Then, in 1996, a farmer who specialized in sakamai production tried to revive it from twelve grains of seed rice kept by Kyushu University, and in 1999 his effort succeeded.
やがて1996年、九州大学に保存されていた12粒の種籾から酒米作りを専門とする農家が復刻にとりくみ、1999年成功。