The Miyakotsuru sake brewery has been in business in Kyoto for over 175 yearsKuramoto-No-Shizuku is supplemented with the extract of sake lees from Miyakotsuru, a long-established sake brewery which has been operating in Kyoto for over 175 years. Miyakotsuru sake uses “Iwaimai”, a rare and delicate rice variety that is difficult to use in mass production, “Kyonohana” Kyoto yeast, and “fushimi”, the soft and refined groundwater that wells up from below Kyoto. This extremely precious sake lees extract can only be made once a year, using these 3 treasured ingredients.
Sake lees extract
The manufacturing process that creates Miyakotsuru sake lees leaves double the ordinary concentration of the skin-lightening ingredients in rice, so the lees are supplemented with twice as much of those ingredients, which are arbutin and kojic acid. Furthermore, the sake lees extract also contains protease enzyme, which breaks down proteins. It softens old keratin in skin, promoting skin turnover. So, sake lees extract from Miyakotsuru contains abundant skin lightening ingredients, which make skin lighter and smooth.