The first Shikishima ✨Tamaei is a sake rice from Aichi Prefecture 🥰The sake shop recommends to drink it slowly for about 2 weeks, so we took our time ✨.
The aroma is classic and moderately sweet, with a slight gasp on the tip of the tongue. The palate is clean and refreshing, with a fresh umami, a beautiful acidity, and finally, a bitterness that gradually comes through.
On the second day, the aroma is of rice. A little sweetness is coming out, sweet and tasty classical, and the acidity is clean ✨.
On the third day, the aroma is sweet with a hint of brown sugar.
On the seventh day, I warmed it to lukewarm. The sweetness spreads 🥰 and the acidity is moderate ✨.
I think it's better to warm it up to lukewarm 🤔.
I couldn't drink it over 2 weeks 😅
I thought Halloween was over the other day, but today I happened to go to a shopping center and saw a Christmas tree 🎄 and already there are some ads for Sake with zodiac sign labels🤣A year goes by so fast 🤗.
Good evening, ichiro18😄.
Yes! The zodiac labels are already on sale ❣️ really fast💦I'm surprised it's faster than the Xmas labels🫢It's not easy to change the taste of Shikishima for 2 weeks. I have to measure and drink it... 🤣
Good evening, HinaHanaMama 😃!
A year goes by fast ✨I've been into sake for almost a year now and I'm starting to understand how it's released, but the advertisements keep deceiving me 🤣I had to drink it in small sips with a boar cup for 2 weeks 😅.
Good evening, ichiro18 😃.
Congratulations on your first Shikishima 🎉It's true that it has a high alcohol content and it would be better to drink it slowly 🤔You also enjoyed the temperature change 🤗The year really goes by quickly...
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃.
Thank you 😊 I was driving to work this morning feeling the sweetness slowly getting deeper and deeper over time 🤣 I was driving to work this morning and felt the deepening of the fall and winter as the leaves started to turn red 🤣.
We had our first sake, Shikishima-san, in hiyaoroshi 😀.
It was a very doshy and assertive sake for our family 🤣.
The label on the back said it was a classy gorilla 🦍, I kind of thought that's what it meant 🤣.
I'm still a little inexperienced in our house, sorry I can't comment too properly 🙇.
By the way, the day before, I took advantage of my day off to walk from my house to a spot right on the takeoff/landing course of the new Osaka Airport in Toyonaka City, where you can watch the flight from the side 😀.
It was quite impressive to see a jumbo landing 🤣.
It was worth the 16km walk 😇.
Good morning, Yasbaye 🌞So you're here for the Imamaka pop-up store 😏But 16 kilos is still amazing 😳Classy gorilla🦍...looks like we need some training 🤣.
Hi Nao888 😀
No, no... on this day, I didn't stop by Imanaka-san purely to watch the plane 🤣.
I still need more training to get to the classy gorilla 😅.
Deep, deep sweetness with a hint of acidity. Rich red apple nectar.
Thick, deep sweetness, deep and short umami, high acidity, and a bitter taste that sticks to the tongue.
The tongue is rough and a little strong.
It has a lingering bitter aftertaste and a slight stinging of alcohol in the throat for a while after drinking the water.
I like the feeling that the powerful taste is also deceived by the fruity sweetness and acidity!
Deep, deep sweetness with a hint of acidity. Rich red apple nectar.
Thick, deep sweetness, deep and short umami, high acidity, and a bitter taste that sticks to the tongue.
The tongue is rough and a little strong.
It has a lingering bitter aftertaste and a slight stinging of alcohol in the throat for a while after drinking the water.
I like the feeling that the powerful taste is also deceived by the fruity sweetness and acidity!
On the way back to Nichinaga Island, I decided to stop by for a blowfish dinner, but I went to the factory by mistake and bumped into an employee who told me I was in the wrong place, so I went back to the brewery and bumped into him again...
According to the sake pervert, porcelain tastes better than porcelain because the porcelain eliminates the umami taste and the alcohol is released in moderation.......
It was so much fun and the fanfare was too much like an underground idol 🫰🫶.
I've been using it as a substitute for ponzu (Japanese sauce) in soups and nabe (hot pot with soup stock) 🍲.
It also goes well with natto (fermented soybeans) from Mitsukan.
It is said to be a sake blended from several raw sake and aged for two years. It is slightly dry and has a deep taste. I drank it cold, but they say it can also be drunk heated, so I will try it heated tomorrow. 2,090 yen.
Cool and chilled.
Green and fresh aroma.
Medium-bodied with a refreshing acidity, it has a gentle sweetness and flavor of rice.
Slightly cherry and red flowery aroma.
It has a slight bitterness with a hint of a square edge.
The end is a smooth pull.
When the temperature rises a little, the rice flavor and sweetness increases at once.
The alcohol content seems to be high, but it is surprisingly easy to drink.
Preference 4/5
1950 2025/10
Shikishima Tamakae Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama-shu
Tamakae 60
+7 2.1 1.3 18° 25/9 A+
Ito, Handa, Aichi
1800 3520
The soft umami on the palate and moderate acidity make you drink it without worrying about the alcohol content.
I drank too much of it and it didn't last more than 4 days..................................
The aroma is mild, with the mildness of rice and a hint of young pear? I think it has a fresh fruitiness!
The mouthfeel is light and shwarming 😳.
The beginning of the taste has a full-bodied flavor, a fresh sweetness, and a moderate bitterness, but the second half has a pineapple or citrus flavor. Citrus? The second half of the taste has a sourness like pineapple or citrus, which remains on the tongue for a good amount of time and finishes off with a refreshing finish.
It also has an elegant gorilla flavor! LOL!
It's delicious.
2025.09.26 Miyabi Hanare
Shikishima Hiyaoroshi
敷嶋 ひやおろし
It was recommended to me along with the ahuri, but the word "juicy" drew me in, and you may have heard me mutter "Oh, I should try the hiyaoroshi" while ordering the ahuri. They gave me a glass of this as a service. It's a seasonal version, so I don't really like summer sake or hiyaoroshi, but I can't drink it otherwise, so I end up drinking it. It's a sake with a strong personality that makes me feel like I'm being pointed.
