☀️
Saijo Sake Festival 2025🍶.
There were two breweries serving sake in vessels just like last year 🤗.
⚫︎Fukubijin
Speaking of Fukubijin, it is Masu sake.
The taste is indescribable, with a relaxing sweetness mixed with the fragrance of the wooden barrels 😊.
⚫︎ Kamoizumi
Kamoizumi is known for its bamboo sake 🎋.
The sake is a refreshing type and easy to drink. However, I felt the alcohol was strong. Perhaps it is a regular sake with alcohol added 🤔.
I didn't notice it last year, but I guess I've learned to recognize it over the past year 😏.
I'm sure the good booze has helped my taste buds 🤣.
Hi Masaaki Sapporo 😃.
I was there last week and the weather was great ☀️, the whole city was in a festive mood, you could drink and it was a great day 🤗.
The fourth restaurant we visited in Saijo, Fukubito Shuzo. We were served Junmai Ginjo, which is probably a standard item.
It was refreshing, slightly tasty, and slightly sweet.
There are many beautiful sake in Japan. I have been trying to complete the list, yes.
The brewery is located in the back of the sake brewery street, and the brewer was alone, perhaps because there were only a few visitors, or perhaps it was the wrong time of day. There was a space for display and explanation, and a quiet space for tasting and selling sake.
From the pretty pink bottle
Sweet atmosphere
Alcohol content 14%, Sake degree ➖16
Soft and gentle sweetness combined well with the acidity of white malted rice.
Not too sweet, not too sharp, good for drinking slowly.
First time for Fukubito
Purchased at an antenna store in Hiroshima
Low al but somewhat classic with a dark honey-like sweetness. Tastier than I expected 😋.
Like apple juice 🍎.
It's refreshing and easy to drink.
It's -16 on the alcohol scale, but I'm not sure it's as sweet as the numbers imply.
Tasted and purchased at Saijo.
Nice barrel aroma 😊.
Sweet and refreshing.
Saijo has 7 breweries and many of them have paid tasting, but it is fun to drink a variety!
I was surprised it was empty without inbound.
It was fun to slowly talk with the staff while tasting.
I bought this one bottle, but I should have bought and sent it to each brewery!
The brewery has been designated as a "Saijo Sake Brewing School" for training sake brewing technicians, and has produced many toji (master brewers).
The brand name is derived from the local name "Fukujin" and the fact that the brewery has been aiming for a "full, gentle, and mild taste like a beautiful woman".
It has a calm and gentle aroma, a fruity overtone, and a good umami of rice, with a mellow flavor prevailing in the latter half, followed by spiciness and acidity, leaving a refreshing taste 🍶.
Tonight I paired it with Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, and it went surprisingly well 😄.
