Higu
On August 28, the 42nd National Sake Tasting Championship was held, and I challenged myself as a representative of Tochigi Prefecture. 65 people from 33 prefectures participated, but unfortunately I did not win a prize. Tochigi was the only prefecture that did not have a happi coat, so I guess there was a difference in the amount of effort put into the competition. Next year, I will have to tell the Tochigi Sake Brewers Association. From now on, I will drink even more sake🍶 and devote myself to next year. ☺️
Here is the toast we drank at the reception.
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なのは(名芭）
Higu-san, thank you for your hard work in the National Sake Tasting Championship - (*ˊ ˋ*) It's not an experience everyone can have, so it's valuable! Next year, let's take revenge with Tochigi Prefecture's happi. I'm going to try for the qualifying challenge too ( -̀ᄇ- ́)ﻭ✧
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Higu
Thank you very much, Nanoha 😊.
I'm going to use this experience to my advantage.
Next year, I'm going to take revenge. ❗️
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ポンちゃん
Higu, thank you for representing Tochigi 😊.
I was looking forward to seeing you again next year!
I'm sure we'll see you again next year!
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ことり
Higu, I can't believe Tochigi was the only prefecture without a happi coat 😩I wonder if the Tochigi Sake Brewers Association knows about this. Motivation⤵️I think you did well to make it through 👏He really did a great job. It was okay to go home after drinking so much⁉️🤣
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Higu
Thank you, Ponchan. I will try again next year. See you next year at the national sake tasting championship 😸I was able to drink only the kinds of sake 🍶 ☺️
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Higu
Thank you, Kotori-san. I was disappointed only in Tochigi. I thought I would take a picture of my happi coat to commemorate the event.... Next year I will have my revenge 😆 After the sake tasting championship, I went out for more drinks and stayed overnight, so it was all right.
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つぶちゃん
Higu, thank you for your hard work at the Nationals 😊.
It's sad that only Tochigi prefecture doesn't have a happi coat 😣.
Next year, let's make a happi coat for the Tochigi citizens' association 🤣.
And revenge 💪!
I hope you had a lot of drinks at the party 🍶😋.
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アルス
Thanks for your hard work, Higu! I wish I could have won a prize and appealed to the union to not have a Houkou, wow, I'll make a request myself. lol I'm jealous of the get-together, by the way: 🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶
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Higu
Thank you, Tsubu-chan. The happi is nice, even if it is a prefectures' association itself. I could have drunk more at the reception, but I had to hold off because I had a place to drink next. I would love to revisit this event.
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Higu
Thank you, Mr. Ars. Happi by all means please. Please lend me a Happi coat from Senkou 😁.
The reception, there were sake from all 47 prefectures. I'm so glad 😊.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Higu. I glanced at the video of the national tournament and the playoffs were quite a lot of people and the level is too high 😳I envy you just experiencing the atmosphere of the national tournament😊Thank you so much for your hard work all day!
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Higu
Good evening, Hirupeko. Have you seen the video? I am very happy to see it. I might be the one who is not wearing a happi coat.
Let's go to the National Convention. Thank you very much.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Mr. Higu 😃.
I know I'm late, but thank you for your hard work in the national competition fought with the pride of representing your prefecture 😌Please talk to me again next time 👋.
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Higu
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. We are sorry to report that we placed 46th out of 65 in the individual division. It was also a terrible competition, as all the winners were replaced due to a scoring error by the organizer. See you next year...
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