After traveling around the country, I arrived at the place "Aburatani Bay"
The western end of Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. On the peninsula overlooking Aburatani Bay, there is our salt workshop.
I traveled all over the country in search of the ideal place for salt making, and arrived at Aburatani Bay. It is a brackish water area with two rivers flowing into it, which is rare in Japan, and the mountains surrounding the sea are overgrown with primeval forests of autumn leaves.
In addition, this area was designated as the Kitanagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, and the fact that it was a closed area protected from pollution was also suitable for making delicious salt.
The nutrients of the mountains flow down the rivers into the sea. There are also seaweeds and various creatures in the sea. That's why our salt tastes different in each season, and it has the nutrition and flavor of the sea itself.
Old-fashioned salt making
(1) Seawater pumped from Aburatani Bay, which is a brackish water area rich in nature, is increased by the power of the sun and wind using a three-dimensional flowing salt pan.
(2) Transfer the thickened seawater to a kettle and boil it down using firewood to further increase the concentration. When the kettle full of seawater is saturated, it takes about 12 hours to crystallize into salt.
(3) Transfer the crystallized salt to a barrel and use a technique called "heaven and earth" to restore the mineral balance of the sea.
(4) Cut the bittern and dry it to complete.
About 2 weeks from seawater. The salt sprinkled on the heavenly salt is completed.