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Sake in Aichi Prefecture
Kunmai Daiginjo
Kakunin Kuheiji has a great reputation on the Internet, but it is not sold very often in Ibaraki. I have the impression that there are few sake from western Japan, and most of them are from the Kanto and Tohoku regions. I don't see Tenbi either. I found this sake at Takashimaya in Kashiwa. I just wanted to see some sake, but the clerk came up to me and gave me the impression that he was not very friendly.
My impression was that the sourness prevailed on the first day, and it became mellower from the second day. It is indeed fruity, but considering the difficulty of obtaining it, I don't think it can be a regular sake. If that were the case, I would be fine with Hououmida or Raifuku, which I can get at any time. I have heard that Ibaraki sake is largely consumed locally, and perhaps that is what local sake is supposed to be. It was even introduced on YouTube by a liquor store in Aichi as the sake that sold in 2023. I wonder if this is different when drunk at an izakaya in Aichi.
I like it 8/10
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