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Nagano Prefecture's Sake Festival has come to a close.
Next up was the sake festival in Yoshino, Nara!
I had not been able to go to the festival because it seems to be held only on weekdays, but I was able to get a weekday off, so I forced my way through!
I visited 3 breweries along the river, went to Yoshino, bought only sake, and came back home.
Yatagarasu was a sake that I had been curious about since I happened to come across a bottle of new sake at a store in Tokyo.
When I am in doubt, I always start with a junmai sake made from local sake rice.
It is made from Nara Prefecture's sake rice, Rohafu.
Sweet aroma of rice. It has a banana-like flavor, but it also has a refreshing apple-like acidity.
As the description says "light sweetness," it has a gentle sweetness that is not too strong. For a moment, I thought it tasted weak. But the umami comes out later, and the aftertaste is dry, crisp, and moderately bitter.
The next day, the bitterness is more pronounced, but I think the sweetness is more pronounced when the water is slightly lukewarm.
Easy to drink 😋.
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