琉球弧と神酒(ミキ)

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The Ryukyu Islands arc consists of the Amami and Ryukyu Islands. In the Amami Islands, situated at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands arc, a drink known as miki is made by saccharifying rice gruel with raw sweet potato mash containing β-amylase. Miki is frequently drunk by the island people, especially at folk religious rites. This sacred sake (miki) was made by chewing rice in ancient times, but in the 19th century two kinds of miki were found in Amami, the original one made by chewing rice and another produced by saccharifying rice with raw sweet potato mash. Nowadays, there are many kinds of miki made by saccharifying rice or other cereals with rice or barley amylases in Ryukyu Islands arc. Thus, the miki production process in these islands has changed from chewing rice in olden times to the saccharifying of rice or other starchy materials with plant amylases today.
1994-03-25