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Enjoy the sweet scent of Beniotome sweet potato produced in Iwojima, Mishima Village and a pure taste achieved by using Kuroshima island’s delicious water. (Our brewery is working on the cultivation of sweet potatoes (Beniotome), the main ingredient of sweet potato shochu, with the islanders. We cultivate from seedlings in a nursery, and everything—from planting in fields to harvesting—is done within the island.) It was on May 1, 2019 that the shochu was delivered out of the brewery for the first time. It is rare shochu with only 10 kiloliters produced per year (13,888 bottles/720 ml, the combined number of Mendon and Mishimamura).The Mendon are masked deities that appear in Iwojima Hassaku Drum Dance.
・ The deities hit spectators with a sacred tree (called a subben stick) held in their hands to expel evil spirits.
・ The Mendon are officially recognized deities, therefore, people are not allowed to go against them. For these reasons, the Mendon are thought to expel evil spirits and bring good luck. Since the outer box of the product is red, we assume that many people send Mendon as a gift to celebrate someone’s 60th birthday.

Brewery Information

• Distillery

  Mishima　shochu Mukunokura

• Distillery Tour

  Available

• TEL

  099-222-3141

• PIC

  Wada Yusaku

• E-Mail

  teijyu02@mishimamura.jp