tokyoIt takes about two hours by bullet train from Niigataprefecture to the city of nagaoka. nagaokaOne train stop from the station, miyauchi, is the brewing town of settaya, which has been in existence since the 1800s, about a 10-minute walk from the station.

The area has long been rich in rice, grain and high-quality groundwater, which has led to the development of a brewing culture, including 日本酒, 味噌and soy sauce. There are six breweries that continue to operate unchanged to this day, one of which is Kina Saffron Sake Honpo.

Founded in 1887 by the first Nitaro Yoshizawa.

Saffron liquor is a medicinal liquor and was a popular product that was manufactured and sold here settayaand took the country by storm. The warehouse, which is the best in Japan and is decorated with kotee(one of the plaster decorations), still remains and attracts many visitors from outside the prefecture to see it. The large site also contains 10 other buildings, including a rice warehouse and a separate tatami room, a garden and a stone wall, and has been registered as a national tangible cultural property.

Currently, the saffron wine main shop has been transformed into the " settaya6th Avenue Fermentation Museum", which is gradually being developed and partially open to the public.

One of these, komegura, was a warehouse where rice from the fields owned by Nitaro Yoshizawa, who made his fortune from saffron wine, and rice given to him as land rent, was stored. This warehouse was renovated and opened as the new ' komegura'. The space includes a café with a menu that makes use of local ingredients, a lab where you can learn about 'fermentation' and a picture book corner by a picture book author from nagaoka.

The Omusubi, Soup and Tea 6SUBI café, located in the Fermentation Museum and Rice Brewery, is a place where Niigatavisitors can enjoy omusubi and miso soup made with rice from the prefecture. settayaThe fermented food from the brewery's brewery is used as a seasoning, and you can enjoy omusubi with new ingredients that are rarely seen anywhere else.

Rice and miso soup are essential to Japanese meals. If you've come all the way to Japan, you want to try Japanese food at least once. Miso soup, in particular, is becoming a bit of a boom, as it seems to be rare to find it on tables around the world. 6SUBI also has a 'miso soup bar' where you can make your own miso soup and even try your hand at making your own miso soup. How about trying your hand at making your favourite cup of miso soup?

Rice is an essential part of Japanese food, and sake, which is made from rice, is also an essential part of Japanese culture.

LIS settaya, a 3-4 minute walk from the Fermentation Museum and komegura, sells sake, sake liqueurs, regional products and sundries from sake breweries in Niigataprefecture. This is a shop where you can experience new ways to enjoy sake and other new aspects of Japanese food culture. settayaPlease stop by together with other sake breweries when you visit the