Miyamanishiki, 55% polished rice
Hiya. It has a strong alcoholic aroma.
The taste is strong and mild. Strong.
Suitable for dipping. Is hiyaoroshi kept at room temperature? I don't dislike it, and this is the first hiyaoroshi I've had to my liking.
Morioka Ekinaka's Unmenosu.
The third cup in the drinking comparison was a junmai ginjo from Toruyoemon, a famous Iwate sake.
It had a beautiful acidity and was well chilled, so I drank it quickly! 😱
Oh no!
I should have tasted it more slowly!
I realized it was already time to catch the Shinkansen.
I had no choice but to get up from my seat.
It was still early summer in Tokyo at that time, so I could manage to walk outside, but it's definitely not possible now!
It's hard enough in Iwate with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius, but I can't go west of Tokyo with temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius every day because of my cold-weather specs!
And even in this summer-like weather, we will soon be able to harvest the taste of autumn!
Last year, we had a bumper crop of matsutake mushrooms despite the heat wave.
I have high expectations for this year as well! 🎉
The blue bottle with a summer night sky label is very cool. It was so refreshing that it was hard to believe it was a +9 sake, and the moderate acidity kept me from getting tired of it.
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Light, classic aroma.
Slight sweetness and acidity, with a hint of bitterness, and a hint of muscat in the back.
Acidity 1.8
Sake degree +16.5
16-17 degrees Celsius
Souvenir of Iwate
Sour, clear, and crisp. It has a strong minerality, so it is better as a food wine than as a stand-alone drink. Good with summer vegetables. Especially good with tomatoes!
Sake rice→100% Ginginga produced in Iwate Prefecture
Polishing ratio→50
Alcohol content: 14 to 15 degrees Celsius
Sake degree→+9
Amino acidity→0.5
Acidity→1.7
Yeast → Association 7
1914 2025/5
Toruyoemon Special Junmai
Unfiltered raw sake, directly pumped from the tank
Ginga 50% Iwate
+6 1.9 0.8 Association No.7 16-17° 25/3 A+
Kawamura Sake Brewery, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate
1800 3850
Mild aroma and firm taste.
The balance between the umami and acidity is very good and keeps you going.
No photo due to tasting at a liquor store.
I only drank it chilled, but it was fruity and slightly gassy. It is a bit young and has a strong bitterness at the end. Easy to drink and tasty, but not enough. Not really suitable for warming up. It would go well with white meat sashimi and other crispy food. It's like a sake from the north.
Kinshicho Lunchtime Drinking Again (2)
Before ordering the next bottle, I looked back at my post on Sake-no-wa to see what I had ordered on my previous visit 🤔 and found it was Fuyu-wata from Wataya 🤗I found a different seasonal Haru-wata on the menu this time, so I ordered that one for the second bottle!
It had a cute label and was a delicious sake with a soft sweetness and gentle acidity 😋The food at this restaurant goes well with sake, so I'll drink it right away😅.
The third bottle was a gut instinct choice because Nobby likes Miyamanishiki! This is "Yoemon" which is our first sake series. ‼️
For us, the name "Yoemon" might sound more familiar than "Doraemon" 😆.
It looks dry, but is it slightly sweet? It looks dry, but it is slightly sweet, and then the sourness comes in afterwards 😚.
But you know, since we are drinking outside in a quiet space, we will savor it much more slowly than usual 😉 while acting out the atmosphere of an elegant couple having a lunchtime drink 😌. ☺️
By the way, this restaurant opens at 1pm, but we arrived at Kinshicho station after 12pm because we were feeling ahead 😆 We went to IMADEYA to see art for a while to kill time 🖼️ and got Okuroku which we were interested in 👍.
To be continued
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛Thanks for the frigana when I thought I couldn't read again ✨️ It's great to find a store worth the 2 hour train ride 🤤 and you've even managed to get to Okuroku 🥰!
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀.
I miss Kinshicho as I stayed there for a series of nights during a trip to Tokyo a few years ago.
Super dry and elegant lunchtime drinking for a couple...
It's the best 👍.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😀
Getting some great sake and food for a lunchtime drink... enviable time 😇.
Lately, I've managed to empty my sake at home, so I don't have any sake with good food at the restaurant 🤣.
Hi N.E. 😃
I like to relax for a lunchtime drink 🤗.
It's a good restaurant! It's a popular restaurant and it seems you should make a reservation at night: ‼️
Hi Takashi 😃
We arrived at this restaurant at 1pm ‼️ this was our top priority 😆 The restaurant is quiet 🤫 but you can enjoy heart and liver shaking food and drinks 🤗Okuroku was also happy👍.
Hi Nao888😃
I can't read it 😅 my main purpose is to visit the grave and to visit my father! It's never the main purpose of daytime drinking 🙄 That's not what I'm saying 🤣.
Chucky Okuroku lucky ✌️
Hi Yasbay 😃
It was really nice, luxurious and blissful ☺️
For you, Yasbaye, a home party where you bring your own food 🥳 or something like that would be great 😆.