慎太郎SHINTARO

疾風怒濤の時代を駆け抜けた中岡慎太郎。
土佐国安芸郡北川郷に生まれた彼は、国難に立ち向かう幕末の志士であると同時に、ふるさとを愛し、地元住民の飢餓を救おうと海辺と農地とを奔走した篤い心の持ち主でもありました。土佐藩を去った後の慎太郎の帰郷は叶わず、彼は坂本龍馬とともに京都で不帰の人となります。
彼を育み、広い世界へと誘った海をどんな思いで眺めていたことでしょう。慎太郎と彼の愛したふるさとの海にピュアな味わいの純米酒を捧げます。この海を越えて、広い世界へと旅立っていく人たちを祝して、乾杯。

In the 19th century in Japan, there was a young man who ran about and made efforts to save people in seaside and farm villages from starving from poverty. The man loved his homeland so deeply, and, at the same time, longed for the world over the vast ocean, dreaming that Japan would become a country open to the world. The youth was named Shintaro Nakaoka. He died, before he could see Japan open, with his dreams frustrated, but we wonder with what feelings he looked on the sea which made him grow in his spirits and invited him to dream about the wide world. We offer Shintaro and the sea that he loved, that of his homeland, our junmai-shu of “pure” taste. Let’s drink this sake, that which has just come to you after travelling all the way across the sea. With Shintaro, cheers!