Hanayo (Koya Shuzo Yamagata)

10/20/2025, 4:34:03 AM

10/20/2025

9/23/2025, 8:51:21 AM

Taroijapanista

In Yamagata. The kind you don't see in Tokyo very often. Beautiful and delicious.

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Hanayo絹　大吟醸

9/22/2025, 1:57:16 PM

9/17/2025

家飲み部

Bullet❗️Yamagata Day Trip Drive🚙💨③ We were able to visit La Jomon and and Satoya, which was the most important goal of this trip, and Two missions completed☑️ Now, the next mission... If we came all the way to Yamagata, we had to make a pilgrimage to a sacred place ☝️ Our goal was to visit the brewery of the Fatty Generation. But you know what? Dora had a lot of missions before we got there. 　　　　　（Sake shop tour) So all my sightseeing requests were rejected... 🙅‍♂️ I was rejected...🤷‍♀️⤵︎ I bought a bottle of Hanabayo's "Silk" at one of the many liquor stores we stopped at. I'll have a glass of Hanabayo's "Silk" ✨🥂✨. Mild ginjo aroma When you drink it It has a thick and mellow mouthfeel Sweet and fluffy It is full of umami. In the latter half, the sourness comes from the umami. Then it finishes with a kick. After swallowing, the chest is chilled. If you combine it with pear Hmm? It was a bit salty and sour! When I combined it with Satoya's "Tamayura"... It's so good 😘! I loved this pairing 💕 By the way, "Tamayura" is... A famous Yamagata confectionary "Noshibai" made with white bean paste and agar, topped with Japanese raw chocolate. Very delicious 🥰. For lunch, I had a quick ramen (ramen).

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ポンちゃん

Good evening, Tsubu 🦉. Bullet drive, sake activities are awesome ❣️ and there are a lot of rare looking sake 😆 They all look so delicious 😆 It's so quintessential~! The ramen and gyoza also look delicious😻I'm starving 🤣.

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ぺっほ

Tsubu-chan😊Good morning 🩷Good trip 🩷‼️ sake made my trip to Japan many times more enjoyable👍 You nailed it with the pear pairing 😯‼️ looks interesting & delicious🥰Tamayura is also recommended to pair with sake ❣️

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ひるぺこ

Hi Tsubu-chan. I'm amazed at Dora's ability to get information on Yamagata, where there are so many missions. ‼️ Sadoya was at a sake event in Osaka the other day and I paired it with Ukishima. I also bought some Noshibai and it brought back memories of how delicious it was 😋.

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Good evening, Tsubu 😃. A car seems like a fun way to get to different places 🥹. I agree that instead, there are many missions to get to the holy places 🤣. I learned a lot from your recommended pairings 📚.

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Pon, here's another 🙏! The drive was hard 🚙 without any sightseeing 🤣 it's fun though 😜♪ I had to try this "Silk" which was a bit expensive but I had to try it 😙I'm glad you had Sandesi 😊The ramen looks good too 😘.

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Good evening, Pekho 😊. I enjoyed the trip chasing sake 😆♪ I heard Kumagai-san said pear goes well with malo at LaJomon, so I tried other sake 😙 but tamayura is good for this sake👍!

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Good evening, Hirupeko! Dora-chan's mission is to stop by every liquor store she researched for "that sake" ☝️🤣 Speaking of Ukishima, Wagashi Kaorufu's... sounds delicious! I'm curious to try it together 😘.

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Good evening, Hiro-san😄. I saw that Hanyo Masamune at about 3 stores 😅I couldn't afford the silk 😅but the silk was expensive too 💧Next time you are in Yamagata, please visit Satoya and try the Japanese sweets to go with the sake 👍I recommend Tamayura.

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城崎みのり

Hanayo吟醸

9/22/2025, 9:00:12 AM

9/20/2025

外飲み部

城崎みのり

At Hijiori Onsen and Kaneyama Shoten

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Taroijapanista

Hanayo絹

9/12/2025, 10:25:04 AM

Taroijapanista

At Yamagata. Very tasty. I wish I could drink it in Tokyo.

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ヤスサケ

Hanayo美山錦大吟醸

9/10/2025, 1:34:49 PM

9/6/2025

ヤスサケ

Sande Series (4) Yamagata Sake again 😂. This is Hana Hanyo from Koya Sake Brewery in Okura Village, Yamagata. We've had it in the past, and we also had "Silk" when we visited Shinjo ✨. As for the taste, I didn't really notice the aroma. The sweetness of the graininess spreads a bit on the palate. Overall, it was light, refreshing, and clean 😄. I felt that the sake alone was not enough, but I enjoyed the refreshing taste as a food sake.

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Yama

Hanayo

8/28/2025, 1:20:43 PM

5/4/2025

Heroyui

Hanayo大吟醸

8/17/2025, 2:26:37 AM

8/16/2025

家飲み部

Heroyui

Purchased at the Yamagata Antenna Shop in Ginza. A modest and subtle ginjo aroma. Slightly aromatic, yet smooth and firm sweetness. It is light, but has a deep flavor with a firm body. I paired it with saikyo-yaki Spanish mackerel.

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jasmine

Hanayo大吟醸絹

8/9/2025, 10:49:27 AM

6/19/2025

jasmine

It is characterized by a calm ginjo aroma reminiscent of fruit and a refreshing mouthfeel. It has a sweet and slightly tangy taste. Serve with grilled sweetfish with salt and pickled wild vegetables

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つつつ

Hanayo大吟醸　絹

7/29/2025, 1:52:53 PM

つつつ

Sweet but robust? I also like the aroma that comes through to the nose.

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tama

Hanayo

6/15/2025, 5:31:51 AM

6/14/2025

Hanayo純米吟醸

6/5/2025, 10:57:53 AM

5/31/2025

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☀️ I went to the Yamagata Sake Fair 🤗. It's raining unfortunately ☔️ Rain outdoors is a pain in the ass😅. First, let's start with Hanabayo. ◾️Hanabayo Clean, sweet, slightly bitter, but easily swallowed and tasty without any peculiarities. ◾️ Hanabayo Kinu Daiginjo Sweet and smooth on the tongue 😋. The sake seems to float fluffy on the tongue. It has a rich aroma and fills you up with just sake 😊. ◾️ Hanabayo Kinu Junmai Daiginjo This one is also sweet and smooth. The same fluffy tongue on the tongue. It has little fragrance, but there is a slight bitterness in the aftertaste and fullness in the flavor. I could tell the difference between Junmai and Alten 🤗. Both are worthy of a beautiful sake 🥰.

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Hi Hiro 😃 Oh, you are going to Yamagata now? Now you're going to Yamagata 🥲, it's really nice and easy to visit 👍We've been saying we want to go but we haven't been able to 🥲. Bishu Prefecture 😍great!

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Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃. I enjoyed my time in Yamagata and I recommend it 😆 In case you're wondering, I'm planning to go to the sake event in Oyama tomorrow 😁I wonder if J&N and others from Tochigi Kenmin Kai will be there? I'm a little nervous 🤗

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Sorry, I'm late looking at this 😅! I'm late looking at this😅 Are you in Oyama now?

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Oyama. ❗️

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Oooh! Are you for real? ‼️ We're headed to a Bunraku tasting at a liquor store in Utsunomiya.

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