washed down from the river. When there’s a flood or something, the water comes up onto land, and then when the water subsides, it grows red and like this, and the walnut tree starts growing again. This is the one I just picked up, put it in water, and after changing the water several times, it’s grown beautifully. No, this is pretty much what I imagined a walnut to be. That’s right. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Yes. [Music] Nutrition for the harsh, snowy winter. I’ll teach you a classic way of eating it in this area. [Music] [Music] Wow . Here. Here you go. This is walnut . This is walnut. This is walnut. Plums with dried sardine stock on top of mochi rice cakes. Adding the soaked walnuts adds a fragrant flavor. Oh, it’s delicious. [Music] Is it delicious? It’s really delicious. It’s got a lot of flavor , as expected. Yes. Yes. I’ll pour it all over and eat it. Oh, it’s delicious. As expected, there are n’t many mochi rice cakes around here either. Yes. So, I use the mountain’s chi to make dishes. Oh, isn’t that wonderful? Yeah. I need to stock up because I can’t survive the winter. Full of nutrition. Warm me up. Oh, I’m here, but don’t drop it. [Music] But there are ducks near our house too. So, kids give them bread and stuff, but last year [Music] Are you going on a girls’ trip just the two of you? Yes. I’ve got a special Niigata souvenir for my daughter who loves to travel. [Music] Oh, is this it? Oh, good morning. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Welcome. Yes. I’m here with Imai’s dolls. Amazing. I’ve never seen one before. Haven’t you seen one before? Yes. Yes. Triangular, oh, so cute. A Daruma shape unique to Niigata. Yes. Yes. A triangular Daruma doll that has been passed down in Niigata for 200 years. [Music] It’s said that this unique shape was created by wearing a snowy country sedge hat. The red one is for mother and the blue one is for father. [Music] Oh, really? The dad is a little smaller. Right. They say that when the woman is stronger, the family goes to the zenma. Oh, so that’s what it means. Right. Yes. Oh, I see. I see. Safety within. Instant justice without a second’s illness. Triangular daruma dolls used to be made all over the prefecture. Now there are only a few left making them. Imai-san is the 8th generation [Music] of offense and defense , and continues to make them while working as a caregiver and a second-speed daruma fan. This is the most nerve-wracking thing. Yeah. With the old daruma dolls, you can see the ‘ka’ in one stroke. It’s not easy to do that. I think this is my grandfather. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. There’s a photo there, but that’s from way back when. That’s me as a kid. Eh? Oh, really? Yes. I used to watch it all the time. This is making daruma dolls. Wow . I see. I see. This is Mom. Yes. Mom. That’s me. Yes. I tried making daruma dolls too. I added my own personal touches for all three of my family. Ah, maybe it’s a little thin. I went with the smiling one. I went with the smiling one. [Laughter] I thought the smiling one would definitely look better. Maybe this one is a little smaller. Is it okay? Yes. I know. I played soccer, after all. It was just a feeling. Yes. Ah, ah, that’s right. Sorry. This one, do I need to paint the outside? It’s for a child. Ah, a child. Ah, I see. That means they’re still pure. Yeah. They say it can be any color. The eyebrows are pretty thick. Every stroke. The image of my family comes to mind. They look a little like nose hairs. Mom has to be the one smiling the most. [Music] A souvenir from Niigata with all my wishes. Done. Good, good . Cute, isn’t it? Done. Done. But no matter what mother is, I feel like when a mother is smiling, the home becomes brighter. Yeah. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Of course, there are times when we scold each other and get angry, but the fact that we have all three is one thing, and in the sense of being a family, I thought that was great. No, isn’t it super original? But I mean, we did a blast, did a blast, did a blast. [Music]

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