Hokusetsu is a Japanese sake from Sado Island. It is one of my favorite types of Niigata sake.
It is not too light, but has a strong core, and the flavor is not too classic, with just the right balance of sweetness and dryness. It was a hot day, but it was refreshing and delicious.
Father's Day bottle 🍶.
The aroma is as strong as you can feel even after opening the bottle, sweet and fruity yet soothing.
The first impression of slight acidity and rounded plumpness is followed by a smooth taste and a pleasant ginjo aroma. The lingering aftertaste is also rather long and satisfying.
At an izakaya during a trip to Niigata.
Clean and light! Dry and suitable for a meal! A local liquor store's original.
It was a local liquor store's original.
We drank a variety of sake, but this was the one recommended by my companions.
Friday, May 30
Unusual company drinking party
The training for new employees is over and the drinking party is called a "thank you party"🤣I was the initiator 😘.
I chose a restaurant with delicious sashimi and dry sake 😁.
This sashimi is always inexpensive at 1,980 yen and fresh and delicious because it is an izakaya run by a fisherman in Miura. 🐟️ This restaurant has almost all of the sake in one cup and has a selection of light and dry sake to go with the fish.
Hokusetsu Junmai Sake Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
Kagatobi dry, very cold junmai, Ishikawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Yoshinogawa - Selected dry sake Nagaoka City, Niigata
I drank some more but I didn't even take any more pictures😅😅.
After the meeting, I went to a darts bar 🎯 at a local station and asked some of my neighborhood soccer buddies to come over and we talked and drank about soccer until midnight 🥃.
I only drink at home, but it's fun to drink outside with like-minded friends😍I hope to go back soon 😍.
All of them...
Yum!!!
Mr. Manachy.
Good morning 😘
We have 11 different kinds of one-cup sake, though some of them are poured depending on the season 😍There is also a nigori sake from Momokawa, which is delicious and fun 😘.
Hello, Kozo 😃.
I like your izakaya🏮🤩The sashimi looks fresh and delicious🥰I guess it's dry 😆 Do you have a sweet one-cup? I'd like to go there if they have it 🚃.
It's fun to drink with like-minded people👍
Hello, kozo🐦🐦.
This sashimi is 1980 yen ‼️😳If it's one cup, is the sake cheap too? Nice restaurant 😆👍It sounds like you had a lot of fun with the conversation 😊🎶.
HinaHanaMama
Good morning...this is my favorite restaurant that I have been going to since it opened near my office...I recommend it to sashimi lovers and they are very happy when I take them there 🤩 However, it has become so popular that you have to make a reservation to get in...
Pon.
Good morning!
One-cup drinks are mainly 800 yen and sometimes up to 900 yen 😍The drinks sometimes change, but it's almost always this price, so I guess it's not too bad 👍If you're ever in Yokohama, please do come by! We'll take you there 😘.
Hi Koizo 😃
I appreciate the initiator of the drinking party!
I'm glad you enjoyed the party 😃 Thanks for starting the party!
Have fun drinking outside 🤗Good for you!
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good evening 😘.
I don't talk to them on a daily basis, but I wanted the new employees to get to know everyone's generous personalities outside of their work face, and I thought it would be nice to see their real faces too 😘.
