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Fukui Reinetsu Trip in Summer (1)
This is a 3-day/2-night trip based on the Echizen coast.
On the first day, we visited Eiheiji Temple to get healed, and then went to Echizen Cape to visit the sake brewery Hakugakusen.
We tasted a lot of sake at the Echizen Cape brewery, so we decided to have a drink at Hakugakusen.
We had two kinds of sake: Kurotetsu and Umimatsu.
Both are made from Gohyakumangoku sake produced in Fukui.
We will have them lightly chilled.
Junmai Daiginjo Kurotetsu
The aroma of the first rise reminds us of ripe apples and grapes.
The fruity acidity and full-bodied sweetness like that of wasanbon (a type of Japanese sweet and sour cake) rise up from the grape-like aroma, and a soft sweet aftertaste can be enjoyed slowly with a calm bitterness.
Junmai Ginjo Umimatsu
This is a fire-aged version of summer sake.
I was surprised when I took off the cover of the bottle without thinking and the lid flew off. Good thing I was outdoors. 😮💨
The first aroma is like yellow peaches.
From the slightly fizzy mouthfeel, the sweet and sour taste of fresh yellow peaches and the full-bodied, smooth sweet umami taste are delicious.
Hakugakusen is a very beautiful sake with a full expression of sweet umami without any cloying taste ✨.
With the cool call of the brown-eared bulbul in the background
Watching the sun set over the Echizen coast,
It is a blissful time to savor Shiratakesen 😊.
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マナチー
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😆The sun setting on the sea is like the Sea of Japan 😆I also thought it was a nice view when I went to Toyama and Ishikawa 👍I want to eat 🦀 while drinking sake in Fukui ‼️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Hirupeko 😃
Fukui sake brewery tour in summer! We tasted a lot of sake, watched the setting sun 🌅, and enjoyed sake with the sound of higurashi as a side dish 😌You had a wonderful time 🥹!
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ワカ太
Hi Hirupeko, good morning 😃I have been reading your Fukui travel diary with great interest.
Eiheiji, the sunset is wonderful 😍I envy you for having such a luxurious and nice time 😊.
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まつちよ
Hi Peco 🌞.
Hakugakusen is delicious 😊
I'd like to do a Fukui sake drinking trip someday too, so please let me know if you find a good place 😋.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Manachie. The weather was beautiful and the Fukui sake was great as we watched the sun set over the Sea of Japan 😆 We didn't have 🦀, but the seared fried tofu from Taniguchiya was also very tasty 😊.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. We had the luxury of watching the sunset and having a glass of Fukui sake 😊The Sea of Japan in summer is nice 🌅.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Wakata-san. I have not been able to visit the northern part of Fukui, so I am glad I did this time. Eiheiji Temple is beautiful and dignified in every way, and there are many sake breweries near Eiheiji Temple alone, which was enjoyable 😊.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Matsuchiyo-san. I see that you also drank Natsumushi. It's delicious 😋 I enjoyed getting a book called "Fukui Sake Brewery Aruki" which is a book of sake stamps in Fukui Prefecture. It was fun to get a book of sake stamps from each brewery and have the labels pasted on the book when I went shopping at each brewery!
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ジャイヴ
Hi Hirupeco, good evening 🌛.
Welcome to Fukui 😁.
The sunset on the Echizen coast at this time of the year is exceptionally beautiful 🌇.
I also recommend "Natsumushi" (summer insects) for "Hakudakesen" ✨.
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ひるぺこ
Hi Jive-san. The sunset on the Echizen coast was beautiful 🌅The summer sake at Hakudakesen had just finished Natsumushi and switched to Umimatsu. Umimatsu was quite good too, so no doubt the summer bugs will be too 😊.
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