"Kanbai" is also known as the winter solstice plum, and is generally referred to as an early-blooming plum that blooms during the coldest months of the year. When Meiji-era educator Niijima Jo (founder of Doshisha University) saw the early-blooming Kanbai, braving the wind and snow in the cold, he wrote a poem about how they are not competing for first place but instead show a natural and humble attitude, something that people should be like. Mie's Kanbai is fruity, mild, and highly transparent, making it a new-age sake that pairs well with both Japanese and Western cuisine. We continue to create a rich, spiritually relaxing flavor worthy of the name "Kanbai."