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Today is the last day of Obon vacation.
I went back home yesterday, but did not buy any Niigata sake for home use, so I went out to Harajuku to buy some Niigata sake at NESPAS Niigata-kan, an antenna store of Niigata Prefecture in Omotesando.
Since I was in Harajuku, I also visited Meiji Shrine for the first time in a while.
The sake barrels are a spectacular sight.
Matsuo-taisha Shrine in Kyoto also has many barrels of dedicated sake, but I think the Meiji Shrine has the largest number of barrels and breweries.
It had been five or six years since I last visited the shrine, but I looked around the barrels and checked whether I had drunk this sake before or not. I've never been to this place in 5 or 6 years. 😅
I think they are updating the sake barrels, because there were some new sake barrels from Edo Kaijo, Nagatoro, and Omine.
The top row in the front is Nada's sake brewery.
The rest of the barrels are generally lined up from the top row to the bottom row, from north to south, and are from sake breweries in each prefecture.
The sacred sake of Meiji Jingu Shrine is "Kinmai" (Golden Wedding).
It was named to celebrate the silver wedding of Emperor Meiji, and is also served at Kanda Myojin Shrine.
The brewery is also the brewery of "Yamori," so we have high expectations for the taste of the sake.
Of course, it is not fruity like Yamori, but a classic sake with a sour taste.
It has a clear, umami taste.
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