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ヤスベェヤスベェ
九州生まれの山口育ちで、昔から焼酎ばかり飲んでいました。 就職してからは、関西在住です。 60歳を過ぎてから急に身体作りに目覚めてしばらく禁酒していましたが、2022年のベストボディ日本大会で大会を卒業してお酒解禁 そこから最初に飲んだ日本酒にハマり、現在は焼酎も卒業してしまいました。 最近では日本酒専用の冷蔵庫を購入して、常に10本以上の好きな日本酒をストックしています。 日本酒初心者です。

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大関蔵元限定 しぼりたて 生原酒純米原酒生酒
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Today, Kaorin and I went to the training gym for some light muscle training and then went for a walk in Osaka Castle Park 😀. I've been going to Expo Park and Hattori Ryokuchi Park lately, so it was refreshing to go to Osaka Castle Park after a long time 😀. However, my work place is next to Osaka Castle, so it was not so fresh 🤣. The plum blossoms at Osaka Castle were almost finished, but the peach blossoms were just starting to bloom, so today we had lunch and drinks at the Osaka Castle Peach Garden 😇. Today we had another sake that we got at the brewery for the fourth time in a row, a limited edition brewery sake Shiboritate that we bought at Ozeki's brewery last year 😀. It was quite dry and robust 🤣. Of course, it has the gorgeousness that is typical of nama-shu, but the doshuri feeling was quite heavy for our family 😀. However, it went well with the miso sauce on today's filet mignonette and was wonderfully balanced 😇.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Yasbay 😃. Yay - you two are really active and nice! Nobby says it's really great 🤗. When the cherry blossoms bloom, we would like to follow your example and go walking to see the cherry blossoms 👍.
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Mienokanbai大寒しぼり純米吟醸原酒
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For the third day in a row, I bought sake from the brewery 😀. This is Mie-no-Kanbai from Maruhiko Sake Brewery, which we visited on our recent trip to Mie 😀. The day before this trip, we had our first taste of Mie-no-Kanbai at a Mie Sake drinking contest held at the hotel where we stayed 😅. When we visited the brewery, the toji (master brewer) was there and we asked him for a sweet and fruity sake that we like and he recommended this one, Daikan Shiborisake 😀. As soon as we opened the bottle, we were surprised to find that the aroma was more floral than fruity: ‼️🤣. The slightly sour and floral aroma reminded me of plums in full bloom, just like Mie Kanbai 😀. The taste in the mouth was not as floral as the aroma, but the elegant umami flavor took precedence and disappeared elegantly 😀. As I said, Mie's sake is of a high level 😇.
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ワカ太
Good morning, Yasbay 😃Floral sake aroma ⁉️ interesting ‼️ You have found the perfect sake for spring, with an aroma like plum blossoms in full bloom and an elegant taste 😊.
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Nao888
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Mr. Wakata 😀 As soon as I opened the bottle, I could smell the great aroma, but instead of the usual fruitiness, I felt flowers😇. I also felt a bit of acidity and I took the liberty of associating it with ume because of the brand name of the sake 🤣.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nao888! Actually, I went to Ise shrine and Ueda, which I wanted to visit because my father is quite old (almost 99 years old) and it's going to be hard for him to travel too far away soon 🤣. I won't be able to travel far for a while from now on😅.
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Banshuikkon純米吟醸 楓のしずく純米吟醸
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When I visited Sanyo Hai Shuzo, the brewer of Banshu Ikkyo last year, I bought this sake at the brewer's shop. I bought this sake at the brewer's store 😀. I went to the store after walking around the park behind the brewery, which is famous for its autumn leaves 😀. Sanyo Bai Sake Brewery sold Banshu Ikkyo for the whole country, Sennen no Wisteria, which is a local limited edition sake, and Kaede no Shizuku, which is a local limited edition sake. The aroma was a bit sweet and sour with a hint of ginjo aroma 😀. In the mouth, the basic base flavor was the usual Banshu Issen flavor, but it was more clean and clear 😀. I would like to visit the brewery and buy this sake again eventually 😀.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasbay 😃! Hi Yasubeyesan 😃Oh! The brewery limited ‼️ has a very atmospheric appearance that I think we would like 😋. And I like the short and thick bottle compared to Shinshu Kamerei 😄.
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Nao888
Hi Yasube, 🌞I have to take my hat off to you for your great energy even though you are so far away from this storehouse. ☺️ I had an image of it being massive, but it looks beautiful and delicious 🤤.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 Just hearing that it's a brewery exclusive or a local exclusive makes it sound special and makes it taste even better 😇. In the past, Banshu Ikkyo used to have an image of being dry, but that image is changing more and more 🤣.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Nao888 😀 There is a highway bus from a bus stop near our house to Yamazaki, where the brewery is located, so I have the impression that it is quite close. There is also the Old Pine Sake Brewery nearby, so we can visit two breweries at once 😇. And you can drink on the bus 🤣.
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Shirayuki蔵元直送 斗瓶取り 数量限定大吟醸原酒斗瓶取り
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Walking in Expo Park today 🚶‍♀️ Today's accompaniment is a limited edition Daiginjo-Daiginjo-Tobottori from a brewery owned by Shirayuki 😀. I visited the Hakusetsu brewery on the occasion of its opening and bought a bottle 😇. It was a very nice sake to pair with my lunch in the park😇. It was light without much of a ginjo aroma, but it was a sake that really complimented my bento without being cloying with a mildly sweet flavor on the palate 😀. Many daiginjos are made with you as the main character, but I like this kind of sake that accompanies the bento and helps the taste of the meal 😀.
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Nao888
Hi Yasbay, 😊It's a beautiful day for walking ☀I was on a bicycle expedition to Kadoya-san 🚴🏻‍♂️ I only knew the name but the tender texture looks delicious 🍶.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Yasube! It's worth going to a brewery because there are sake and good sake that you don't see 😊 plum blossoms in full bloom, sake and great food 😻 everything is there 👍✨.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nao888! It's only about 5 km one way from my house to Kadoya-san, so I always walk there while walking 😇. I don't know why, but the sake I buy at the brewery tastes even better 😀.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Pon-chan 😀 The best part of visiting sake breweries is encountering sake limited to the brewery or local sake that you don't usually find at liquor stores😇. But I don't think I'll be able to resume my brewery tours until I reduce my sake holdings a bit more😅.
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Shinshu Kamerei's Sake Rice Difference Drinking Comparison😇 Today, I chose Yamae Nishiki, the third sake 😀. The aroma is the mildest of the three, but it is undeniably delicious on the palate😇. It would be very rude of me to compare them, but they are definitely delicious 🤣. If you ask me which one is my favorite, my simple preference would be Miyamanishiki which I drank yesterday 🤣. I've recently become really fond of sake from Nagano Prefecture, so I've decided to end my hanpukai with two different sake breweries and will be receiving my hanpukai sake from them starting in April.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Yasbaye 🦉. The three bottles in a row are spectacular ✨😻It's good to drink them at the same time to know the differences and to know your preferences well😊👍. This year is the Shinshu sake hanpukai, isn't it? I can't wait to see what you receive 🎶.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasube-san 🌛Three bottles to compare 🤤I have the luxury of being able to see the difference in sake rice ✨My preference seems to be Miyamanishiki, but I would drink anything Kame-sama 🤤I look forward to the Nagano sake hanpukai 🥰.
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ぺっほ
Yasubeyesan‼️ Ueda's sake brewery and the atmosphere of the street is great! The bakery and eateries along the street are great too😊I recommend Zenkojiya Sake Shop near Seimasamune, Daishinshu's brewery, a short walk from Shinshu Kamerei when you go to Nagano!
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@水橋
Hi Yasbay 😃 That's an impressive 3 types of drinks! We could have had all 3 types of keychains 😅. I'm looking forward to Miyajima starting next month 😍. I remember the first time I visited there, I was surprised by all the sake I didn't know 🫢.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Pon 😀 The more I like sake, the better it tastes, so I have to do this kind of drinking comparison to find out 🤣. Nagano sake is really my boom lately, so when my current stock runs out, my Nagano sake ratio is going to go up a lot😇.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nao888! I'm glad to be able to have the luxury of comparing different sake rice, which is something I can't do very often 😇. It makes me happy to see more Nagano sake that I like besides 🐢sake 🐢sake 🐢sake.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Mr. Peckho! Yes, I would like to go to other places besides Ueda, because I have come to love Nagano sake more and more after my sake brewery tour in Ueda, but I have decided to go walking on my sake brewery tour, so I am a little disappointed that I can't expand the scope of my visit 🤣.
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ヤスベェ
@Mizuhashi, good evening 😀 I also got all 3 keychains, but Kaorin took one from me 🤣. Kaorin has put it on her phone and made the Mari label as her standby 😅. I think she likes 🐢 even more than I do now😇
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Yasube! When you see Kamerei-san lined up, you naturally smile 😊The Nagano sake 🍶 is really excellent and makes me want to visit the liquor stores again 🥹.
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ヤスベェ
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😀. Yes, just looking at your lineup 🐢 makes me smile 😇. Nagano Prefecture is moving up higher and higher in my ranking of the prefectures where I drink 🤣.
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I'm back home from my bullet tour of Nagano, and today I'm back to work as usual 😀. However, I am still in Nagano sake mode 😀. So here is a comparison of different sake rice from Shinshu 🐢 which is a big luxury for me 😇. First of all, I will be drinking this Miyamanishiki to compare with Kuheiji's light nigori and 🐢san's Hitogokochi, which I had opened before going to Ueda 😀. I'm too happy to compare Nagano sake rice 😇! First of all, the taste of Kuheiji-san, which has been open for quite some time, has changed a lot as I expected, from its youthful freshness when the bottle was first opened to a much more subdued taste 🤣. In comparison, Shinshu Kamerei's Hitogokochi, on the other hand, remained almost the same with a fresh aroma and an easy-to-drink balance of sweetness and acidity 😀. Miyamanishiki, which was opened today, had a stronger sweetness and umami flavor 😀. Although Miyamanishiki is from Nagano, it is a very commonly used sake rice, but I can only say that Shinshu Kamerei is a master at creating a completely different nuance with Hitogokochi than other sake 😇.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Yasbaye 🦉. That's a great drinking experience 😻 and I'm sure you'll remember your trip 😉.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🌛Dreamy drinking comparison 😳I'm too eager to drink Kamerei-sama 🍶Miyama Nishiki seems to be my personal favorite sake rice, so I'd like to visit the brewery and take you there sometime. ✨️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Yasubeyesan 😃! I am so glad to see you here! It's hard to get it, but it's so good, you'll be drinking it right away 😆.
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あおちゃん
Good morning Yasbay 😁. Thanks for the bullet tour 😊 You opened the bottle right away 👌 I'm jealous of your luxurious drinking experience😍.
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ねむち
Good morning, Yasube!
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Pon 😀 I happened to be on Nigorinpik since the end of the year, so I didn't have a chance to drink the 🐢san I got 🤣. I always like to compare different sake rice of the same brand, but it takes courage to drink 🐢-san 😅.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nao888! I'm also getting excited about Nagano sake rice these days... Miyamanishiki, Hitogokochi, Yamae Nishiki, etc. 😇. Sake from Nagano is still my boom 😀.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀 I've always wanted to try it at least once...Shinshu Kamerei Sake Rice Comparison🤣. I thought I would never be able to do it because I'm a novice, but it turned out to be a lot more than I expected so I'm a bit more enthusiastic 🤣.
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ヤスベェ
Ao, good evening 😀 I'm glad I took the plunge and visited Ueda because I fell in love not only with 🐢 but with all the sake breweries in Ueda😇. I hope you will too 😇
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nemuchi-san 😀 It's thanks to the wonderful sake friends I met at Kansai Sake-no-wa that I was able to deepen my relationship with 🐢 in this way😇. The sake god was really there 🙏.
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I came back to Osaka from Nagano safely 😀. I couldn't sleep at all on the night bus on the way back 😅. It seemed like it was raining and windy and there was quite a bit of shaking so I didn't have time to sleep 🤣. After taking a bath and getting ready for bed, I opened a bottle of this sake 😀. This is Senkou's Sanshiki which was recommended by JN 😇. This delicious carbonation is sinking in to my tired body 😀. It's delicious 😀. I thought I would get drunk and take a nap, but the Expo Ekiden is running near my house where I often walk, so I can't watch TV and go to sleep 🤣. By the way, the 4th picture is the harvest from Ueda to Nagano this time 😇.
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@水橋
Thanks for your hard work on the Shinshu bullet trip, Yasube! A day late, I'm eating soba noodles in Chikuma right now😃. It's ☔️ cold today with sleet mixed in. I think I'm going to get caught up and buy a lot of sake 🍶.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hey Yasbay, I'm so glad to hear from you 😃. We were both worried that you couldn't sleep 😅I'm sorry you couldn't sleep 🥲Senkou Sanshiki is a light drink, so I hope it soothed your tiredness a little 😌. I'm looking forward to the harvest festival!
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ヤスベェ
Hello @Mizuhashi 😀 We just switched places and are now in Nagano 😀. This is the first time I've had local soba and local sake together in Shinshu, but I guess Shinshu soba and Nagano sake go well together😇 I hope @Mizuhashi-san will have a good sake connection too 🙏.
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ヤスベェ
Jay & Nobby, thank you here too 🙏. I guess I'm getting old, but when I see young people sleeping on the bus, I envy their youth 🤣. The deliciousness of Sentori Sanshiki was really sinking in for my tired body😇.
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こぞう
Mr. Yasube. Good evening.............................! Long distance buses are not my thing either💦. I envy your sake lineup 🤩.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasubeyesan🌛It sounds like the bus ride home was tough 😅but the amount of souvenirs worth it 🍶 that would fill up our sake fridge is something to envy 🤤Please enjoy yourself ✨️
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, kozou-san 😀 The stamina to sleep anywhere is a privilege of youth 🤣. I used to be fine with taking night buses for skiing... Kaorin and I agreed that we would never take a night bus again😅.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Nao888 😀 I've been holding off on buying sake for a while in preparation for my trip, but now that my sake cellar and fridge are full again after this trip, I'll hold off on buying for a while 🤣.
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This morning, the action started at 7am! Kaorin lined up at Okazaki Sake Brewery to get 🐢san's brewery limited edition sake that starts at 9am, and I went separately to pick up the sake shop limited edition 🐢san that I won in a drawing at Miyajima Sake Shop 😀. After completing our mission in Ueda, we moved to Nagano to pay a visit to Zenkoji Temple 😀 Last year, I made a pilgrimage to 33 temples in the western part of Japan. Last year, Kaorin and I made a pilgrimage to 33 temples in the western part of Japan, so we paid our respects at Zenkoji Temple 😇. From there, we went to the last brewery for this tour 😀. The 30th brewery on our walking tour of temples, shrines, and sake breweries. I had the impression that Nishinomon had a delicious ogara-mi in January, but when I asked the store owner about it, he told me that that sake is only for special distributors and is not sold at the brewery's directly-managed stores 🤣. I tasted all the sake on the line and was particularly impressed with this one, but gave it up when I saw the price 😅. It's delicious😇 I decided to go for the nigori sparkling to take home 😀.
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ひなはなママ
Good evening, Yasubeyesan 😄Mission successfully completed 🙌Thanks for your hard work 👏🐢I'm jealous of your GET 🤩This Nagano Sake brewery tour was a lot of fun! Last but not least, the Nishinomon😍I can't go wrong with a sparkling nigori 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasubeyesan 😃. You were active early in the morning 🤗It's great that you went to Zenkoji from Ueda with the sake you bought 👍We also went to Nishinomon near Zenkoji, but we gave up after seeing the price 😅.
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ヤスベェ
Hi HinaHanaMama 😀 I was surprised to see that the price of Nishinomon's sake is quite different between the general sake for dealers and the limited edition sake sold directly from the brewery 🤣. Of course, the taste is also excellent 😀. It was really a very productive two days 😇
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ポンちゃん
Yasbay, again 🙏. Congratulations on winning & getting so many Shinshu Kamerei 🎉that's what you two did 😉 I was just amazed at your energy for sake activities 👍✨Thank you for the trip and the reportage 😊.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 We overscheduled quite a bit to make the most of the short time we had 🤣. I was still surprised to see that the products sold at the direct store in Nishinomun are different from the ones served at the general stores😅.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Pon 😀. Thank you 🙏. I was quite confident in my fitness, but as soon as I arrived home, I was tired 🤣. Still, it was a good trip with a lot of harvest, encounters and discoveries😇.
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29th brewery on a walking tour of temples, shrines, and sake breweries Speaking of Ueda, Shinshu Kamerei is the best sake brewery in Ueda 😀. Unfortunately, there was no tasting at the brewery, but we were able to get a limited edition sake from the brewery 😀. Today's total walking distance was 14 km... We walked a lot today, but we had a great time meeting many breweries 😇. We couldn't drink Shinshu Kamerei at the brewery, so we had it at an izakaya near our hotel 😇. Drinking local 🐢san is also very special 😀. Tomorrow morning we will be separated from Kaorin 🤣. Tomorrow, Kaorin will line up in the morning for 🐢san's other brewery limited edition sake sale, and I will go to Miyajima Sake Shop in Ueda to pick up the 🐢san liquor store limited edition sake that I won in a drawing😇. Tomorrow morning is going to be busy too 🤣.
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ma-ki-
Good evening, Yasube! You must have had a great time walking around the breweries today ✨. Ueda is the place for Shinshu Kamerei, isn't it? ⤴️ We'll be going our separate ways tomorrow to make sure we get our limited edition Kamerei 😁✨.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🌛You're right 💦I thought Shinshu Kamerei-san was mature enough not to go since you just posted that it was the last one 🤣It's great that you can conveniently take 3 bottles home: ✨️
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あおちゃん
Good evening, Yasbay 😊. Looks like you are having a great time! 🐢 and you too😊. Yukimura Sanada 😍 Gourmet food, sightseeing and buying local sake. Please let me know all kinds of things! Have fun😊
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ヤスベェ
Hi, ma-ki-chan 😀 After all, the best part of visiting a brewery is to get the limited edition sake, and this time we were blessed with good timing😇. I had planned my trip to Ueda a month in advance, so there was a chance of striking out 🤣.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Nao888 😀 I actually went to Okazaki Sake Brewery for the second brewery, but this brewery doesn't have tasting, so I didn't get to try it yet that day! 🤣. I was able to drink the first 🐢 of the day at a local sake tavern in Ueda at night😇
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Ao-chan 😀 Okazaki Sake Brewery is very popular and Kaorin went to line up at 7am on the day of the limited edition sake sale, but there were already more than 10 people there and by 9am when they started selling 😅. Yukimura-san is great🙆
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28th brewery on a walking tour of temples, shrines, and sake breweries The last brewery we visited today is Kutsukake Sake Brewery, which is well-known for its brand name "Mutou" 😀 It is about 4 km away from Wadaryu. It is about 4 km away from Wadaryu, but the weather was nice and it was a nice walk 🚶. It's fun to walk around in a completely new and unfamiliar place 😀. I looked around at the store attached to the brewery, but all they had was the Fukumuyo brand, not Mutou at all 🤣. When I asked the store owner, he told me that Mutou is a brand for distributors and the brewery only carries Fukumuryo 🤣‼️ I compared 4 types of Junmai Daiginjo, 2 types of Junmai Ginjo and Junmai, and I could tell that the other 3 tasted the same, but the Junmai Daiginjo tasted completely different and clear 😇. I wondered what to take home, but I was told that one of the Junmai-Daiginjos is only available at the brewery, so I got that one 😀.
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ひなはなママ
Hi Yasubeyesan 😃. I'm so jealous of your sake brewery tour in Nagano, lots of walking and lots of tasting 🥰I'm looking forward to taking home a lot of things to open when I get home 🥂When you visit a brewery, you get familiar with their sake and it makes you feel special ❣️
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Nao888
Yasubeyesan, I was surprised that there are quite a few breweries in Ueda 😳and I'm very thankful for the road trip story as if I was there with you ☺️ ✨️ Please relieve your walking fatigue with a drink tonight 🤤💕💕!
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ヤスベェ
Hi, HinaHanaMama 😀. Yes, that's right 😇 I visited Ueda because I like Shinshu Kamerei in Ueda, but I like all the sake breweries in Ueda after visiting them 😀. But some of the breweries don't have sales channels in Osaka, so it might be difficult to get them😅.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Nao888! Ueda is a fun town with 6 breweries, 4 of which have direct sales outlets, and a sake shop that only sells local sake from Shinshu 😇. I can't tell you how good I am at writing 🤣.
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27th brewery on a walking tour of temples, shrines and sake breweries After purchasing a limited edition sake at Okazaki Shuzo, we visited Wadaryu next 😀. This was naturally my first visit to this brewery as they do not distribute their sake in the Kansai region at all 🤣. Unfortunately, they didn't have the Tosui I was looking for, so I bought their standard Junmai 😀. The brewery owner was very talkative and was very sorry that we had to come all the way from Osaka to drink his sake 😅. From there, the brewery owner's Ueda guide talk exploded 🤣. When I told him that I had Shinshu soba for lunch, he recommended a number of soba restaurants, but we went to one recommended by Mr. Kuramoto, where we could drink sake during the daytime 😀. The soba and grilled miso were all delicious, but the junmai sake from Wadaryu was a great match for the Shinshu flavors😇. The sake tasted and smelled so good that I thought it tasted like junmai ginjo instead of junmai sake 😀. Unlike usual, the tasting and purchase were reversed, but I was happy to be able to bring home some sake from Ueda😇.
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ヒロ
Hi Yasubeyesan 😃 I can't wait to go on the Ueda Sake Brewery tour, and with the Ueda guided talk: ❗️ 😁. I want to go on a sake brewery tour myself 😆.
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ヤスベェ
Hi Hiro 😀 Anyway, I could feel how much he loves his sake and the town of Ueda 😀. He even told us about the best soba and yakitori restaurants and a movie that was shot in Ueda😇. The employees were laughing when they saw the brewer😇
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26th brewery tour of temples, shrines and sake breweries on foot We arrived safely in Ueda a little after 6:00 this morning 😀. We started our trip by first paying a visit to the Kitamukai Kannon-sama 😀. The first brewery we visited was Wakabayashi Brewery, located between Kitamukai-sama and Ueda 😀. My preliminary research said they open at 9am, but we arrived at 8:30am 🤣. We waited in the cold until 9:00 to enter the store, and when we entered the store, they were looking at us from inside to see what we were doing when the store was already open 😅. But they offered us a free paid tasting because we waited in the cold 😇. After all, it's a very rare occurrence as Pon-chan told us 🤣. The tasting was of Tokujun and Dry Junmai brewed with Hitogokochi, and I was surprised to see the completely different expression of the same rice. ‼️ We decided to take home the Tokujun because we like sweet and tasty sake, but the Dry Junmai was also a delicious sake with a delicious umami taste and a crisp, dry finish 😇. When we paid the bill at the end of our trip, we were presented with sake kasu (sake lees) for making us wait 😀 It was a great start to our trip!
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ma-ki-
Good morning, Yasbay! It's finally started 🎵 I'm sure it's going to be a fun and interesting tour of the brewery 😁✨. I haven't tried Tsukiyoshino yet, but I have a fruity image of it 😋.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasbay 😃 6am start 😳You have a different spirit 😁Noby also says 'really great ‼️'👍 Early bird gets the worm 🤗.
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ヤスベェ
Hi, ma-ki-chan 😀 All of the breweries in Ueda were very personable people 😀. The brewer of Wadaryu told me that the breweries in Ueda are all very close and they all make an effort not to lose out😇.
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Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 Before we went on the brewery tour, we really wanted to visit the Kitamukai Kannon (Goddess of Mercy), so we started to act as soon as the bus arrived 🤣. Thanks to that, we arrived at Wakabayashi Brewery early and they were so happy to see us that they even gave us sakekasu as a gift😇.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Yasbay 🐦. I knew it was a rare trip 🤣I'm great that you waited properly in the cold 😭I would say call out to them, but I'm glad they made it free 😁I'll look forward to seeing more after this 😊.
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Pon, thank you here too 🙏. But I love Ueda more and more because of all the nice people at the stores in Ueda 😇.
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I've been playing Nigorinpik for a long time and not drinking Sumisake, so I had 5 bottles of this season's 🐢 left on reserve in my house 🤣. We will of course visit Okazaki Sake Brewery on our trip to Ueda on Friday, but it seems that even at the brewery you can't buy it very often, so we will open a bottle before our trip😇. The 🐢 we drank this season was Hitogokochi Junmai, and today it's the same Hitogokochi Junmai Ginjo 😀. No need to comment 😀. I think it was 🐢san that started my Nagano sake craze, and the raw junmai ginjo is really good😇. In our family, we don't use the car whenever we do sake activities, we use public transportation and walking so that we can both drink whenever we want to 😀. This trip to Ueda and Nagano is for two days and one night, Friday and Saturday, and to make the most of our time, we met up after work on Thursday and took the night bus, arriving early Friday morning before we started our activities 🤣. I'm looking forward to seeing how much I can get around on foot and by bus or train 😇
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マル
Good evening, Yasbay 🌔. You have 5 🐢s in the pipeline 😳. Amazing! And the Nagano sake tour is also a hard itinerary! You have great stamina, I want to learn from you 😄.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasbaye 🌛The prelude to the Nagano trip is too gorgeous 🤤I don't even know how I can meet the turtle-aged lady, five of them 😳It's a passion that allows me to choose the night bus, which is why I'm so jealous ✨️ 🤤.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Yasbay 😃. Yes, 🚞🚶🚌 is a good place to drink and walk! You two are indeed very conscious and athletic 🤗I wonder how much you will drink and take home with you😙Enjoy 👋
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@水橋
Good morning, Yasbay 🌞. Sounds like you two are having fun exploring the route 😄. I, too, was imagining where the liquor store would be going 😀. Looking forward to your review 😉.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Yasbay 🐦. I already have 5 🤣 before I go to Ueda, good luck emptying them 😁. Sounds like it will be a fun trip! Rare road trip with Kaorin-san? I'm looking forward to your report 😊.
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Good evening, Maru-san 😀 I'm going to drink some sake now and get ready for a good night's sleep on the night bus 🤣. I'm playing Nigorinpik, so I tend to put off drinking clear sake 😅.
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Good evening, Nao888! I really like to travel by ferry where I can sleep well, but I can't take a boat to Nagano 🤣. With my passion for sake, I'll drink plenty of sake now so I can sleep on the bus 😅.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀. Like you two, I mainly walk because I feel like the sake tastes half as good if you don't drink it together😇. Since I started drinking sake, I walk more distance than before 🤣.
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@Mizuhashi, good evening 😀 Anyway, I want to visit all the breweries that have their own stores 🤣. It's not often that I get a chance like this, so I want to walk around as much as possible from the time I arrive at 6am tomorrow morning until I leave at 10pm the day after tomorrow😇.
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Good evening, Pon-chan 😀 You're right, we can't open everything before we leave 🤣. Kaorin is extremely directionally challenged, so it's going to be a miserable rare trip if we get haggled 😅. I'm going to meet as many sake as I can 😇
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Since I started visiting this liquor store, the ratio of Nagano sake has suddenly increased 😀. The owner of this store does not often recommend sake brands, but this sake was recommended to me by the owner when he said he had found a good sake 😀. I have already had a bottle of Hokian Okuni Sake that was stored in the snow last year and I enjoyed it very much. This sake was originally intended for a sake competition and was only distributed in Nagano Prefecture, but after years of negotiations, it was bottled for the first time for a liquor store in Osaka😇. The aroma and drinking impression of this sake was just beautiful 😀. It was crystal clear, but the deliciousness just disappeared beautifully 😀.......but I can still feel the sake, which is something I am not good at expressing, it was a delicious sake 🤣. Now that we are all awakened to Nagano's sake, my wife and I are going to Ueda, Nagano on the 14th and 15th of this week😇. There are six sake breweries in Ueda, and we plan to visit four of them that have stores and a sake shop that specializes in local sake😇. I'm a little disappointed that last week I would have been able to buy Shinshu Kamerei's Mari-san label, but I'm going to enjoy a lot of Nagano sake 🤣.
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@水橋
Good evening, Yasbay🌆. Friday and Saturday, right? I think my family will go on Sunday even if we can go 😅. Actually, we're still in the middle of a family meeting 😭. I'm looking forward to your review since I've only been to two sake brewery stores in Ueda 😊. Looking forward to the weekend😍.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasubeyesan🌛I had the impression that Kitayasu Brewery took me there once and it was delicious🍶I envy your trip to Shinshu: ✨️I've been planning a trip to Suwa and Ueda but haven't had the time to go yet, so I'm on hold 😓Enjoy your trip to the fullest: ☺️
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ma-ki-
Good evening, Yasbay! It's your usual sake activity and personality that makes you recommend such wonderful sake 😁✨. And your energy is also amazing to go on an expedition right after you discovered Nagano sake 😲. Looking forward to your Nagano trip review 😊.
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あおちゃん
Good morning, Yasbay 😊. I'm sure the recommendation from your trusted liquor store is absolutely delicious! I'm going to Nagano at the end of this month too 😊. Not a main sake brewery 😅. Please let me know all about gourmet food, liquor stores, breweries, etc. 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Yasube 😃. Nagano sake trip! I remember when we went there about 2 years ago 😌 and the conversation in the car was lively just by visiting the liquor stores 😄. Have a lot of fun 👋
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Yasubeyesan! Limited edition sake 😻 is nice 😻 ❣️ last year, I felt a good connection with Hokian Daikoku-san, where Yomoyamena 🐰 was located, and Hata-san, who was taken by Yasubeye-san (lol), who is also a nice person 😊. Take care Shinshu!
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Good evening, @Mizuhashi 😀 I checked and found that many breweries in Ueda are closed on Saturdays and Sundays, so I tried my best to take a day off on Friday 😀. I made a plan to visit 4 breweries in Ueda 😇.
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Good evening, Nao888! Nagano sake is my recent boom, and I especially like Shinshu Kamerei in Ueda and Mikotsuru in Suwa, so I wanted to visit both of them, but this time I will take a course from Ueda to Nagano, including a tour of temples and shrines😇.
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Good evening, ma-ki- 😀 I was really lucky to have this limited edition sake recommended to me to take home 😇! And since I'm not a fan of words like "limited edition" or "limited edition", I enjoyed it even more 🤣.
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Good evening, Ao 😀 I too know nothing about Nagano except for a few skiing trips when I was younger, so I'm looking forward to seeing what new encounters I'll have 😇. If you're going to Nagano, Ao, let's definitely enjoy the local sake 😇
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀. I knew you had a great time on your sake trip to Nagano, and I'm looking forward to going there more and more😇. Our family's sake activities are a bit limited in scope since we basically don't use the car so that we can drink anytime 😅.
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Good evening, Pon 😀. I remember you😇. Sake Tomo-san was helping Hokian Daikoku-san with his booth, so it was fun to see everyone from the Kansai branch of Sakewa 😀. I'm only in Ueda and Nagano, but I'll enjoy as much as I can 😇
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Following last week, I walked to the Expo Park again this week to see how the plums are doing 😀. They are still a step away from being in full bloom, but they are looking much prettier than last week 😀 The weather was nice and the profile of the Tower of the Sun seen through the plum blossoms is also quite beautiful 😀. The weather was nice, and the profile of the Tower of the Sun seen through the plum blossoms is also quite beautiful 😇. The sake to go with today's bento is a new sake from Shinshin-san in Okayama, 2024 Houjoukunen no Houjou Katsumatsuri. Compared to the fruity sake I usually like to drink, this sake is a bit drier and has a beautiful yet robust flavor the moment you put it in your mouth 😀 But you can also taste the sweetness at the end. But at the end, you can taste the sweetness and it finishes nicely 😇. The weather and scenery were great, and we had a great time with delicious sake 😇. And I was able to walk well 🚶.
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Hi Yasbay 😃. Another healthy post today ☺️ Plum trees are almost in full bloom ❣️ and your bento looks 🍱 delicious 😋 I remember Shinshin was a bit dry for me too. It's really ideal to exercise well and drink good sake 🥰.
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Nao888
Good evening, Yasube-san 🌛It's nice to open a lunch box and have a drink at the Expo 🍶I went to the plum grove in Osaka Castle Park, but it was one step away from being in full bloom. ☺️ It's nice to taste a slightly sweet sake that is also dry ✨️
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Good morning, HinaHanaMama 😀 I can't drink sake without walking and muscle training because I tend to gain weight easily 🤣. I can train hard to drink good sake 😀.
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Good morning, Nao888! I work next to Osaka Castle, so I sometimes walk through it on my way to and from work 😀. From now on, the cherry blossoms from the plum blossoms will add more fun to my commuting time😇🌸.
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The Winter Nigorinpik is safely over and today we start Sumisake, and the first sake we opened was this one, Hadeshume-san 😀. The name "Uzume" is derived from "Amenouzume" 😀. I bought this sake when I visited the brewer, Ito Shuzo, when I was in Mie Prefecture a while ago 😀. The brewery also had a sparkling four-pack type, but I was told by the brewer that the four-pack type is the fire-aged type that is also shipped to special distributors, but this smaller type is a limited raw type that can only be purchased at the brewery😇. But I was told to open the bottle as soon as possible, so I opened it today, right after the Nigorinpik was over😇. Taste. It was a champagne with a beautiful rice flavor 😀. Kaorin said that this is not sake after a long time 😅. It tastes like champagne even though it has the rice flavor of sake 😀. It was worth the trip to Mie just to be able to buy this sake.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasbay 😃. Thanks for the winter nigori festival once and for all 😌. I'm about to switch to clear sake and sparkling sake sounds like a good way to reset my taste buds 🤗.
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Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😀 I was a little disappointed because I made a mistake in opening the active nigori at the wrong time, so I followed the brewer's instructions and opened this one right away 😀. It was very tasty and had a ricey feel to it😇
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Winter Nigorinpic 50 We have finally reached the big 50 bottles of Nigorinpick 😇! At this point, I checked the Japanese cellar and the Sake Reizo, and there are still 23 bottles of nigori type sake left 🤣. So we will end the Winter Nigorinpik today and hold the Spring Nigorinpik in the near future 😇. The freshness and fruitiness of the brewer's freshly made brews is unmatched 😀. It was a delicious sake that was a perfect way to end the Winter Nigorinpik 😇. Thanks to the Nigorinpic, we have a lot of clear sake left that we haven't had a chance to drink yet, so we'll do our best to open the bottle 😇.
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@水橋
Good evening, Yasbay 🌆. We also made a reservation but haven't been able to pick it up yet due to lack of fridge space 😭 I'm relieved to hear that it looks delicious 😌. Looking forward to it😊
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ma-ki-
Good evening, Yasube! I also had this one until just now: ⤴️ It was very tasty 😋. I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Nigorin pick in the spring 😊.
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ヤスベェ
Good morning, @Mizuhashi 😀 Actually, this sake was written to be opened as soon as possible on purpose, so we suddenly decided to make it the last of the winter, even though we were planning to turn it into the spring Nigorinpikku 🤣. I hope you get it as soon as possible 😇
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ヤスベェ
Good morning, ma-ki- 😀 It's kind of fun to feel like I'm drinking with a sake friend 😇. I'm so happy to share the taste of alcohol with you 😀.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasbay 😃 I'm looking forward to my first drink 🤗. I think I'm going to go for 100 nigori by the end of this year  ‼️
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Nao888
Hi Yasbay, ☀☀☀☀ Winter Nigorin Pick is a big circle ✨️ this one is going to be picked up soon and looks delicious and has high expectations 🤤The range of alcohol activity is similar ☺️
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀 You are indeed getting it right😇. But I think this sake is recommended to be opened early, as you can see on the label and in your posts 😀. Looking forward to your comments on the two early ones 😀.
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Good evening, Nai888 😀 Yes, the winter Nigorinpic is successfully over, but we are already planning a spring Nigorinpic 🤣. I wonder if the stores where you are getting them are similar to ours 🤣.
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Yasbay, thank you for your hard work on the Winter Nigorinpic😊. I love that this is the last one👍✨ I love spring nigori so I'm looking forward to it now🌸
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Good morning, Pon-chan 😀 I have successfully completed the Winter Nigorinpic 😀! However, I still have a cellar full of nigoris from the winter, so I haven't been able to stock up on spring-like nigoris yet 🤣. It's just the beginning 😅
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Winter Nigorinpik 49 What's for dinner today, I made Oden 😀 ! Kaorin had to work late, but I finished work early, so I put my skills to the test 😇 For the sake to go with it, I chose Eikoufuji's Hakuyo Ochigara-mi Hakuyo 😀. As usual, we compared the top clear sake mixed at room temperature and the chilled one 😀. As expected from Eikoufuji, all types are delicious 😀. The one I liked the most was the mixture at room temperature, but the chilled one was also delicious 😇. What surprised me even more was the comparison of the previously opened Shichibonspear, which was served chilled and heated 🤣. I have always found the sweetness and umami to be stronger when heated, but this comparison showed that the heated version was more dry 🤣. Kaorin said that when she heated it up, a spear flew at her 😀. Today's comparison was a delicious one with cold sake, room temperature and heated sake 😀.
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ロビン
Good morning, Yasubeyesan 😃Origarami is great in muddy water 👍I haven't done it much at home because it's gone before I can heat it up, but next time I'll try heating it up too 😁I'd like to experience the spears flying 🤣.
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Hi Robin 😀 I enjoyed Robin's favorite Shiga sake at different temperatures 😀. The first day I tried it cold and at room temperature, it was sweeter at room temperature, but as soon as I heated it up, it changed its expression 🤣. Sake is a very deep drink 😀.
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Hi Yasbaye 🐦. Did the spear flew 👍✨I'm planning to try the seven lance nigori, so I will use it when I do 😆🙏. I'm also interested in the oden made by Yasubeyesan 😊.
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Winter Nigorinpic 48 Kaorin asked me what kind of sake we should have for today's nabe, so I thought about it 🤣. I opened the bottle thinking that since Honorary Ikezuki is a sweet and delicious sake, I wanted something nigori, dry and sharp...and if it wasn't nigori, Shichibonjari would be perfect for this 😇. It was a jackpot 🎯! Even though it's nigori, it doesn't feel too sweet, and the moderate umami of rice and the acidity from the activation accentuate the dryness, so it went well with the hot pot 😀. Kaorin was happy that this was the best sake we drank today and that I have grown up to be able to drink dry sake, but I think it was probably because it was a pot with a robust flavor that this sake was perfect for it 😀. It was a delicious sake that was perfect for a solid tasting dish😇.
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Hi Yasbay 🐦. This is the nigori I want to drink! I see that nigori, like clear sake, goes well with food 😋and it's great that you combined it with the taste of the hot pot✨Dashi, what kind of flavor is it?
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Good evening, Pon-chan 😀 I had my favorite hot pot, Tenka Ippin's dry flavor 🤣. It was a very strong flavor of chicken and white soup, so the more nigori (rice gruel) but still strong flavor of shichibonjari was perfect for me 😇
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Good evening, Yasube! I had a clear sake at the sushi restaurant the other day 😋 but for some reason I've never had the absolutely delicious active nigori 🥲 I'd like to try it somehow 🥹.
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Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 I think this Shichibonjari is the closest to the two of the active nigori I drank 😀. Kaorin was the first to say the driest sake in the drinking comparison was the best 🤣.
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Winter Nigorinpik 47 Following yesterday's Peach Color Activated Nigori, today we had the White Junmai Activated Nigori 😀 It is made with the same yeast as the Peach Color. The white one is made with the same yeast as the peach color one, but this one is made with Association 701 yeast (No. 7) while the peach color one is made with Association red yeast 😀. It's amazing how different yeast can give sake a completely different color and taste 🤣. The peach color was more refreshing and easier to drink than the peach color, but I could not forget the sweet taste of the peach color, which had a peculiar taste.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Yasbay 😃. Honorary Ikegetsu! We've never had it 🥲 but it's interesting that you're a nigori master Yasubeyesan to compare red and white nigori from the same brand 🤗 different lines 😋.
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Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 I also found it at a liquor store I recently started going to and bought the pink and white and drank it for the first time 🤣. These drinks were so unique and interesting that I could tell the difference without comparing them😇
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