Bringing in karaoke with friends, part 1
My first time at Nishinomoto
As the previous reputation, you can feel the sweet strawberries in the air!
Delicious 😋.
Easy to drink!
I got this at an event a while ago.
I tasted it before I bought it, so I know it's good!
Anyway, it's a nice start of May!
I'm looking forward to the taste changing day by day because it's a pure sake!
And, oh no, I let it sit in the fridge for more than a week! But it tastes great, so it's no problem!
Today's sake is a Junmai Daiginjo from Nishi-no-Mon in Nagano Prefecture❗️ and it is also a Miyamanishiki Arabashiri unfiltered raw sake❗️❗️
The aroma is slightly sweet❗️ and the sip is refreshingly tingling and crisp and fruity❗️An excellent food sake as well❗️An easy drinking sake⭕️
Spring Nigorinpik 67
This sake was also purchased at the last brewery we visited on our trip to Ueda Nagano.
Actually, at the Winter Nigorinpic, I bought this Orikarami from Yoshinoya who was just in Hanshin Department Store and it was very easy to drink and reasonably priced 😀.
I went to the brewery with a similar image, but when I saw the price, I was a little bit disappointed 🤣.
I asked the brewer about it and he told me that the sake they sell at the brewery and the sake they bring to events are completely separate 😅.
Finally, the one I could afford was this 500ml sake 😀.
The taste is like a slurpy, sloppy, dobrok-like saké with a sparkling finish ❓🤣.
Usually sparkling sake has fine bubbles, but this one was like a big bubble like in the Bozu Jigoku (hell) of Beppu Onsen (hot spring), which is a new sensation for me 🤣.
The taste is very elegant, just like a pure Dai sake 😇.
The gap between the appearance and taste of this sake is very interesting.
Good evening, Yasbaye 🦉.
I see that the one you are bringing to the event is not available at the brewery 😳and it is expensive💦but the taste seems to be worth the price and I would like to experience the ❣️ gap😆.
Good morning, Yasubeyesan 🌞Nishinomon is a brand I've recently become interested in 👀It looks quite expensive, but it's interesting to try nigori sake with big bubbles coming up: ✨️
Good evening, Pon-chan!
When I told the brewer that I bought some sake at the event, he told me that they don't have any sake for the event 🤣.
But the gap between the appearance and the taste was quite interesting 😀.
Good evening, Nao888!
When I think of sparkling, I imagine bubbles floating like fine lines, but I was surprised at the mass of bubbles that seemed to be popping 🤣.
But I'm sure Nishinomon's is delicious as well😇.
Your first sake.
Yoshinoya Corporation "Nishinomon".
Junmai Daiginjo Hitogokochi Unfiltered Nama, Betsuatsurai.
The label states that it was designed to resemble a tropical fruit.
When the bottle is opened, it has a fruity aroma.
The aroma was somewhat spicy, but it had a sweetness more like strawberries than tropical fruits. It was a very delicious sake.
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Gold doesn't have to say anything to make me think "is it awesome ❓🤔" 😅.
The distinct sweetness is like an aged banana🍌. It also has a delicious flavor.
It has a subtle carbonation🫧 and finishes with an astringent sweetness and astringency to the unrefined sweetness and umami. ☺️
It was a sake as powerful as its golden color 🤗.
Good morning, ma-ki-😃.
That was a refreshing light blue label with gold letters 🩵.
It looks delicious over there too and I'd love to try it ✨.
Nishinomon doesn't get talked about much, but I think they make some pretty good sake 😆.
I'm in the mood for something to drink today.
So, I went to my first brewery, Yoshinoyasan's Nishinomon!
This time it was Miyamanishiki Arabashiri!
So, let's have it right away!
The first day
First, the aroma. It has a fresh aroma.
In the mouth, sweetness and a little chili.
The soft, tender taste goes well with the sweetness.
The slight bitterness in the back of the sweetness lingers and lingers in the second half.
This is delicious!
Day 3
When I put it in my mouth, I can feel the sweetness and a bit more bitter than the first day.
Although there is sweetness, the mouthfeel is light, so it is not sweet, and the bitter and slightly chili taste flows through very refreshingly!
It is beautiful and delicious today!
The sweet sake soaks into the blurred mind and body, and is blissful!
Good evening, ma-ki-chan😄.
Congratulations on your first Nishinomon: ㊗️
Looks like a good balance of sweetness and bitterness, it looks delicious ❣️ I haven't tried Nishinomon yet and would like to drink it if I have a chance 😆 Nagano has good water 🥰.
Good evening, ma-ki-san 😀
Nishinomon is a sake brewery that I visited on my recent trip to Nagano, but all of their sake was too expensive for me to afford, so I only bought a small bottle to take home 🤣.
Good evening, ma-ki🌛Congratulations on your first Nishinomon🥳I'm actually curious and have a Miyamanishiki Jun Dai in my cart🍶It still looks like a sweet and refreshing one ✨️I'm glad you've shed some of the moya-moya ☺️
Good evening, ma-ki-🦉.
Congratulations on your first Nishinomon 🎉 I've never seen a label in this color before 👀 this one looks delicious too ❣️
Hope you feel refreshed and ready for tomorrow 🙏✨.
Thank you for your comment, HinaHanaMama!
This sake has a slight bitterness, but the sweetness is beautifully balanced and delicious 😋.
Nagano's sake is really delicious 🎵.
Please try it if you have a chance!
Thank you for your comment, Yasube!
I see you went on a trip to Nagano: ⤴️
Nishinomon, I happened to meet you, but I was looking for Nagano sake, so I got it and it was delicious and blissful 😁✨.
Thanks for your comment Nao888!
Oh, you are pondering in the cart 😁✨
It's sweet, but the mouthfeel was clean and refreshing 🎵.
It was gentle but sweet enough to soak into my tired body 😋.
Thanks for your comment, Pon!
I really happened to meet you by chance and am thrilled to meet someone new with such a delicious drink 😋.
Thanks to you, you have made me feel well 😊.
ma-ki-chan
Good morning 🤩🤩.
That's an unusual label for Nishinomon 🤩.
I think the Nishinomon I sometimes see had a simple label... 🤔I'm doubly happy when it's my first sake and it's a hit 👍.
Thanks for your comment, Kozo!
This is the first time I've seen Nishinomon in the store and I see they have a simple label 🎵.
Yes ❗ Very beautiful sweet sake was my favorite and blissful 😋.
Good evening, ma-ki 😃.
I'm in the mood to drink and congratulations on your first Nishinomoto ㊗️ 🎉 Like Yasbaye, the brewery is too expensive 😅we haven't tasted it after all 🥲.
Thanks for the comment Jay & Nobby!
This one was quite reasonable, so I guess it was a brewery exclusive or something 😲.
It might be a little sweet for you two, but if you get a chance, please give it a try 😋.
Purchased with Unzan at the Shinetsu-Hokuriku product exhibition at Tobu Ikebukuro Department Store.
More cloudy. It has a strong body. It is a crisp nigori sake with little sweetness.
It is a nigori sake that goes well with meals. We enjoyed it with fried mackerel with sweet vinegar sauce and beef tongue salad.
I think the level of Nagano Prefecture's sake is quite high.
I would like to visit Kami-suwa sake brewery again.
This morning, the action started at 7am!
Kaorin lined up at Okazaki Sake Brewery to get 🐢san's brewery limited edition sake that starts at 9am, and I went separately to pick up the sake shop limited edition 🐢san that I won in a drawing at Miyajima Sake Shop 😀.
After completing our mission in Ueda, we moved to Nagano to pay a visit to Zenkoji Temple 😀 Last year, I made a pilgrimage to 33 temples in the western part of Japan.
Last year, Kaorin and I made a pilgrimage to 33 temples in the western part of Japan, so we paid our respects at Zenkoji Temple 😇.
From there, we went to the last brewery for this tour 😀.
The 30th brewery on our walking tour of temples, shrines, and sake breweries.
I had the impression that Nishinomon had a delicious ogara-mi in January, but when I asked the store owner about it, he told me that that sake is only for special distributors and is not sold at the brewery's directly-managed stores 🤣.
I tasted all the sake on the line and was particularly impressed with this one, but gave it up when I saw the price 😅.
It's delicious😇
I decided to go for the nigori sparkling to take home 😀.
Good evening, Yasubeyesan 😄Mission successfully completed 🙌Thanks for your hard work 👏🐢I'm jealous of your GET 🤩This Nagano Sake brewery tour was a lot of fun! Last but not least, the Nishinomon😍I can't go wrong with a sparkling nigori 😆.
Hi Yasubeyesan 😃.
You were active early in the morning 🤗It's great that you went to Zenkoji from Ueda with the sake you bought 👍We also went to Nishinomon near Zenkoji, but we gave up after seeing the price 😅.
Hi HinaHanaMama 😀
I was surprised to see that the price of Nishinomon's sake is quite different between the general sake for dealers and the limited edition sake sold directly from the brewery 🤣.
Of course, the taste is also excellent 😀.
It was really a very productive two days 😇
Yasbay, again 🙏.
Congratulations on winning & getting so many Shinshu Kamerei 🎉that's what you two did 😉 I was just amazed at your energy for sake activities 👍✨Thank you for the trip and the reportage 😊.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
We overscheduled quite a bit to make the most of the short time we had 🤣.
I was still surprised to see that the products sold at the direct store in Nishinomun are different from the ones served at the general stores😅.
Hi Pon 😀.
Thank you 🙏.
I was quite confident in my fitness, but as soon as I arrived home, I was tired 🤣.
Still, it was a good trip with a lot of harvest, encounters and discoveries😇.
Smooth on the palate
Fruity, sweet, elegant, delicious
Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture, water from the Saigawa River system
Nagano D yeast 50%, 14%.
