He expressed a surprise to have seen that toji (sake brewing experts) applied the heat of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (about 55 degrees Celsius) to sake rightly as the temperature for them to be able to write the Japanese character 'の' barely on the surface of sake in the environment without thermometers which was different from the Western Pasteurization.
彼は西洋のパスチャライゼーションと異なり温度計のない環境で、杜氏が酒の表面に「の」の字がやっと書ける熱さとしてぴったりと華氏130度（約55℃）をあてることに驚きを表明している。