July 3 Is Mandarin Day! Celebrate With Mikan Liqueur!

What Is Mandarin (Mikan) Day?

什么是柑橘日呢？

The first Sunday of each month is designated as "Mikan Day". Mikan is a typical winter fruit, but it has been eaten throughout the year since 1969, when greenhouse cultivation using hot spring heat began in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the following year in Takamatsu City, Japan, where it was successfully heated using oil heating. According to the Fruit Promotion and Enlightenment Council, mandarins are medium-sized and the darker the orange colour of the skin as well as the stem end, the better the taste.

每个月的第一个星期日被称为“柑橘日”。柑橘是一种典型的冬季水果，但自1969年静冈县伊豆开始使用温泉加热的温室栽培以来，人们就一直食用它。第二年，日本高松市成功的使用燃油取暖的温室。根据水果推广启蒙委员会的说法，橘子大小中等，果皮和茎端橙色越深，味道越好。

If you asked the average Japanese person what the most familiar fruit was to them, they would undoubtedly immediately think of the mikan. The unshu mikan’s small size makes it simple to peel and it has very few seeds, making it easy to eat. 

如果你问一个普通的日本人最熟悉的水果是什么，他们无疑会立即想到柑橘。温州蜜柑个头小，容易去皮，籽也少，吃起来很方便。

Celebrate With Mikan Liqueur

用柑橘利口酒庆祝

Miwaku fruit sake series are produced by Aichi based Maruishi Jozo, an award winning brewery with more than 330 years of sake brewing experience. The Miwaku Fruit sake series features fruit-flavored liqueurs made using jummai sake. Made using carefully selected fruit mainly from Aichi prefecture, they let you enjoy to the fullest all the amazing natural flavor and aroma of the fruit.

魅惑果系列清酒由爱知县丸石酿酒厂生产，该酒厂拥有330多年的清酒酿造经验，屡获殊荣。迷惑水果清酒系列是用珠脉清酒酿造的水果味利口酒。采用以爱知县为主的精选水果制作而成，让您尽情享受水果的天然风味和香气。

Miwaku no Mikan uses Gamagori mandarin from Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture. It is a mandarin amongst mandarins that combines high sugar content and good acidity. The secret to their delicious taste is the warm southern winds that blow over from the sea onto the mandarin orchards on the south-facing, fan-shaped land that is peculiar to Gamagori. Junmai sake and mikan oranges make for a captivating encounter that's fresh as well as sweet and sour. Enjoy it just as it is, chilled, with ice, with soda water, with milk, as a cocktail base, as a topping for ice cream or shaved ice...the list is endless!

魅惑柑橘酒用的是爱知县蒲郡柑橘。它是一种含糖量高、酸度好的橘子。它们美味的秘诀是，温暖的南风从海上吹来，吹向蒲郡特有的朝南扇形土地上的柑园。纯米清酒和柑橘橘汁是一场迷人的邂逅，既新鲜又酸甜。就这样享用吧，冰镇后，加冰、苏打水、牛奶、鸡尾酒底、冰淇淋或刨冰……这是个无穷无尽的清单!