I was told by Mr. Piro that the price will be raised to 6,000 yen per person 🥲...we were talking about it in J&N...
Well, the party started without the owner 😆 After about 30 minutes, the teacher finally came back to the restaurant with something🤗What is it? I wondered what it was, but in a small voice that sounded like it was about to disappear, he said in a tearful voice, "I thought I'd give everyone some good sashimi 😇" 🥹.
I'm sorry I didn't know how you felt 😍I'm sorry I toasted without your permission 🥲I think my sake tasted even better than usual😙.
So, as usual, we started drinking and talking from 5:00 pm, and before we knew it, it was 10:00 pm 😆 We stay longer because it's so cozy
We left Kurata and moved on to the after-party with Sashiu, Yasusake, Nirutaro, Kotori, and Hiro!
But when we saw the price of regular izakaya (Japanese style pubs), we realized again how good Kurata is 😳 We were so lucky 😌 We had Imi and Sawahime at this place. ‼️
If Kurata-san can accommodate 20 people 🙄 we can invite everyone who wants to join 😅I hope they can expand the restaurant somehow 😌.
Conclusion: the at-home prefects' party was awesome 😊.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😀.
After all, Tochigi Sake no Wakai too. It always looks so fun and nice 😀.
Kansai is just as fun 😇
The last of the after-party was decorated by Imi, as expected 😇
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Nice photos ❣️ I can feel your at-home Tochigi love ❤️ ✨The sashimi looks awesome 🤤Nice - I'd love to visit Kurata sometime 🫡I'm looking forward to your restaurant expansion, ❗️
Good morning, Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
The sashimi looks so delicious 😚You went out to buy this for us all to eat ✨Every time I can feel that you and the members of the Prefectural Association seem to be enjoying yourselves in a harmonious way 😆.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 🌞I can feel the owner's love for sashimi: 🐟️ The quality and quantity of sake you brought is amazing too 🤤I'm jealous of the prefects' association, everyone seems to be having so much fun: ✨️
Hi Jay & Nobby😃!
The sashimi looks delicious😍and the shooting beauty I adore🫣It was a very fun prefect meeting ✨I could feel the homey atmosphere fun 😊.
Jay & Nobby Thank you so much for the other day. We really had a great time. And thank you for the update on the after-party 😊It was delicious, but I don't remember... Kurata-san is the best, isn't he😄.
Jay & Nobby❤️We're looking forward to the store expansion too‼️ really looks like fun and I can feel how happy and satisfied you guys are✨
I'm so jealous of your after-party shootings ‼️ 🥰.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby! I see a lot of people are attending...it's been so hot lately that I've been drinking more beer than sake. I'm sure I'll be drinking sake if it looks like such a fun party 😍.
I didn't talk about the taste of sake at all😓.
Sake and Sawa Hime....they were delicious 😙.
Also, the teacher bought us 3 vats of sashimi, pictured here: ‼️
Hi Kano 😃
Yes, I am very happy to be here! The Kenmin Kai is a lot of fun 🤗.
The only sake I drank at Kurata is Kuyou Masamune 😅I had a lot of it 😅‼️ and the sashimi was delicious 😋I don't remember much about the after party at Imi's 😅.
Hi bouken 😃
Well said 🤔 we were the first Yami's to drink outside 🤗I don't remember what it tasted like 🤣.
The owner didn't come back 😅We were all toasting to the owner worrying that he might have collapsed because of the heat 😁.
Yasbay, I'm with you 😃.
Yes, I am very glad to hear that you are enjoying your time in Tochigi! Just like the friendliness and fun in Kansai 😊Tochigi-Kenmin-Kai has a comfortable at-home feeling 😌.
The after-party was "Sake is so expensive! 😱" and I realized again how grateful I am to Kurata-san!
Hi Hina Hana Mama 😃.
I'm so happy to see you here! It's really a prefects' group where everyone is so calm and at-home award 🤗.
The first sashimi was also delicious thanks to the teacher 😋 Yes! I'd like to set it up sometime ‼️
Hello Kotaro 😃
It seems to be sashimi from a well-known restaurant 😋 It was very tasty 😋.
It! It's a lovely place where the word "convivial" fits perfectly 🥹.
Hi Nao888😃
I was pleasantly surprised by the delicious and fatty sashimi 😋 and the sake 😙.
I drank so much with the drinks I brought in and the ones at the restaurant 😅.
It was a lot of fun 👋
Hello ichiro18 😃
Yes, I am very glad to hear that you are enjoying your time at the Prefectural Association! I hope you can feel the fun atmosphere of the prefects' meeting through the text and pictures 🤗.
And I'm sorry I don't remember the details of my longed-for shooting beauty😍Taste 😅.
Hi Sashiu 😃
It was a really fun time 🥹Let's do it again ‼️ and when I saw the menu of the after party restaurant...I thought 😳 how expensive it usually is😅
Thanks Kurata-san!
Hi Pekho, thanks for the help 😃.
I'm thinking it would be difficult to expand the store 😓I'm looking for a better store with a little more space 🤔.
But it's not so easy to find a store where you can relax so freely 😅.
I'm 120% happy and satisfied 😊.
Hi mariage😃
Yes, we have a new member list for the next few months! We currently have 13 members when all prefectural members gather! 🤗That would fill up the whole restaurant😅.
Yes, beer 🍺 is great in hot summer 😋, but on this day, sake was the only choice 😙.
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀.
Your review conveys the excitement of the prefectural meeting, 5 hours is quite a long time 🤣.
But hats off to the hospitality of the manager who goes out of his way to stock up on sashimi until the restaurant is empty 🥰I'd love to visit!
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
I always stay for 4-5 hours in a sanctuary where I can relax 😅It's good to have a trusting relationship with people that they can leave the restaurant empty 😊.
Hi Jay & Nobby 🐦.
I saw the other one and it was such fun 😊👍🎶 good drinks as always 😻.
I can feel the trust in the place to start even if the owner is not there 😆.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
This is what happened to me 🤣I trust you because we do it in the same place every time😄or maybe it's a good thing 😊I had a lot of fun!
Objective #2.
The difference between GOLD and SILVEA is that SILVA has brewing alcohol in it.
Rice polishing ratio 40
Alcohol content 17%.
Ibi no Homare used
For some reason I forgot to take a picture of the GOLD label 💦.
I was too drunk to take a picture 💦.
I was surprised to see how different it was from the GOLD when I compared them 😳.
I'm a little shocked at the sweet and sharp taste in the aftertaste 😅
I personally prefer SILVEA😇
I don't get to see the Imi very often to begin with 😵.
Good evening, soumacho!
I'm so jealous of you and your drinking competition 🤤.
I wonder how I can meet you 😅.
I'd like to drink the shocking Aruzoe Sagami, and of course GOLD someday!
Good evening, ma-ki-😃.
I just happen to meet you for drinks out and it's very unlikely that I'll meet you for drinks at home 😵.
I'd love to hear what you think of Aru Soei Mi after you drink it with ma-ki- who loves sweet and tasty ✨.
This is also the first time in 10 months that I've been to Imi.
This time with nigori sake 🍶.
Yes, I'm here for the sake of my junior colleague who was drinking when I couldn't join him at this restaurant last time because I couldn't make it 😤.
I knew there was a SILVEA with GOLD though 💦.
First, GOLD.
The taste is very unique, with a strong rice flavor and sweetness.
It is still delicious 😊.
Well, well, well, well....the bottle is open!
Every time I read this back label, I think, hmmm. I think "Oh yes, that's right...". It makes me think a lot and sympathize with them 😭
However, it's delicious ✨!
I've completed this season's Ebi, and I'm truly grateful for the environment and sake luck that allowed me to do something that is not possible in most cases 🤩.
Next season, I'd rather go for the one I've never had 🤒.
This is a great drink, so if you see it, please get it. Or, if you see it in a restaurant, please drink it without hesitation.
Mmmm, it's so good, so good!
I think you should get it if you encounter it 🤔.
This is the second time I've had the Ginsen ✨Of course, it's extremely good 🐎.
Good evening, SwissySue 🦉.
Is it a comp 😳Congratulations on ‼️ 🎉You said there was only one more species and it came true 👍I have nothing but greatness 😆.
I would love to drink it just once! I haven't even been able to drink outside 😂.
Hey there Pon, good evening 😊.
Thank you 😊I think I have the best luck with sake this year👍Well, thanks to the help of my friends who are willing to help me 😆I really want you to drink it and I sincerely hope we can share this deliciousness 🙇.
We had a bottle of Imi no Black.
Low-polished rice is called "black rice" in sake brewing, and the name is fitting for this challenging sake made with very low-polished rice (80% milling ratio).
According to the label on the back, Black was made for the first time in 10 years. I was intrigued by the fact that it was not exactly how they wanted it to be.
Poured into a glass, it has a slightly yellowish appearance, neither completely clear nor cloudy, but rather a little hazy. The aroma has the usual Imi atmosphere. The first impression in the mouth is the same as usual, with sweetness as the main taste, but the bitterness and pungency that comes immediately after that are probably the miscellaneous tastes that only low-polished rice can give off. The aromatic graininess of brown rice gives a sense of the presence of the rice.
Drinking this wild and rugged sake, you will be reminded of how refined the sake you usually drink tastes. It was also a good opportunity for me to think about many things, such as the significance of refining in sake brewing.
The sake may not have been exactly what the brewery wanted, but it was a good experience for me personally.
Sugihara Shuzo's "Imi Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama-shu".
When the bottle is opened, the aroma is mellow and the sweet, strawberry-like ginjo aroma rises gorgeously.
The first sip reveals a fresh, cute acidity and a very rich rice sweetness and umami.
The acidity is around 5.5 and the sweetness around 4.5, with the creamy sweetness and richness of the light nigori taking center stage in the mid-palate.
When the sweetness fades towards the end, the slightly bitter umami acidity slowly fades away in the throat, creating an excellent aftertaste.
Brand name: Imi Junmai Ginjo Tankoba Unfiltered Unrefined Nama Shu 05BY
Sake Brewer: Sugihara Shuzo Co.
Type: Junmai Ginjo
Rice/yeast used: Ibi no Homare
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol percentage: 16
Sake meter: Undisclosed
Acidity: Not disclosed
