Summer Travel in Northeast Japan (3)
This summer, Niigata Airport→Sendai Airport✈️
This summer, we will be traveling in the southeast north of Japan, connecting Niigata Airport to Sendai Airport.
The current location is Aizu Sakashita→Aizu Wakamatsu.
The third bottle was a cup of sake from Yamanoi.
It is from a sake brewery in Minami Aizu,
It is a cute cup of sake, limited to a plant shop in Aizuwakamatsu 💕.
I stopped by to see if I could get some of Yamanoi's sake,
There are standard 60 and 40 in this stylish cup sake designed by Ayumi Monoe, a painter living in Kitakata, and I selected the 40 this time.
I couldn't believe that the plant shop was a liquor store.
I was surprised at the stylish storefront!
Do they even have a DJ booth?
The color is a slightly pale yellow.
The nose has a mild aroma of yellow peaches and a refreshing scent like bamboo grass.
The slightly thickened mouthfeel is followed by a gentle yellow peach aroma, then sweet and sour tastes spread gently, leaving a lingering umami aftertaste and a mildly mellow and moderately thick taste with a mildly bitter aftertaste.
The taste is mildly mellow and has a good thickness, yet it finishes easily and lightly.
A high level cup of sake 😊.
In Aizuwakamatsu, we toured Tsurugajo castle and Iimoriyama, and then went to Urabandai for lodging: ⛰️
After a relaxing soak in the hot spring at the hotel, I went to Urabandai.
After soaking in the hot spring at the hotel and rocking on the massage chair,
The moment when you open a cup of sake after soaking in a hot spring at a hotel and relaxing in a massage chair is the best 🤣.
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃Don't come to Tohoku❣️ Iimoriyama from Tsurugajo, my favorite course❤️ I'm going to treat my tired walking body with a massage machine and pour a cup of sake down my throat. Just imagine how blissful it is 😆💕.
Good evening, Hirupeko-san!
Good summer trip to the southeast north of Japan. ✈️
Your photos of sightseeing are beautiful✨
I hope you enjoy drinking a lot 🤗.
Good evening, Wakata-san. Looking back, I didn't get a shot of the red roof tiles of Tsurugajo castle 💦It was mid-summer, so this was a labor-saving prep-level trip, but I was happy just to be able to visit Aizu 💕I'll take my time and revisit 😊.
Good evening, ma-ki-. It was a summer trip to the southeast north✈️ like a run through, but I was happy to visit the places I have been warming up to visit someday💕more to come😊.
Hi Hirupeco, good evening. I'm so happy to see you here 🙂.
Castles make me excited!
I know 😁.
I'm looking forward to going the same route in a little while.
I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to it 😁.
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃.
After a long day of driving and enjoying your family trip, you need to take a long bath to relax your body and then have a cup of sake "pakakak" 🥰.
I'm sinking just reading this: ☺️
I love the fact that you stopped by the arborist 👍.
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃.
I was in Aizuwakamatsu myself over the weekend 😁.
I stopped by a plant store, it's a stylish wooden store.
Puckering up at a hot spring hotel is the best 😆.
Good evening, Hanapin-san. I see you are also going to Aizu 😆 I always enjoy returning to my hometown since I always drink from the plant shop 😊The impregnable Tsurugajo castle is also very exciting ✨.
Good evening, Aladdin. Oh, did the gardener know I was drunk? I didn't go to the brewery, but I did go to the liquor store 🤭The sound of a cup of sake being opened is so soothing I want it as my ringtone🤣.
Good evening, Hiro-san. I've been to Aizuwakamatsu! And I'm so jealous that you're touring the sake breweries, which I wasn't able to do 👍I'll enjoy your posts 😆🙌!
The second glass of Yamanoi.
From the impression on the label, one would think it would be a sweet, mildly sweet wine, but the sweetness is not too much, and the overall impression is full-bodied, with just the right amount of dryness and just the right amount of acidity. It is an orthodox style.
It is well-balanced, so it is an all-around good sake, regardless of the situation of the drinker.
Opened August 6, 2025
Purchased at Sake no Akiyama
With a rice polishing ratio of 70, I expected a full-bodied flavor range 😚.
Oh, sharper than expected ^ ^ but soon full-bodied graininess 🌾.
Slightly acidic and warm overall^ Good sake 🍶.
Hello, I'm a member of the Aizu Sake Brewery Association.
Thank you for drinking our sake breweries Aizu, Kunigon and Hanaizumi from our hometown Minamiaizu-cho!
Bottom of the bottle, about to empty.
Chemical sweetness, melon and strawberry aroma.
Beautiful, gentle sweetness and fine acidity.
The impression is lighter than the aroma.
It is fire-brewed, but it has a freshness.
Delicious!
Taste level ☆3.5/5
7/10
Fukushima Prefecture's Fukunoka is used for this sake.
The clean label, which is rare nowadays, is conversely pleasant.
The taste is light.
It is easy to drink because of its acidity and sweetness in the latter half.
It is the type of sake that you can drink easily.
It was a good time to get a little drunk.
Yamada Nishiki produced in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture is used.
Yamadanishiki is rare in Fukushima Prefecture.
As is typical of Yamada-Nishiki, the taste is well-balanced and delicious!