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Links inside "echigonagaoka.com" "echigonagaoka.com" "echigonagaoka.com" "Small Islands in Japan" "Japan Guide" "Photo Gallery" "Rose Garden" "Nagaoka Links"	Saturday, FEB. 7, 2009 Big Citrus "Bontan (Wén Dàn)", Can it be Fruit Wine? I've got a big Citrus "Bontan". Since I know that its peel is very thick and fruit is small, I decided making a kind of fruit wine with strong spirits. Maybe it should not be called "wine", because there is no process of brewing. Anyway I bought "White Liquor" which has 35% of alcohol and crystallized sugar today. It surprised me a little because the fruits inside was red. I thought it would be yellow. I cut the fruit and its peel into pieces, and put them into glass bottles which were already scalded by boiling water. Then I put Crystallized sugar on Bontan in the bottles. In the last step, I poured strong spirits "white liqour" which is available in any liqour shops in Japan. Completed. I don't know how many months it will take until the taste being good. Maybe three months or some. It is said that during crystallized sugar being melted, osmotic pressure extracts good tastes from fruits. Some pieces of Bontan were left. I think just eating fresh one is also good. Would you like to eat them? Wapping plastic says the origin of this big citrus fruit "Bontan". In 1772, the first year of Japanese imperial era name "An'ei", the captain "Xie WenDan" avoided storm and reached Akune. He was trading between GuandDong in China and Nagasaki in Japan. Landed on Kuratsu port, he was soon interrogated by Japanese. But he was very pleased by the kindness of transrator Mr.Yoshiuemon Harada. For thanks, the captain gave two fruits "Zhū Lè" and "Bái Lè" to Mr.Harada. Mr. Harada tasted the fruits and named them Bontan after the captain Xie WenDan. Bontan is Japanese "On-pronounceation" for WenDan in Chinese. Mr. Harada planted the seeds of the fruits. It's an interesting story which tells you histrorical exchanges between China and Japan. Let me quote these explanations on the wrapping vinyl. 阿久根文旦の由来 謹書　JA鹿児島いずみ 安永元年、広東・長崎間の貿易に従事していた中国広東船 （船長謝文旦）が暴風のため阿久根に避難し、倉津港に漂着した。 早速船長の謝文旦は番所で取調べを受けたが、 当時の番所の唐通詞（通訳）原田喜右衛門の温情に感激し、 そのお礼に朱楽、白楽の二珍果を贈り、帰国した。 原田氏はその果肉の一種独特な芳香と美味を賞して、 謝文旦の吊を取り「文旦《と吊付け、その種子を播種した。 （引用者が表現を若干変えています）	CHAPTER II RENUNCIATION OF WAR Article 9. Links to OUTSIDE Portal/Communication Site about JAPAN WHYNOTJAPAN - for Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe) Japan Reference japan-guide.com - Japan Travel and Living Guide Japan-Zone.com - Japan Travel Guide, Japanese Pop Culture, History, Japanese Girls, Japanese Guys Metropolis - Japan's Number 1 English Magazine Forum about JAPAN Japan - Yahoo! Answers japan-guide.com - Forum - Questions Japan Forum in Japan Reference Japan Forum.com Japan Forum in JAPAN ZONE Japan Today Forum News on JAPAN asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：English・ニュース The Mainichi Daily News The Japan Times Online: News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More News On Japan
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