The monks of the Nara temples produced innovative new brewing technology,
and perfected techniques that were to become the basis of brewing methods passed down to the present day.
There are many examples in world history of religious orders contributing to the development of brewing technology.
In Japan, the Nara monks were one of these examples.
The Nara area is the area with the longest recorded history in Japan, and can be considered the starting point of the Japanese national story.