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This is the same brewery as Hiwada and Haginotsuru in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
The label is summery and the taste is fresh, limited to this time of the year. The taste is orthodox and stable, with a good amount of sweetness from the rice and the characteristic acidity and bitterness of the sake's original "nama-hashiroshi" style. It is not flashy, which is typical of Miyagi sake, but it has a solid core flavor that I like.
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