080 KAMILLE FESTIVAL

The Nippon Acid-Resistant Bottle Industry Co., Ltd., which manufactures mitosaya bottles, is located in Ogaki city, Gifu prefecture, where chamomile is widely cultivated.

The cultivation of German chamomile, which was started in order to make effective use of fallow fields and preserve farmland, and is grown without the use of pesticides and with organic fertilizer, was spearheaded by the Ogaki City Medicinal Herb Association, which was established within the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the city hall, and is now said to be the largest cultivation area in Japan.

The Ogaki Chamomile Festival is held every year around the Golden Week holidays in May when the chamomile flowers are in full bloom. Chamomile is an annual plant, so new seeds need to be sown and cultivated for the following year.

Immediately after the Chamomile Festival ended, the Japan Acid-Resistant Bottle Industry team hand-picked the flowers in full bloom and sent them to us.

We named the festival Kamille Festival after the Dutch word Kamille, from which the Japanese name for chamomile, "Kamitsure," is derived.

Enjoy the sweet aroma of German chamomile, a medicinal herb that has been used for over 4,000 years, blended with apple brandy.

Product: Brandy
Ingredients: Chamomile (from Gifu Prefecture), apples (from Yamagata Prefecture), rice spirits, water
Alcohol content: 42%

Artwork by Ryota Nishimoto

Japan Acid-Resistant Bottle Industry, the company that makes mitosaya bottles, is located in Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture, where chamomile is actively grown.

The cultivation of German chamomile, which is grown using organic fertilizer and no pesticides, started as a way to effectively use fallow rice fields and preserve farmland.

Every year around the May holidays, when the chamomile is in full bloom, the "Ogaki Chamomile Festival" is held. Since chamomile is an annual plant, new seeds need to be planted and cultivated for the following year.

Immediately after the Chamomile Festival, the Japan Acid-Resistant Bottle Industry team hand-collected chamomile flowers in full bloom and sent them to us immediately.

We decided to call it ""kamille Festival,"" after the Dutch word ""kamille,"" from which the Japanese name ""chamomile"" is derived.

Enjoy the sweet fragrance of German chamomile, which has been used as a medicinal herb for over 4,000 years, blended with apple brandy.

Item: Brandy
Ingredients: Chamomile (from Gifu Prefecture), Apples (from Yamagata Prefecture), Rice Spirits, Water
Alcohol content: 42%.

Artwork by Ryota Nishimoto