Recently, "Maki-ki" (winding machines) have become a common sight in Tokyo 😉.
Fresh aroma like melon 🍈.
Smooth and full of sweetness 🎵.
Sourness starts to appear in the middle and tightens up 👍️
Nice and refreshing aftertaste ✨.
Makiki TSUBASA Unfiltered Nama Sake
Rated 4.4
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malted rice (domestic), raw material rice: Yamadanishiki produced in Minamiuonuma, ratio of polished rice to total rice: undisclosed, nihonshudo, acidity: undisclosed, alcohol percentage: 14%, production date: April 2025
Another brand of Niigata Prefecture's Takachidai, Makihata is brewed only with water from the underground streams of Makihata Mountain and local sake rice grown in Minamiuonuma.
The brewery aims for a clean and delicate taste by using micro-bubble-washed "Yamadanishiki" rice produced in Minami-uonuma that has been flat-polished.
It has a refreshing, slightly effervescent taste and a smooth, refreshing texture on the tongue. The aroma is strawberry and lychee-like.
Another brand of Takachiyo Shuzo, Makihata summer sake 😆.
For some reason, I choose this one over the Takachiyo series😅.
Cool and promising label✨.
Low alcohol and refreshing, but fruity and softly spreading flavor 😋.
I think I'll try Takachiyo next time...
I think I'll have to go with Mackay...
In Niigata City.
I had a glass of Makiso by Takachiyo Shuzo, which is more familiar to locals than Takachiyo.
I haven't tasted Takachiyo yet😅.
Alcohol content 15 degrees Celsius
The rice is polished flat and washed with microbubbles, and the flat milling is a method to cut the rice thickness.
I remembered that when I had a Banshu Ikkyo before, it was made with the Shin Gin milled rice.
It seems that the Shin-Gin is a development of Hirabira.
The main thing about this sake is that the aroma is mild and balanced.
It has a delicious rice flavor, and although it is a pure rice sake, it does not have much of a cloying taste, making it quite easy to drink.
The entrée was fried tofu from Tochio. It was thick and satisfying, and it also made the sake taste great 😙.
On a business trip to Misawa, I had time to stop by.
There was another brand of Takachiyo.
I would have passed it by if it were Takachiyo, but I was curious about it.
Microbubbles can remove dirt without scrubbing and are gentle to sake rice.
(I understand this because of my job.)
I think it's a good choice.
Old people don't adopt this kind of thing...
Nice work, Takachiyo-san.
Now, let's see how it tastes...
6 sweetness, 3 sourness, 1 bitterness.
It's delicious!
It's sweet, but the acidity and the bioflavors help to set the flavor.
I agree with adopting new technologies such as flattened rice milling and microbubbles.
I hope this brewery does well.
Salted wonton ramen at Shina Soba Restaurant in Ninohe.
It's as good as it's been for 20 years!
Some things don't need to change...
Good evening, Goani-Goan.
Wonton noodle soup looks delicious!
I love wonton noodles because when I was little, my mom used to take me to a noodle shop near our house to eat wonton noodles!
It kind of reminds me of my mom 🥹.
Good morning, bebe.
Whoever thought of wonton noodles is a genius.
It makes ramen even more delicious.
And this ramen has 🍋 in it. It is located in the same city as the Nanbu Bijin brewery.
It has a robust taste but a refreshing drinking experience.
It has a strong sweetness and acidity, but it's so refreshing. I would like to pair it with strong dishes.