It is a solid, head-on, robust sake with the power of a yokozuna, which I felt when I drank Tsururei. The most royal of all the royal roads. This is sake.
It has a good balance of sweetness, acidity, and umami, and is not too pungent.
It has the richness of unfiltered sake. It does not have a raw sake feel.
It is powerful but not too strong or too thick, so it can be used with anything except sashimi, such as grilled or simmered dishes, or heated up in a hot pot.
Shiga Local Sake Festival in Otsu 2025⑤.
Kawashima Sake Brewery, Matsu-no-Hana booth.
I was surprised to find that he was not the usual sales person this time. I asked him about it, and he said he was in charge of the Osaka area and was going to another event today.
Matsu-no-Hana Ginjo SORA Space
Matsu-no-hana" is a label I have never seen before.
It has a crisp acidity and a slightly refreshing taste.
◉Josen Matsu-no-Hana
I was so excited to try this sake because of its classic label, but I forgot to take a picture. I forgot to take a picture of it... It's the kind of sake you can linger over and drink forever.
The lineup was different from usual, so it was nice to have something fresh.
Good evening, Mr. Nemuchi.
I don't mean to be rude, but it's not a big warehouse and I was surprised to see that there wasn't just one sales person 😅.
I went to Yamaya the other day, which has an abundance of pine blossoms, and I thought they have a lot of product line 🤔.
Good evening, bouken-san. 🌜️ I thought he was the only salesperson since the same person is always at the department store 😅I only did 2 tastings, but the pine blossom lineup was quite varied 😊.
Oosaka Sake Square(**)
Matsu-no-hana is the best sake!
I can't say I'm good at unfiltered unpasteurized sake, but I trust the sake brewer.
It has a savory flavor with a rich graininess.
I guess it's on the sweet side.
It's not my specialty, but it's delicious!
As expected of the Kawashima Sake Brewery!
Sandesi gave me this 🍶.
Daiginjo with 40% Yamadanishiki polished rice
Gorgeous and full of flavor.
It is beautiful and has a nice umami flavor, yet it is sharp.
Very well-balanced and delicious!
From the impression I got from the junmai sake
I thought it would have a more classical taste
I thought it would be more classical, but it is refined and
It has a fine taste.
Tasted 🍶 at a department store and was curious to buy it.
Fragrant aroma: ‼️
It has a dry and sour taste, followed by sweetness and umami.
It has a unique gusto that is unique to sake 👌.
Kawashima Shuzo
Pine Blossom Unfiltered Ginjyo Nama-Nagara Sake
The brewery is located in Shin Asahi-machi, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture.
The rice is polished to 50% Yamadanishiki produced in Shiga Prefecture.
Gentle and refreshing aroma, soft
Well-balanced rice flavor and acidity,
Beautiful and elegant aftertaste.
#Japanese Sake
Slightly sweet and umami.
It is indeed a Shiga sake with a rich umami flavor without much bitterness or pungency.
Perhaps because it is unfiltered, it has a slightly rough texture on the tongue, and it is really good to be able to enjoy the lingering taste of sake on the tongue for a long time.
Shiga sake is really good.
Kawashima Shuzo
Pine Blossom Special Junmai "Dorokogo Chiraku" (Drunken Go Chiraku)
Kawashima Shuzo is a brewery in Shin Asahi-machi, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture.
The rice is polished to 60% Shiga-grown "Tamakae".
It has a soft rice aroma and a gentle rice flavor,
Mild and mellow taste.
#Japanese Sake
Kyoto Takashimaya Sake Festival
Kawashima Sake Brewery booth at Matsu-no-Hana in Shiga Prefecture. It was the usual brewer.
◉Honjozo Unfiltered Nama Sake
A rare and unseen limited edition. This sake was pressed six months ago. It has a strong, robust flavor. It has an alcohol content of 19%, and the flavor is said to hold up well even when mixed with ice. I might like this one a lot.
◉Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
This was pressed in March. The flavor is the usual standard, robust and dark.
◉Ginjo Unfiltered Nama
50% polished, clean, bitter and acidic.
Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama-Genshu
The 40% polished version is the most elegant and slightly richer.
When I tasted it two years ago, the ginjo was modern, but not this time...
We have a young Noto Touji here now, and this is his third term.
The top management of Kawashima Brewery changed through M&A a few years ago, and I'm glad to see that things are slowly moving in the right direction.
Shiga is Kawashima Shuzo's Toku Jun🍶.
The aroma is quite classical.
Bran-like aroma coming through the nose
From the firm umami of rice
The acidity starts and finishes.
Traditional junmai sake flavor
It tastes better when it is heated up hot.
I feel that the roughness disappears when heated.
Kawashima Shuzo
Pine Blossom Junmai Unfiltered Nama-nazake
Kawashima Shuzo is a sake brewery in Shin Asahi-machi, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture.
The rice is polished to 60% Shiga-grown "Tamakae".
Soft aroma, mellow rice flavor,
Soft aroma, mellow rice flavor, gentle richness, and a smooth aftertaste.
#Nihon-shu
