First the rice is polished, then washed and soaked in sake so that it absorbs it, and is liquidized with the blender-like machine with water mixed with sake.
まず米を日本酒精米し、日本酒洗米・日本酒浸漬して米に吸水させたあと、日本酒水とともにミキサーのような機械で乳白色の液体にする。