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82rd Site: Kokusui Okada Brewery
住所: 499-1 Okada-shimo、 Ayauta-cho、 Marugame-shi、 Kagawa-ken
TEL: 0877-86-3012
営業時間: Reception: Saturdays and Sundays 1p.m. – 5 p.m. Please make a reservation.

“Tiger Mania”

The third stop from Konpira-san on the Kotoden (Kotohira Railway) train bound for Takamatsu is Okada. The surroundings are completely rural. But it is an important location where the principal roads of central Kagawa (those leading to Kotohira、 Manno、 and Marugame) all intersect.

The Okada Brewery was established in the year Meiji 39 (1906). It sells its sake directly from its production facilities、 right along the national highway connecting Takamatsu and Kotohira. The brewery is nice and tidy、 and they are currently working on preparations for a sake brewing museum.

The brewery’s owner、 Mr. Kobayashi、 runs the business along with his son. Even on the first time you meet them、 you can see that they are a really close father and son duo. The thing that binds them together is the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. There are a lot of Hanshin fans in Shikoku、 but those who are as frenetically crazy about the team as people from Kansai are few and far between. Among that small group of fans can be counted this father and son pair、 and it must be tough for the poor mother、 who stays at home. In fact、 no work gets done during the night game season. Regardless of a mother’s concerns、 the father and son say、 “If the Tigers finally win the Japan series、 like we have always hoped and prayed、 then we’ll give out free sake to anyone and everyone for three days and three nights straight!” Well、 since that’s the case、 everyone in the neighborhood should definitely root for the Tigers!

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「The direct sales shop facing the national highway」
The direct sales shop facing the national highway

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「The neat and tidy brewery」
The neat and tidy brewery

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「Mr. Kobayashi (the younger)」
Mr. Kobayashi (the younger)
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A Mitsubishi Electronics shop that makes “Inaka Mochi”?
2008.01.30

Young Kobayashi of the Okada Sake Brewery says that Okada’s local specialty is “Inaka Mochi” (rural rice cakes). He says the mochi shop near the brewery that can be seen from the national highway makes a set amount of rice cakes every day, so they are always sold out from early in the morning. When I actually visited, it was already 3 p.m. so it was already closed (see picture). Or was it rather a regularly scheduled day off for the shop? Anyway, I haven’t bought any yet, so I think I’ll just have to get some the next time. Sorry about that.

But more than that, I want you to look closely at the store’s sign. On the left side of “Inaka Mochi,” you can see there is the fading old sign reading “Mitsubishi Electronics.” Yes, I discovered that this used to be an electronics shop. But why would they leave behind the sign? Is there still a franchise contract that hasn’t expired yet? At any rate, what I came to understand, thanks to the Mitsubishi sign, is that this shop is called “Fujii.” Maybe the old sign was left behind to draw your attention to the shop’s real name...could be.
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「Take a look at the sign on the left.」
「Take a look at the sign on the left.」
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