While the children were away, my wife and I made a hasty decision to go out for a short visit to Narita-san. I am not sure if we visited Mt. Narita on the way to the shrine or on the way to Mt. Narita...but at any rate, the 800-meter-long approach to the shrine is lined with stores of various sizes, making our hearts dance.
First, the smoke lured us in, and we toasted with 🍺 while smacking our lips over the local specialty, eel-jyu (eel stew). It might have been a nuisance for Fudo-san to see us after such a long day, but I am sure it must have brought him some good luck.
On the way home, I bought a modest bottle of sake No. 2 as a souvenir from Chomeisen, Narita's only sake brewery.
It was a rather classical ginjo, easy to drink without any peculiarities, but in other words, it was not memorable. I was a bit reluctant to buy a bottle of the summer-only nama-shu, but I had a reason to go back to Narita...so I'll take it as a good thing. Sowaka.
National Sake Fair 2025 Day 2㊿
Chiba ⑦
Takizawa Honten in Narita City
Chomeisen is a good name, isn't it? I think I might mistake it for Ishikawa's Chosei Mai though😅.
I remember an actress named Mai Hosei.
Polishing ratio 45% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture / Omachi from Okayama Prefecture 15
Sake degree +2, acidity 1.4, amino acidity 1.2, 3,650 yen
Combination of Yamadanishiki and Omachi
Rather normal fruity dry type 🤔.
I had some business to attend to in Narita, so I stopped by to check out a nearby sake brewery and bought some Chomeisen. There was a medal tasting, and I tried three different kinds and was going to buy the second best-selling one, but they recommended the first best-selling one, which I also tasted, and ended up buying that one. I had to give priority to seasonal products.
I am accustomed to modern wines, so this one seemed more like a classic, but I could taste the sweetness and the flavor of the rice, and it was totally delicious. I would like to buy it again when I visit Narita.
I later learned that there was also a nabe store further down the road, but based on the reviews, it was probably a good thing I didn't stop by 😓 Anyway, I would like to look into more different Chiba sake as well.
Hello, freelancer!
It's great that you can visit the brewery after your errands: ⤴️
I've never tried sake before, but I'm a big fan of sake with sweetness and rice flavor 🤤.
I'm looking forward to more encounters with sake that I haven't seen yet 🤗.
Hello, ma-ki-chan!
I had a lot of time to spare because I was on a really trivial errand 😅It had a gentle flavor without the flashiness of the modern style. I'd like to find a sake hidden in the neighborhood that I haven't seen yet 😌.
Hi Jay & Nobby ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.
I would hate for a pot store to have a bad word of mouth and at worst give me a bad impression of that brewery's sake itself.... Although I am a local, there are many Chiba sake that I don't know about, and I would like to learn more about them 💪.
Purchased at Takizawa Honten in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture. Cold sake. The first sip is smooth and has no peculiarities! As you drink it, it has a slight, slight sourness that lingers in your throat. I was thinking of pairing it with yudofu (tofu), but both flavors seem to be blurred, so I might try smoked oysters...
