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This sake is distributed almost exclusively in Sanda City, but I bought it at Hamadaya in Kobe. It seems that Chidori Masamune is also available at Aeon and Okuwa in Sanda City.
Aeon is very proactive when it comes to sake breweries in the area, isn't it? Aeon in Ibaraki has a lot of Nakao Sake Brewery's sake.
There is another sake brewery in Sanda, Yasui Sake Brewery, but they don't brew their own sake anymore.
It's deep in the mountains in Sanda, so you have to drive or take a bus to get there. It's near the outdoor activity center where I went when I was in the first grade of junior high school.
It's a very small brewery.
Terroir
Female head brewer
They make red rice sake.
Special press (metal plate between sake bags)
There are many things to see and do.
It doesn't say, but according to the official website and an article in the Kobe Shimbun, it's unfiltered.
I wonder if it has a banana-type sweetness. Is it rice juice? It has a strong rice flavor, almost like rice juice. Surprisingly, it has sweetness and acidity, but it is quite heavy. The sweetness is quite elegant. It is rare to find 900ml sake.
It is sweet, but it is a classic type of sweetness.
I heard that the Honjozo (raw sake) here is sweeter, so maybe I should go to Mita and look for it. I saw a review that said it was similar to the instrument Masamune.
After a few days, it gets more acidic and pungent.
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