On August 12, the agricultural production corporation "ANEKKO" (Miyaji, Hirosaki City) began selling Kimi Shochu "Daibutsu Premium".

Mt.Takemi is corn cultivated in the Mt.Take plateau at an altitude of 400 to 500 meters at the foot of Mt. Iwaki. Since it has a sugar content of 18 to 20 degrees, which is sweeter than melon, it is often introduced on TV and the Internet and has become a hot topic. Takekimi Shochu is a shochu produced by fermenting dried Takekimi with koji, and has been sold at ANEKKO for three years.

"Premium has a whiskey-like taste," said Toshio Funaki, who planned the shochu. I thought it might be interesting to store it in a whiskey barrel, so I ripened it for about a year. "Personally, the highball is very good. I want many people to drink it in their favorite way," says Funaki.

The company sells new products that use bamboo shoots, such as "Takekimi Dressing" and "Tatakekimi Cookies", and will continue to expand its lineup of Takemimi products. Mt. Takemi is in the harvest season, and shipments from the morning are scheduled for late September.

The price is 1,500 yen (300 ml).