Course meal at the Eel Kankoso in Yana.
Takaten, Okaya's original junmai sake from the town of eels.
This sake has a little bit of a frizzy taste. It is also good.
The food was also delicious.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice Polishing Ratio: 59
Alcohol content : 15
Content : 300ml
Production Date : 2023.10
Izakaya Hotel✨
First Nagano business trip in a while: ✌️
Today, we had Chanja, cream cheese kiri & sticks, and strawbali rice cakes with "Takaten", a junmai sake from Takaten Shuzo, Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture, a sake from Suwa, Shinshu 🍶.
It was fruity but not so sweet, dry and refreshing. ❤️
On this Nagano sake trip, we went to a popular izakaya near Matsumoto station
I enjoyed it so much that I bought a bottle at a liquor store on my way home.
I bought it at a liquor store on the way home: ‼️
My wife loves apple🍎 yeast sake ❗️
Refreshing aroma and sweet and sour taste😊.
It's even easier to drink because it's low al at 13 degrees Celsius.
It's easy to drink 😅
It's great in the summer when it's cooled down to the perfect temperature.
It's great to drink it chilled in summer 👍
Good evening, Chobin 😃.
Gao Tian! I've never had it 🥲 but I bet it was delicious to drink locally 🤗.
Sweet and sour 13 degrees 😍I would love to drink this 😋.
Good evening Jay & Nobby, ❗️
This is the first time I've heard of this drink😅.
It tastes quite modern and easy to drink👍
There were other sakes that I drank for the first time.
I liked all of them 😍.
Nagano sake, it's very deep ‼️
Purchased at the same time as a 720 ml bottle of Yamae Nishiki at the Takaten no Kura.
cup sake.
We had it at the hotel along with a blue🍏 Granny Smith pie purchased at an apple pie store, which was a place my husband wanted to go.
It was delicious with the pie, which was not too sweet, and the high-tempered cup sake, which had a crisp taste that did not wear off after a while.
I took the train to Tatsuno Town where the Firefly Festival was being held.
As one would expect from a place listed on a national list of places famous for fireflies, there were a great number of fireflies. The synchronized flashing lights were amazing💫💡💫.
Good morning, Luteltemi 😃.
Apple pie and high heaven, it's an intoxicating pairing that's very Nagano 😊 It's also a quintessential way to match the ☺️ sweets 😊.
The fireflies dancing wildly is also awesome😳The photos also convey a fantastic atmosphere: ☺️
Hi Rutemi 🐦.
I see you were able to see fireflies in Suwa too😻You went at a great time of year ✨.
Your husband likes sweet things😊👍Good trip you both can enjoy ❣️
Hi Aladdin 😄Hello Aladdin, the high heaven cup and green apple 🍏 pie were delicious and tasty despite their acidity 😋 flash 📸🈲 photos of fireflies are difficult for me to take. I'm glad Aladdin got the idea. ☺️
Hi Pon, 😃I was lucky ✌️ to see the fireflies. I don't think I will be able to see them again for a while. I can't go only to my favorite places so we went to the 🍦 and 🥧 stores my husband wanted to go to 🍦 but I just watched them 😂.
Hello, Lutertemi 😃.
Gao Tian! I'd like to try it but haven't come across it yet 🥲If it looks this good in a photo, the fireflies must have been beautiful to see with the naked eye 😌I'd love to meet both of them 🥹.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby😄.
I was surprised to see a line of sake from 9 local breweries in Suwa at the Seiyu in Suwa. It's not easy to come across. It is difficult to describe the beauty of a swarm of fireflies visible to the naked eye 😓.
Good morning, Rutemi-san. ☀️ It's amazing to see fireflies in Osaka and Nagano. I would love to see the fireflies dancing wildly one day...the apple pie looks delicious again! 🍎🥧 and sake go well together too😊.
Hi Hirupeko😄I think I was able to see more fireflies this year than any other year in my life. I wonder when is the next time 😄The sourness of the blue🍏 apple pie was delicious and went well with the high heaven 😄.
100% Kinmon-Nishiki produced in Kijimadaira, Nagano Prefecture
Brewed with Kinmon-Nishiki produced in Kijimadaira, Nagano Prefecture
A slightly luxurious dry Junmai sake with a sharp taste
The third course was bound for Nagano, and the first drink was Takaten, which I had never heard of before. It seems to be a sake from Suwa. It tasted dry and refreshing.
Nagano Business Trip Part 2
Today we had another cup of Takaten sake recommended by a local senior 😋.
It is a delicious sake with a gentle and delicious flavor that you will never get tired of drinking 😚👍.
I had Shinshu Soba for lunch😊I love Soba, so I am very happy to find a Soba restaurant when I walk around here😍I have a medical checkup in early July, so I want to eat Soba and be healthy 🤣.
Maechen, good evening 😃.
Local information is always right 👍Koten is one of the bottles I wanted to try after learning about it at Sake no Wa 😊! It's also good when you drink it locally 🤗.
Soba is also good for lunch!
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 🌅😀😀
I am researching Suwa sake in cups and small bottles 🫡I can't have a lunchtime drink during the weekdays, but I am looking forward to drinking and visiting gourmet restaurants on my days off 😚.
I purchased this product after it was recommended to me by a liquor store in Nagano Prefecture. He said that Takaten is not often released outside of the prefecture and is becoming quite popular in Nagano Prefecture. It seems that most of them are dry, but I bought it because I was told that it was one of the most gorgeous, sweet and easy to drink.
When I drank it...
I felt fruity for a moment on the palate, but the bitterness and spiciness came soon after. The astringent taste also lingered on my tongue for a long time in the aftertaste.
It was a little too much for me.
It was a complex flavor, so I wonder if it would be a hit for those who like it?
Outside drinking.
Shinshu Spring Color SAKE Festival.
Food tents were set up around the festival. The kushiyaki skewers looked delicious, but I had just eaten lunch, so I concentrated on drinking.
I'll have the Takaten 😋.
The color is light and cloudy.
When you sip it, you will taste sweetness.
And a little sourness and astringency.
The astringent taste lingers in the aftertaste.
It is a very drinkable sake.
Takaten Shuzo
Takaten Junmai Ginjo
This brewery is located in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture.
Miyamanishiki rice produced in Nagano Prefecture is polished to 55%.
Gentle fruity aroma, elegant
refreshing acidity and a soft, crisp aftertaste.
A crisp aftertaste.
#Nihon-shu
Hankyu Umeda Main Store, The 9th Traveling SAKE①
We love tasting and brewery events, so we came again this time 🤣.
This time, I arrived 20 minutes after the doors opened. 🏃♂️
We started with "Takaten" which is rarely available in Kansai.
The sake is "round and slippery" (it goes down your throat smoothly).
Takaten is a sake brewery run by a brother and sister.
The younger sister, Emi Takahashi, is the toji (master brewer) and the older brother is in charge of sales.
It was the older brother who handled the business. He originally attended Osaka University of Arts and did not expect to help out at the brewery.
He has many acquaintances in Osaka and he wants Takaten to be known more widely 😊.
Takaten Junmai Ginjo
Sleek, clean, and round junginshu.
Takaten on the rocks.
It can be served on the rocks with more than 18% alcohol by volume, but it doesn't give a strong impact.
Takaten Junmai Dry
Slightly dry, with a Sake meter of about +5. It has a sharp taste and is not too spicy.
Takaten Kinmon 59 Junmai Dry
Slightly spicy, but has a nice flavor and a sharp finish.
Takaten Kinmon 39 Junmai Daiginjo
It has a gorgeous aroma, a full flavor, and a clear mouthfeel. The price is reasonable 🤣.
They seem to make 700 koku and I wish they would make more in the Kansai area 😊.
The 9th Traveling SAKE⑬.
The female toji, Takaten. The Toji's brother was here.
We drank
Junmai Ginjo
Kinmon 39 Junmai Daiginjo
It was delicious!
Kinmon 59 Junmai Dry
I don't think it was very spicy.
Junmai Dry
Surprisingly, this might be the best except on the rocks.
Rocks: Unblended sake
Tasted only because it was sold out.
It's like an "eye breaker", with a lot of gusto but with a sweetness. Looks even better on the rocks.
