半田市立博物館所蔵の「半田の酢醸造用具」は国の重要有形民俗文化財になっているよ！The vinegar brewing tools kept at the Handa Municipal Museum have been designated as Japan’s important tangible folk-cultural properties!

The Privileged Natural Environment and Local Canal Developed the Culture and History of Brewing

恵まれた自然環境と運河が育んだ醸造の文化と歴史

温暖な気候と澄んだ空気、良質な地下水を持つ半田では、江戸時代より酒や酢、味噌、たまりなどの醸造業が盛んに行われてきました。200年以上の時を経てもなお、醸造の文化は静かに息づいています。Since the Edo era (Tokugawa shogunate period), the brewing industry, including the making of sake, vinegar, miso (fermented bean paste), and tamari (a thicker, less salty, fermented soy sauce) has been active in Handa, an area blessed a temperate climate, clear air, and excellent quality groundwater. It has a history of more than 200 years, and still the culture of brewing quietly breathes here.

Kunizakari Sake Culture Museum

國盛 酒の文化館

日本酒の歴史と國盛の伝統を紹介する博物館。江戸時代から約200年にわたって実際に酒造りが行われた酒蔵を利用し、当時の貴重な道具や資料を展示。利き酒体験もできます。This museum introduces the history of sake and the tradition of Kunizakari (a local sake brand).The museum uses a sake brewery where sake making continued for approximately 200 years in and after the Edo era, and the valuable tools and materials of those days are exhibited. Visitors can taste sake in the museum.

Mizkan Museum

MIZKAN MUSEUM

MIM（MIZKAN MUSEUM）は、ミツカンの酢づくりの歴史や食文化の魅力にふれ、楽しみ学べる体験型博物館です。創業の地半田において、ミツカングループの歩んできた歴史に触れ、今を感じ、未来につなげる施設として、MIZKAN MUSEUM、愛称MIMを設立しました。MIMは、古くから続く運河沿いの黒塀の景観とともに、ミツカンの酢づくりの歴史や、醸造の技術、ものづくりへのこだわり、食文化の魅力などを、伝統・革新・環境を大切に考え、次世代へ伝えていく施設です。見てさわって、楽しみ、学べて、また来たいと思ってもらえる体験型博物館を目指しています。MIM(Mizkan Museum)is an interactive museum where you can learn about Mizkan’s history as a vinegar manufacturer, and about the charm of Japanese food. The Mizkan group established the museum here in Handa, where the company was born, in order to embrace history and pass its values to the future generations. Built along the canal, with its traditional black wooden walls, the museum aims to explain the history of Mizkan and vinegar making, as well as the importance of innovating and challenging the status quo in order to grow. Our goal is to provide the visitors with a fun and interesting experience, while promoting the values of health and wellbeing that are expressed in our slogan “Bringing Flavor to Life”.

観光施設 Tourist Facilities

「味ぽん」オリジナルラベルをつくる体験が人気！An experience tour of making original Ajipon (a vinegar brand) labels is popular!

現在も酒造りを行う中埜酒造の博物館だから、見応えあり！The museum owned by Nakano Sake Brewery, a local sake brewery company in operation, is worth seeing!

▲半田の酒と酢Handa’s Sake and Vinegar

古くから発展してきた醸造業酒造りから始まり、隆盛を極めた伝統産業が今も残るまちHanda’s Brewing Industry Has a Long History of DevelopmentThe prosperous industry that started with the making of sake (Japanese rice wine) still keeps its tradition here.

半田酒造協同組合理事長中埜 昌美さん

Masami NakanoChair of the Handa Brewery Association

知多半島は幕末の頃、灘に次ぐ一大醸造地として発展し、現在に至っています。地域の酒蔵６蔵が所属する半田酒造協同組合では、切磋琢磨して品質の向上に努力するとともに「知多酒で乾杯！」の普及活動にも力を入れています。

Chita Peninsula has been developing as a major brewery area following Nada, a well-known area for sake making, since the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate regime. The Handa Brewery Association, to which six regional breweries belong, is promoting toasts with China-brewed sake, while the members in friendly rivalry are making efforts towards quality improvements.

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