Nagano, Suwa City. Maime Corporation.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Ginjo
Purchased at the brewery during a tour of five Suwa breweries.
One of the 3 bottles (5/9) brought back from the trip.
It is served cold.
The color is a light yellow.
The first aroma is of softly fragrant apples and pears.
The mouthfeel is clear and smooth.
On the palate, a slight sweetness like fruit juice spreads over the tongue, and the umami of the rice gradually expands, giving it a richness that is not full-bodied.
The aftertaste has a light acidity and a little sake-like flavor, but the aftertaste is short.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 59
Alcohol content: 15%.
This is the fourth of the five Suwa breweries. I bought this sake because it is a sweet sake. The alcohol content is 16 degrees and it is sweet and pleasant to the palate. 976 yen
Suwa Gokura Tour (5)
Maihime" Maihime Sake Brewery
You can get 5 coins and taste 5 kinds of sake from the sake server.
Shinshu Maihime Sen label Junmai Ginjo Summer Goldfish
The acidity is clear and a bit gaseous.
It has a slight sweetness and bitterness.
Suiro Junmai Ginjo Natural
Made with low-pesticide rice. It is super light and acidity is the main taste, but there is a mild sweetness and acidity.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Omachi Chikahime
A junmai daiginjo with a gentle sweetness. This one was right on the money and delicious.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Harasake Miyamanishiki Polishing 49
It has a sticky texture, a mellow taste, and is capped by the acidity. I like this one too.
Suiro Junmai Daiginjo Yamadanishiki, Polishing 39, Unfiltered Nama-shu
Light, clean taste, good water.
I bought 3 small bottles because it is my favorite type of sake and it was 5% off when I showed the sake tour coupon at the time of purchase 🤣.
I went around all of them in about 50 minutes, taking care of my family 😅.
Do you sell it in the Kansai area? I asked if it was sold in the Kansai area, but the answer was no because we are a small brewery💦.
At a 7-Eleven in the middle of Gokura Street, there was a full lineup of sake bottles from Suwa Gokura 😁.
Good morning, Nemuchi 🐥.
I saw your detailed review, as expected ✨I'm also an Enchihime Ichiban, and I preferred the Maihime label to the sweeter one 😋.
Seven is awesome 😳I wish I could have gone in there 😆.
Hello Nemuchi, ☀️
You drank very much this day! 😊
After all, I was only able to go to Honkin, Maihime, and Reijin streets 😭.
I would be so excited if there was such a sevice in Kansai 😁.
Hello Nemuchi-san!
It's amazing that a convenience store has a bottle of sake 😳
I wonder if it's a former liquor store 🤔Maihime, did they have any Shinshu Neko Masamune?
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛I was in a big hurry to get the stamp coupon and I didn't know how to do it for the first time 😅I bought the Mai-Hime one here 🍶I stopped by 7-Eleven to buy ice cream for my kids 🤣.
Good evening, Ofuji-san 🌛I see you toured three breweries in Suwa 😊Please go around with "Gokuraku set" for revenge👍I should have tasted Masumi without worrying about my family 😁Seven is in the neighborhood so you can't favor them 🤣.
bouken-san, good evening🌛You're right, it's rare to see a bottle of Neko Masamune 😊It was a sight to see them all lined up 🤩Maihime had Shinshu Neko Masamune 🐱I asked her about it and she said she had inherited it🐾.
Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture is carefully fermented at low temperature to produce this dry, crisp sake with a harmonious balance of flavor, a full ginjo aroma, and a delicious taste.
1800ml ￥3,250(tax not included)
Capacity: 1800ml, 720ml
Sake classification Junmai Ginjo
Alcohol content 16
Rice: Miyamanishiki
Polishing ratio 59
Visiting the Five Storehouses of Kami-suwa (1) Maihime
Shinshu Maihime Ougen label Junmai Ginjo Summer Goldfish
The aroma is of muscat, and the taste is moderate, with the umami coming later. The finish is crisp and accented with bitterness.
(2) Suiro Junmai Ginjo Natural
Smooth taste with a fruity sweet and sour flavor. However, it is not overly sweet, and the final taste is calm and lingering, with a good aroma and aftertaste.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Omachi Chikuhime
It has the strongest aroma and fruity sweetness. The sweetness permeates the palate, spreading out just like the aroma. The umami of the rice lingers in the mouth for quite a long time.
Shinshu Maaihime Junmai Daiginjyo Harasake Miyamanishiki Polishing 49
It has a firm acidity, which is followed by a full-bodied and mild taste. It is the heaviest due to the fact that it is a pure sake.
(5) Suiro Junmai Daiginjyo Yamadanishiki Polishing 39, unfiltered, unadulterated, pure sake
Compared to the other two, this one has a sourness that goes through the nose. It is also light on the palate and goes down the throat quickly, but after that you can feel the alcohol taste.
In my opinion, I prefer ➂. Maihime is the most well-balanced and easy to drink among the five breweries in terms of both aroma and taste.
Suwa Gozo Sake Brewery Tour (1)
The long-awaited Suwa Sake Brewery Tour 🍶👣.
There are five breweries within a 500-meter radius along the Koshu-kaido Road, about a 5-minute walk from Kamisuwa Station.
You can buy a Gokuraku set (3,000 yen) at any of the breweries. It includes a mini bag, a souvenir glass, a sticker mount, and a stamp coupon.
Then you get a box containing 5 cups to start!
First, we start with Maihime.
Put the coins you got and about 20 ml from the server into the cups.
Suiro Jungin Summer Miyamanishiki
Shinshu Maihime fan label Jungin Summer Goldfish
Shinshu Maihime Jun Daigin Omachi Chikihime, sweetness and a hint of sourness, my favorite ❣️
Shinshu Maihime Jun Daigin Genshu Miyamanishiki
Suiro Jun Daigin Natsu no Yamadanishiki 39
Water is to be prepared by yourself.
I bought 500ml here!
Hi Takashi 🐦.
This is a lot of fun 😆 You can choose 4 or 5 kinds of drinks from several kinds available! It's a little bit at a time, but it's quite a lot if you go to all five breweries 😁If you have a chance, please do 😊.
Hello😃I hope you enjoy your trip to the five Suwa breweries! If you have time, I also recommend Shimosuwa, where the Mikotsuru brewery and other breweries are located 😸.
Good evening, Pon 😃I see you made it to Nagano Prefecture. That's a very nice sake brewery tour 😊I'm planning to go to Ueda in Nagano for the Bon holidays too, and this one in Suwa is also very attractive✨.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
Oooh! Your wish has come true 🤗 Sounds like a fun brewery tour! I went to Lake Suwa for fun when I was in Nagano, but I wish I had known the wonders of sake then 😫 😢 but I'm sure I will go 🤭.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛.
I'm so drunk on the sake brewery tour in Suwa Lake 😁.
I drank a lot of local sake when I went to see "Gokamigatari" a long time ago, but I had no idea that I was drinking "Yokobue", "Honkin", and "Masumi"💦.
I wish I could go back ✨.
Hi Shota 🐦.
I see you made it to Kiyosato 😳👍
I went to Shimosuwa and wanted to stop by Mikotsuru, but I was too scared of my husband's eyes to tell him 🤣Nigori is also 3 times through in front of me 😂.
Hi, Waka 🐦.
I see you are going to Ueda! I like it 🥹and the townscape is nice ✨Enjoy your visit 🎶.
The brewery tour itself can be done in an hour and a half to two hours, and Suwa-taisha shrine is also nice! By all means 😊.
Hi Jay & Nobby 🐦.
If you are going to Ueda, you should definitely go to Suwa as well! You can enjoy visiting the breweries and Suwa-taisha shrine 😊There were more visitors than I expected, probably because it is still so close to the Kanto area😳.
Hi Jive 🐦.
You're right! Already experienced it 😆 You got to see the Mikami crossing 🧊 jealous ✨I wonder if I'll see it before I die 🤣.
Next time you go there, please do a gutsy tour of the warehouses 😁.
