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久寿玉Kusudama
Hirase ShuzoGifu
Gifu Rank 20
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まえちん
The best way to eat さて さて さて +. I bought this at a roadside station in Shirakawa-go😙. I drank it chilled. I'm sure you'll love it!
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さなD
Rice used is Hidahomare This sake has a rich, dry taste that is typical of junmai sake. It is smooth on the palate, but the sense of rice spreads immediately, followed by a strong pungent and astringent taste. The aftertaste is also long and powerful. It is a sake that is very drinkable and can be served with strong dishes.
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＠水橋
Hida Takayama, Sake Brewery Nonbei Festival The third restaurant is Hirase Sake Brewery of "Kusudama". This place is a little far from the old streets. You can see the chimney in the back, but the site looks spacious. The store inside is only for sake tasting and sales, so it is only for customers who are looking for sake. Let's take a look at the sake tasting. Well, it has a mild taste and goes down softly and smoothly. It is delicious. It's amazing that it has been in business for 400 years, isn't it?
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Where to Buy

酒の番人　ヤマカワ

久寿玉 ( くすだま ) 超辛口 1.8L 岐阜県【 1015 】【 日本酒 】【 バレンタイン 贈り物 ギフト プレゼント 】¥2,850
Product information is as of 12/13/2025.

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Brands from Hirase Shuzo

Kusudama

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Timeline

禊萩（自生）禊萩（自生）
Kusudama特別本醸造生酒
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禊萩（自生）
Today is another day to drink Gifu Prefecture's sake. Kusudama is the main brand of Hirase Sake Brewery in Takayama City. This time, it is a special pure sake. Purchased at a liquor store in Takayama City. The aroma is a lychee type ginjo aroma. The mouthfeel is sweet with a hint of rice flavor, and it finishes with a refreshing acidity. As one would expect, Kusudama is a must-have for Misogi Hagi.
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I met the brewer at an izakaya in Gifu and he introduced it to me. I am not interested in Japanese contests, but there is a French flag sticker on the bottle because it won a prize at a French contest. It is possible to taste some smokiness, and definitely has a royal flavor and acidity that spreads in the mouth, if you like classic types, you will definitely like it!
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たこたろおたこたろお
Kusudama純米大吟醸 生酒純米大吟醸生酒
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たこたろお
高山の古い町並にある 飛騨高山 おみやげ処 三川屋本店で購入 升は新穂高ロープウェイ 山頂売店にて購入 300mL:1,100円(税込) 升(小さめ):660円(税込)
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I'm feeling good, so I'll have another bottle of Gifu sake and gulp it down. Misogi-Hagi's favorite brand. Recently, I revisited the brewery. I bought a boar cup with the brand name on it. It is a ginjo of Kusudama, the main brand of Hirase Shuzo in Takayama City. I found a bottle at a liquor store in Takayama City and bought it. It is made with Abelia flower yeast. This year's bottle has been sold out. The aroma is a nutty ginjo aroma with a strong alcohol taste. The mouthfeel has umami, weak acidity and sweetness, and finally a weak bitterness. It is good that the umami with a sense of rice is asserted. Kusudama is good after all.
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たっつうたっつう
Kusudama手造り純米　さるぼぼカップ
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たっつう
A cup of Hida Takayama sake purchased at a department store. It is a light, yet gentle cup with a hint of sweetness and umami flavor that goes down smoothly. The saruboko (monkey) on the cup is also a nice regional touch!
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まもまも
Kusudama超辛口本醸造原酒
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Gifu expedition. The first meeting was Yakiniku (barbeque). This area is famous for Yakiniku. It is cheap and delicious! The second party was at a stylish bar. My partner had a highball 🥃 and I had a sake 🥃. I of course had sake 🍶. Honjozo sake, +15% Sake, super dry ❣️ Easy to drink ‼️ nice 👍
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おおさわおおさわ
Kusudamaさるぼぼカップ純米
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450yen Rice: Hidahomare (Gifu Prefecture) Rice polishing ratio/60 Sake meter degree/+5 Acidity/1.8 Alcohol content/15.5
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Shin1Shin1
Kusudama純米大吟醸生貯蔵酒
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Rice used: Hidahomare Polishing ratio 50%. Alcohol content 16 Established in 1623 400rh Anniversary
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15.5 degrees I received this sake as a gift from my hometown! I had high expectations for this sake, but I am very sorry. The aroma is so strong that I can't accept it... I am sorry.
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☀️ Continued by Hirase Sake Brewery 🤗. Masamune hunters found another "Masamune" 👀. We found a wooden sign hanging in front of the brewery that said "Nadaryu Masamune" 🤩. I looked it up after I left and found on the brewery's website that it was brewed around 1915. I can't seem to find it in my searches, too maniacal😅. Now, here is the sake 🍶. ⚫︎ Kusudama Junmai Daiginjo Yamadanishiki It's a standard spec. It has a mild sweetness and a bitter and astringent aftertaste. It has a mellow ginjo aroma and is right in the middle 🎯 of everything. After all, Yamada-Nishiki is a sake rice that can be the axis of your taste buds 🌾. ⚫︎400 year anniversary sake Unlike Yamadanishiki, this one has a calm and reserved taste. The sweetness and restrained umami create a smooth and soft sweetness 😚. ⚫︎ fall-up Modest sweetness and a little bitterness. Naturally, it is less fresh, but the taste of autumn sake is thick and deep 🍂. Thanks to the fixed price for the tasting, we were able to drink at a leisurely pace, and it was a great sake brewery 🥰. Furthermore, I could feel the history of the brewery and Masamune, so it was a very satisfying visit to the brewery. ☺️
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ポンちゃん
Hi Hiro 🐦🐦. I enjoyed your brewery tour, Masamune Hunter and many more...but I see it's just one day ‼️ I checked again and it's all on September 13th😳I'm a big fan of the interval 🤣. Thanks for your super fulfilling sake activities😊.
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ヒロ
Good evening, Pon 😃. Yes, it was a great trip! It was a very fulfilling sake trip as we cleared our goal of Masamune and visited a lot of sake breweries 😆. We drank so much that we got drunk and had to take a break for lunch without sake 😂.
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☀️ This is the last sake brewery. This is Hirase Sake Brewery, the brewery farthest from Takayama Station. Here you can drink as much as you want for 1,000 yen for 30 minutes 😍. You pour your own sake from the bottles lined up in the fridge 🍶. As you may have noticed from the store sign, Kusudama originally had "Masamune" attached to it. Masamune Hunter's research had informed us that it had become "Kusudama" due to the unification of brands, but since it was a good opportunity, we asked the brewery staff about it. I asked the brewery staff about it, and they told me that they had stopped using "Masamune" and kept only the trade name due to the unification of brands. Another Masamune has disappeared🥲. ⚫︎ Kusudama Junmai Daiginjo Slightly sweet and umami. It has a clean aroma, soft and gentle mouthfeel, and the Junmai Daiginjo sake character is permeating every corner of the bottle 🤗. ⚫︎Kusudama Junmai Nama It has a soft mouthfeel and freshness on the throat 😚. ⚫︎Kusudama Handmade Junmai It has a slightly rough and hard mouthfeel, but it has the qualities that only junmai sake has 😙. If it had "Masamune" on it, I would say the usual cliché... but this time I finished with "no Masamune" 🤗.
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ma-ki-
Good evening, Hiro-san! You are having another great sake party 🎵. I enjoyed watching your Sake from Gifu since I don't have many chances to encounter Gifu's Sake 🤗. Sorry to hear about the No Masamune 😅.
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ヒロ
Good morning, ma-ki-😃. Gifu has some good sake too, so I hope this helps a little 😄. They removed "Masamune" during the rebranding and as a hunter I felt a little sad 🥹.
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Peruou
I was attracted by the one cup of Sarubobo in Takayama ⭕ and bought it. I think it's dry but I also feel it's refreshing. ☺️ I think it's well-balanced. I think it's a good balance. By the way, there was another type of Sarubobo one-cup, but I chose this one because it was Junmai. 🙆‍♀️
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Brands from Hirase Shuzo

Kusudama

Similar Brands

We analyze the flavors based on everyone's comments and select similar brands.

OtokoyamaSimilar Characteristics
DryUmamiSweetnessAcidityRoom Temperature
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UmamiCrispDryFreshFruity
SawanoiSimilar Characteristics
DryUmamiAcidityInvigoratingFruity
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DryUmamiSweetnessSoftCreamy
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