We visited for lunch on the wife's birthday. Drinking outside in the daytime was extraordinary and very delicious. The first glass was Koganezawa's light nigori, a summer sake.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby. Thank you very much. I could not imagine not drinking in this atmosphere. I think I am allowed to do so because it is an unusual place to be. I don't like it when it's not routine.
Yamahai Junmai 🍶Nikkumi-Oragami Nama-Nazarami ✨Aji no Machidaya New Year celebration sake limited order 🪅.
Crisp and refreshing dry taste. My wife says it's lactic acidic. It's a good one to eat. Also good for pickled cauliflower with miso 😊 Boiled cauliflower with miso 😋.
Umi to @Takadanobaba 20250110
When served cold, the aroma is green apple-like.
It has a light sweetness and a strong umami flavor, with mild acidity and bitterness.
When warmed to lukewarm, the aroma has a honeyed flavor, the sweetness is stronger, and the acidity is a little stronger.
It tastes better slightly warmed than cold.
Koganezawa Junmai Ginjo Omachi
Sweetness and freshness are in harmony, and it also has a refreshing fruity aroma.
It goes well with sasa-kamaboko (bamboo grass kamaboko) kneaded with Spanish mackerel.
Sea Urchin and Sake
You can't go wrong with this!
Sake with a hint of sourness and sea urchin with a hint of sweetness are the best!
Both have a pure taste with no artificial flavors or superfluous ingredients.
Too bad my business trip to Tohoku is going to be less and less 😢.
Good morning, Nobu Nobu 😃
Wow 😍I've never experienced sea urchin in the shell like this 🥲I'd love to try it 🥹I bet sake 🍶 with it would be bliss 🤤.
Oh! Congratulations on your 500th post on ㊗️ 🎉!
Jay & Nobby, thank you for the congratulations.
It was a little expensive, but I felt like I was forgiven once in a while.
It was a great pairing with sake: ‼︎
Summer Travel in Northeast Japan (7) Final
This summer, Niigata Airport→Sendai Airport✈️
The last day of the trip will be Sendai.
The last day is Sendai.
The seventh bottle was Koganezawa Hiyoroshi.
Actually, I couldn't afford to buy sake in Sendai, so I waited for the Koganezawa hiyaoroshi to be released and got it 😎.
The label is beautiful before you know it!
It is served at room temperature.
The color has a slight yellow tinge.
Aroma of sweet ripe apples and bananas, with a cool herbal touch.
The taste of mild ripe fruit and milky, mild rice flavor flow slowly from the thick mouthfeel, and the fruitiness is gradually tightened with a bitter aftertaste.
A taste of autumn 🍂Tasty 😆👍
The last day of the trip was also rainy.
I wanted to visit Yamadera and Zao.
But I gave up and went from Yamagata City to Matsushima in a straight line 🚗💨.
From the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean 🙌!
Back to Sendai,
The last day of the tour, we had a chance to enjoy Beef Tongue.
We had to wait in line at Ichitaka's for the beef tongue, which was delicious from the tail soup 😋.
After filling up, we went to see the Tanabata Festival. It was fun to take a leisurely stroll through the bustling shopping street while admiring the gorgeous Tanabata decorations 🎋✨.
With Koganezawa-kun, who is an autumn drinker
It was a night to reflect on the pleasant summer memories of our trip to the South East and North East 😊.
Good evening, Mr. Hirupeko 😃.
Come to Sendai! To Miyagi, my hometown 😆
I see you were there for the Tanabata Festival 🎋, didn't the decorations hit you in the face when you were walking around and you thought "ouch"? Next time, please visit my hometown in northern Miyagi 😁.
Hirupeko, here we go again 😊.
Koganezawa hiyaoroshi✨I was sent this last year by a sake friend in Miyagi and enjoyed the taste of autumn 🤗💕The label is beautiful too✨
It was a lovely trip 🥰🚙 and thanks for the drive: ☺️
Hello, Wakata-san. I was lucky to be able to enjoy Tohoku's festivals in succession, from Yamagata Hanagasa to Sendai Tanabata. I was surprised that the decorations were so big that they hit my face! Now I want to take the time to visit all the Tohoku prefectures 😊.
Hi Hirupeko 😃
Awesome 😳I've never done a cross Japan trip 🚙! You did a great job driving ‼️ nice to move from Yamagata to Sendai with the festival 👍Gyutan and Matsushima 😊and if you added sake 🍶 it would have been perfect!
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. We enjoyed our trip through the south, east, and north, but we regret that we could not get Miyagi sake locally. I looked at Mr. Fujisaki's basement for a moment, but I couldn't bear the 💦 underage people's 💢 stares.
Hi Hiro, good evening. I enjoyed my trip to the south, east, and north, but I had to dash in some places for convenience, so I would be happy if you could take it easy 😊I would love to go on another trip to the Tohoku 💕.
I chose this bottle as a souvenir from a business trip to Sendai. I compared the sake at the sake store in Fujisaki, a long-established department store, and brought home the most standard Yamahai Junmai.
It was the clearest Yamahai I've ever tasted, but it still had the complex flavors of Yamahai. The taste was to my liking with a round acidity 🎵.
HITOMEBORE Brut
Jewel-like stickers are cute!
HITOMEBORE" means "Hitomebore" in Japanese because the sake rice is Hitomebore.
Brut = dry, but the aroma before drinking is mildly sweet.
The aroma before you drink it is mildly sweet, but the bitterness of the sourness makes it taste dry.
But I think there is some sweetness in the distance.
This sake was created by the brewer, Yoshimichi Kawana, who wanted to create a sake that could be easily accessible to people of his generation and that would make them fall in love with sake.
Hitomebore" produced in Miyagi Prefecture is used. It is as dainty and cute as the label, but has a crisp aftertaste like a little devil.
The sparkling rhinestones on the bottle will make you fall in love with it.
Details
Specific name: Junmai Ginjo-shu
Ingredients: Rice, Rice malt
Polishing ratio 50%.
Rice used: Hitomebore
Alcohol percentage 15
Acidity 1.4
Sake meter degree -3
