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ねむた
I started to drink and took out my phone to see how I felt about it, but I didn't take a picture of it 💦That's a bummer!
I'm glad I didn't take them all at once💦.
It's the holiday season, so I got this cup of sake 😚🍶😚🍶♪
Kapan⭐︎ and open it up, yeah, it smells great☺️💕!
It's very smooth on the palate, and then suddenly it comes with a cue.
Like it disappears smoothly and goes back to flat? 🤔
Don't drink too much! I'm sure I'll drink too much just like it says on the cup.
Thanks for the treat 😋💕
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うごうご
Cup with an illustration of "Alkuma," Nagano Prefecture's mascot character.
With a thankful message of "Don't drink too much!" with a nice message of "Don't drink too much!
The taste was fruity, but the sake was also very assertive ✨.
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i@kikuchi
Souvenir after inspection in Iida City😁.
Clean and refreshing taste 😍
Clean aftertaste and lingering taste ✨.
You could buy it at supermarkets and convenience stores ❗️
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ともはし
Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 15
Gentle and
refreshingly dry.
Delicious 🤤.
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おふじ
Rice: Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 15
Sake degree +4.0
Acidity 1.7
Here's a little recap 🫡.
This is Saruko-no-Spring given to me by a relative in Nagano.
Saruko-no-Spring is a famous water in Iida City, and it is said that they found this water in search of the best water for tea 🚰.
I haven't had a chance to drink the actual famous water, but I heard that this water is used as brewing water.
The aroma of ginjo is gorgeous 🤤.
The sake has a sake strength of 4, so it tastes light and dry.
However, in the second half, the sweetness of the rice gradually spreads and then quickly disappears.
As the day went on, the dry taste became milder and gentler.
Thank you for the sake!
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ポンちゃん
Good morning, Ofuji 🐥.
I've never seen this brand before😳and it's the name of the water! If the water is good, the sake is definitely good too😊I guess there are still some sake in Shinshu that we don't know about🎶.
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おふじ
Pon-chan, good evening 🌙
I see! I'm only new to this!
I think the taste changes depending on the mineral content of the water, not just the rice. ✨️
I'd like to drink the actual famous water too 🎶.
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女子大学生
So cute!!! 🍎
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HIRO
It was my son's birthday earlier this month, so we went to Nagano Prefecture for a visit during this holiday weekend!
I think I have been to Nagano Prefecture a hundred times, but this was my first time in Nagano City.
I found a great liquor store called "Shinshu Kuraudo" in the very magnificent Nagano station 💡.
They have sake from all over Nagano 😘.
They also have a corner shop, so if I hadn't come by car, I would have gone in there lol.
A cute bear wearing an apple 🍎.
The kids picked out a cup of sake with a cute illustration of Alkuma-chan 🍶.
The taste was very refreshing!
It has a gorgeous ginjo aroma and a crisp aftertaste.
It's very easy to drink and has no habits, so if you're traveling by Shinkansen, this is definitely the one you want to drink on the train on the way home.
I bought a few other bottles, so I'm looking forward to opening them 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Hiro 😃.
Happy Birthday Mr. Son 🎂 Happy Birthday 🎉!
Nagano trip! Nice 🤗I would love to go there by train and drink my fill 😚.
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HIRO
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
Thank you 😊The weather was great this weekend! I would love to do a train trip for a drink!
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ポンちゃん
Happy birthday to your son, Hiro 🎉🎂!
The stuffed Alkuma is so cute ❣️ I didn't know he was such a major character 😆 The weather was great and you had a nice trip 🎶.
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HIRO
Good evening, Pon.
Thank you 😊
Alkuma is so cute 😍so dusty 😘he was everywhere in Nagano prefecture lol.
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sakepower
It's for the record of my drinking 🍶📸😋.
Junmai Sake Week 2024 in Nagoya🍶👍🏻
Week 2: ‼️
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まえちん
So sorry, so sorry... 🍶🍶🍶🍶
Nagano Business Trip Part ㊹
Tomorrow is the last night of my business trip to Nagano 🌃 as I have to pack up and head back to Ishikawa Prefecture 😀 44 check-ins 🎉 for Nagano's business trip sake.
The last day in Suwa, I bought a cup of Alkuma which I don't remember when I bought it 😇.
The aroma is mild and not very noticeable, but on the palate it has a gentle rice 🌾 flavor and sweetness😊 followed by a nice crisp acidity 😚👍This is a delicious sake 🥳.
The label said "Don't drink too much!" but it was so good that it killed me instantly 🤣.
The fourth picture is of lunch with my junior staff at the end of a business trip to Nagano 😊Tonkatsu Maruichi is famous in Suwa. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the meat is 3~4cm thick, but it was tender and full of juices 🥰.
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hoshiaki
Maecin, thanks for the great report 😆 Its 44😅 I enjoyed all of them and found them helpful.
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＠水橋
Thanks for the long business trip, Maechen 😀.
Those pork cutlets look delicious 😉.
Have a good rest 😄.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Maechen 😃.
Finally, it's your last night 🥹44 memories will remain in your liver 😆 Finally, "Don't drink too much!" Might be too late 😁.
The pork cutlet you were aiming for! Looks thick and delicious 😋.
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マナチー
Maechen, thanks for your business trip to Nagano 😆 How can you be in Nagano and not drink too much 🤣‼️
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ポンちゃん
Thank you for your hard work, Maechen 😊.
Did you get the "don't drink too much" after you drank a lot of Shinshu sake 🤣It's cute ❣️
I enjoyed your Shinshu sake review😊🙏.
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まえちん
Good evening, hoshiaki 🌃😀.
You drank 44 different kinds of sake during your stay in Nagano 😊and I will upload the rest of the sake I bought and brought back to Ishikawa 😚☝️
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まえちん
@Mizuhashi, good evening 🌃😀
Thanks to @NaganoSake, I survived my long business trip😇Finally, Tonkatsu which I had with my 🐸junior back in Tokyo was my last lunch 😢I'm taking it easy on Saturday and Sunday 😴.
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まえちん
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌃😀 😀
Cheers to Alkma on our last night in Nagano 🍶Not too late to "don't drink too much" 🤣 still have some Nagano sake in the fridge 😍!
This pork cutlet was so juicy you could drown in a lake of gravy 🐷🥰.
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まえちん
Good evening, Mr. Manachy 🌃😀
I survived my business trip to Nagano for about 5 months 🫡I was helped by good sake and food 😚👍I was in great shape thanks to the large amount I consumed 🤣🤣🤣👍
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まえちん
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌃😀
I really don't want you to "drink too much" on the last day 🤣Alkuma is so cute 😊We have some Nagano sake to take home, so please stay with us for a while longer: 🙇♀️🥳.
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ねむち
On the second day, we moved to Nagano to a campsite with the best view of the starry sky in Japan.
The sky was somewhat cloudy, and we wondered if we would be able to see the starlit sky...
We stayed in a bungalow, so we only slept there.
We went to Iida City.
Iida City seems to be a town of yakiniku (grilled meat), and there are many yakiniku restaurants, but all the popular ones are full of reservations.
After an hour of searching around for yakiniku refugees, we finally found one 😅.
Kikusui Honjozo Nama-Stored Sake
It has a sweet taste and is easy to drink. It has a mild sweetness and is a delicious Honjozo.
The barbecue restaurant is diagonally in front of Kikusui Brewery.
The third picture is not in the brewery, but it is the warehouse of Kikusui Sake Brewery. It looked more like a factory than a brewery.
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T.KISO
Good evening, Nemuchi😄.
Kikusui, it's Kikusui in Akita 😁.
It's confusing 💦.
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ねむち
T.KISO, good evening 🌛I didn't notice it at all💦Thank you 🙏It's rare and complicated to have the same brand name even the same kanji 😅Kikusui in Nagano didn't appear in the brand itself😱.
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zzz...
To be served at the restaurant for a family dinner party.
The sake is a completely local Kikusui lineup. A great local product with no other sakes.
The sake is low in the mouthfeel and opens slowly. The aftertaste is not too strong and enhances the taste of the food.
By the way, Saruko-no-Spring is a spring in Iida City that has been selected as one of the best 100 springs in Japan.
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ETENE
Aroma: Fairly weak
Mouthfeel
Slightly sweet to dry
Slightly sweet to dry
Alcohol 15%.
Rice used: Miyamanishiki
Polishing ratio 55
Taste 3.6
Purchased at a souvenir store in front of Iida station
Enjoy it on the Iida Line
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竹
Caramel-like rice sweetness, dryness like a huckleberry. Junmai feeling with no peculiarities. The alkuma (bear) is cute.
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ジャイヴ
I started the evening with the intention of drinking the rest of the "Rairaku" that I opened last time, but I drank more than I imagined I would, so I opened a spare one-cup of sake as well.
Junmai Ginjyo Saruuko-no-Izumi Alkuma Cup
It has a full, sweet rice aroma, a sweet aftertaste that seems to be caught in the bottom of the mouth after it enters the body, and from there, the apple sensation that you can feel with a pleasant aftertaste that finishes cleanly.
I bought this one on a business trip to Osaka the other day at the Hanshin Department Store on the way to my hotel, where the brewer came to the store and offered a tasting 😁.
When I tasted it, it seemed a little dry due to lack of water from sweating, but when I drank it again, it had a sweet apple flavor that is typical of Shinshu sake!
I couldn't get Shinshu salmon, so I had Fukui salmon as sashimi 😋.
The fourth picture is a beer given to me by my mother-in-law as a gift from Australia 🍺.
The aroma was quite strong with a hint of cemedine, but the taste and flavor was good enough to go down your throat 😋.
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ma-ki-
Hi, Gyve.
You have a good stock of one-cup sake 😲.
I'd like to try some of the Shinshu sake, which is also highly rated at Sakewa 🎵.
Beer is also great especially in the summer 😊I love foreign beers too!
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ワカ太
Hi Gyve, good morning 😃VBB beer, I miss it ‼️ when I went to Australia a long time ago, a local friend said he did VB over Coke over water👍and Alkma, too cute 💕I can't get enough as a one-cup lover😍.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Jive 🐦.
Alkuma cups are cute 😻 Shinshu sake is a delicious cup not to be underestimated! And I see you made the rounds on your recent business trip to Osaka 🤣.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Gyve 😃
Eh! Did I drink this much last time 😳⁉️ often 😅I thought I didn't have that many buses 😓It's important to have a spare bottle of alcohol ready 🤗.
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ジャイヴ
Hi, ma-ki-chan!
I've been looking for a way to get some of the sake from Shinshu, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to find it in my area 😁.
I really wanted to buy a bottle of shigou, but I'm planning to visit Shinshu in August, so I'd like to catch a lot of it then ✨.
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ジャイヴ
Hi Wakata!
I didn't know this beer was that big in Australia 😁.
I didn't know it was that major in Australia 😲.
Alkuma is cute, I think he's one of the most successful local yurukyara ✨.
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ジャイヴ
Hello, Pon-chan ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Contrary to the cute appearance of Alkuma, the alcohol inside is a bit hardcore with "Saruko-no-Izumi" 😁.
I always want to keep it because it's so cute, but the problem is that it puts a lot of pressure on storage 💦.
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ジャイヴ
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
Yes 💦 sometimes when you take it out of the cellar to drink it up, it's not even half full 😁.
That's when one-cup or small bottles are great ✨.
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まも
I drank it for the first time (^^)
No, no, no, it's delicious!
The second largest number of sake breweries in Japan!
The level is very high!
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