Wakayama Kishu Plum Juice Making Experience Report
Speaking of Wakayama "Ume", the best in Japan in terms of both production volume and quality That's right! So, this time in Wakayama Plum juice experience will send! "I'm not good at pickling plums" "But I like plum juice and plum wine," said Activity Japan editorial department M. Plum juice is my first experience, so I'm thrilled! This time Minabe Town, Hidaka District, Wakayama It is in "Kishu Umekikan" Experience making plum juice at. 30 minutes from Kii-Tanabe Station via the national highway There is also a big sign, so I arrived without hesitation on the navigation street!
Charge into Wakayama "Kishu Umekikan"!
Shintaro Yamazaki of "Umeta Co., Ltd." who runs "Kishu Umekikan"
Mr. Yamazaki is the first sales department ・ Deputy chief "We are doing PR of products and facilities, guidance at the time of experience, OTA and travel agencies." Very young, polite, soft and easy to talk to.
" Kishu Umekikan " Factory tour and experience 3 types (plum juice, plum wine, pickled plum) Held.
Factory tours on the 1st and 2nd floors are free and no advance reservations are required (until 15:00). It is also possible to tour the factory on the same day as the experience
At the factory Original plum products such as pickled plums and plum wine It seems that it manufactures.
You can learn about the history of pickled plums, the effects of plums, and the work of farmers on the panel.
“Currently, we are accepting factory tours and experiences with a limited number of people,” says Yamazaki.
Plums are harvested from June to July but, It is still crowded during the summer vacation and Obon festival And that. It seems that you can take a leisurely tour if you remove weekends and holidays and long holidays.
At the shop "Kishu Umeboshi Umeboshien", "Honey Umeboshi" and "Nanko Umeshu" are popular.
Challenge the experience of making plum juice
Carefully read the panel in the hall for about 30 minutes and go to the place where the experience venue is located
First, wear rubber gloves and put three frozen plums in a container.
According to Mr. Yamazaki, " By using plums that have been frozen for more than a day, the juice will be good and delicious after adding sugar. ".
Also, in the process of becoming juice The purpose of preventing plums from fermenting There seems to be. The staff's thoughts, "Make delicious juice so that participants do not fail" I'm happy.
In the plum juice making experience, select two types from three types: rock candy, konpei sugar, and millet sugar.
This time, I used three kinds of sugar specially for the interview, but I'm looking forward to seeing how the taste of the juice will change.
By the way, according to Mr. Yamazaki "Rock candy has a standard sweetness, and konpeito has a sweet taste, so millet sugar is the most rich for children." Yes.
When stuffed with plums and sugar, it looks like this!
Don't break this container on the way home Plastic container Is prepared.
Put the lid on, attach the special label prepared in advance, seal it, put it in the box, and it's done!
The label and box are cute, and the plum juice you made yourself is a wonderful souvenir.
After this, let it sit for about 10 days and take out the plums inside to complete the plum juice!
Every day I write the date on the label and endure and endure until the next day.
The finished plum juice As it is concentrated, dilute it 4 to 5 times with water. Let's drink.
Umekoshikan's recommendation is "milk split" And that. Sweet plum and milk are the best match That's right By all means, I have no choice but to try this when it is completed!
else It is also recommended to use shaved ice or panque syrup That's right.
Wakayama / Plum Juice Making Experience Summary
Next time I want to experience making plum wine!
Usually, the editorial department M has a lot of experience just to put in the decided ones such as plums, sugar, and sake. However, Mr. Umedokan's experience The point is that you can choose as you like! .. You can taste plums like this! There were various discoveries.
In addition to the "plum juice making" I experienced this time, "Umeshu making experience" made with 3 different types of sake is also popular That's right. You can also choose from 3 types of sugar, so Only one plum wine in the world You can make it!
To the facility Thorough temperature measurement at the time of admission and social distance during the experience I was relieved because I was doing it.
During the ume juice making experience, Mr. Yamazaki and the staff will liven up the story with local stories and talk about their commitment to ume and products.
" I want customers to be happy "" I want you to enjoy It was a very nice facility where you can feel the feeling!
Why don't you make delicious plum juice with your family, friends and loved ones very easily? Even if you miss June, when the plums are harvested, you can make them all year round because frozen plums are used at the Umejikan! Ume Meister teaches while explaining in an easy-to-understand manner, so even the first time you can easily complete it! You can also listen to fun stories about plums ♪ * Drink the plum juice made from the experience 10 days later
"Kishu Umekikan" Shintaro Yamazaki Profile
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- Kansai
- Wakayama
- Gobo/Hinomisaki/Minabe
- Cooking class / food making
- Agricultural experience / rice planting experience
- Making sake and wine
You can make a kiki plum wine set using three types of base sake: sake, shochu, and brandy. These three types of sake have a strong image, but by pickling plums, the taste becomes very mellow! Even people with weak liquor can make mellow and very easy-to-drink plum wine. Even if you miss June, which is the harvest season for plums, you can still make them all year round at the Umejikan, which uses frozen plums.
- 1.0
- (1 review / experience)
Why don't you make only one umeboshi in the world? You can easily make delicious original umeboshi! While learning about Nanko Ume, you can feel the joy of making it happily. You can make your own taste, so you can have more love than the pickled plums you bought. * You can take home about 270g of Nanko plums.