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Masumi山廃純米大吟醸　七號純米大吟醸山廃

Miyasaka Jozo Nagano

6/17/2025, 9:44:43 AM

6/17/2025

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Kokuni-shu Fair 2025 Osaka (2) Since all prefectures except Kagoshima and Okinawa are exhibiting at the Kokusyu Sake Fair, our strategy beforehand was to try to get sakes from prefectures we would not normally be able to drink 😀. However, the first booth we visited was in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the one facing us was in Nagano Prefecture 🤣. When I saw Nagano sake, which I love, there was no way I could not visit 🤣. However, since I was there, I decided to stop drinking the sake that I usually get, and went for a sake that I don't usually drink...or can't afford...and this Junmai Daiginjo from Masumi caught my eye 😀. I usually can't afford a sake of this price 😅. I felt a little bit of Yamahai-like nuance in the top nose, but the overall impression was of a clean, easy-drinking sake that went down smoothly😇. I've only had Masumi sparkling nigori so far, so I had a good impression of my first clear sake😇. I also enjoyed Comet and Shinshu Maihime, which I hadn't had yet😇. The new Maihime in particular was described as dry, which is not the type of sake we would normally drink, but the first attack was a big thump, followed by a sweet fruity taste that we would fully enjoy at home 😇.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbaye 🐦. This is fascinating 😻There's so much to choose from 😆I'd drink even from breweries I've had before if there was something I couldn't normally drink! I'm looking forward to reading your report on the National Sake Fair 😊.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Pon-chan 😀 I was overwhelmed by all the good sake that I would not normally drink even in Nagano Prefecture, which is familiar to me 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Kin Suzume有機　純米大吟醸純米大吟醸

Horiesakaba Yamaguchi

6/16/2025, 2:32:17 AM

6/15/2025

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Kunisake Fair 2025 Osaka (1) On Sunday, I attended the first ever Kunisake Fair in Osaka 😀. I was overwhelmed by the size and scale of the venue, but I was able to meet up with Eiji-san from Sake-no-wa and we had a great time 😇. At the booth I visited with Mr. Iji, the brewer asked me if I was with my family ❓... I wonder if Mr. Iji's grandparents saw us 🤣. First of all, I headed straight for the Yamaguchi Prefecture booth, my hometown 😀. I looked at the list of participating sake and toasted Kaorin with a Junmai Daiginjo from Kinjaku, which I had been looking forward to since the day before 🍶. Kinjaku is still delicious... a crisp, robust fruit with a sweet umami flavor that finishes off nicely 😇. In the end, we stayed for 3 hours yesterday, and the first and closing toast were both by Kinjaku 😇. I also had a great time talking about Shimonoseki with a brewer from my hometown, Amami, at the Yamaguchi booth, and it was the longest stay from the beginning 🤣.

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ワカ太

Hi Yasbay, Hello 😃We've been waiting for you, you started the National Sake Fair ❣️ Kinjaku, very hot ✨👍. I can tell from the first post that you are having a lot of fun😊.

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ポンちゃん

Yasubeyesan here too 😊. I'm so glad you guys are starting from Yamaguchi 👍. I'm a grandparent 😳I'm a grandmother too 🤣.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasube, 🌛I see you went to the National Sake Fair ✨I was hesitant because it was in the Expo area and it seemed crowded 😅I didn't know Kinjaku is really existing 😳I love all the delicious looking sake from my hometown 🤤.

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ねむち

Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🌛You participated in the second day of the Kokusai Sake Fair 😊Yasubeyesan started and finished at Kinjaku in Yamaguchi 😁We who participated on the first day also started in Yamaguchi, aiming for Kinjaku 😆.

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いーじー

Good morning, Yasbay! Thank you for Sunday! It was a pleasure to meet you ☺️ I too was overwhelmed by the size of the event and the amount of alcohol 🤣I spent a lot of time at the Saga booth both in the morning and afternoon 😁.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Wakata 😀 My first time at the National Sake Fair was great 😇 I was constantly looking around because there were only one or two bottles per brewery, so there were all kinds of sakes that are usually unavailable or too expensive for me to afford 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Pon-chan 😀 You are still young, Pon-chan, so that's not true 😇 But I'm still surprised at how young you are ‼️🤣. I wish I had started drinking sake when I was younger 😅.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 I too thought the subway and the venue would be more crowded because of the Expo, but it wasn't at all 😀 Kinjaku-san is a one time home drinker that I got as a present from Kaorin for my birthday 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hello, Nemuchi! I guess both you and bouken went to Kinjaku first. I think all the dishes in that lineup look delicious, but I was surprised to see Kinjaku at the fair 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi, Izzy 😀 It was a pleasure to be with you too 😀. If Kaorin hadn't gotten drunk and it had been just me, I would have liked to attend the noon session too 🤣. It seems that you are well connected with the brewery in Saga 😇.

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Tatenokawa白馬の騎士純米大吟醸生酒にごり酒

Tatenokawa Shuzo Yamagata

6/14/2025, 10:29:23 AM

6/14/2025

IMANAKA SAKE SHOP

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Summer Nigorinpik 89 Today we had Tate no Kawasan's nigori sake, Hakuba no Kishi 😇. It was a complete jacket purchase, but since it's Tatenokawa's sake, I'm not worried about the taste at all 🤣. This Hakuba no Kishi was a beautiful Junmai Daiginjo sake, not at all like a nigorizake 🤣. It is a delicious sake with no rice flavor at all, just a strong clean taste 😇. It is nigori but not like nigori, very strange but delicious 😀.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃. I guess it's like the quality of alcohol after Princess Niggoli was rescued 😆.

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ヒロ

Hi Yasbay 😃 I drank the jackets myself and was surprised to see that they weren't niggly and I'm totally hooked on Princess Niggoli 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 You are so good at expressing yourself 😇. I have the impression that it went to a clean conclusion, it was a beautiful drink to the end with little niggles 😇.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Hiro 😀 I knew you were attracted to this jacket too, Hiro 😇. It was a beautiful, princess-like, refreshing sake that didn't seem to be nigori 😀.

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KoeigikuSNOW CRESCENT 2023原酒生酒無濾過

Koeigiku Shuzo Saga

6/12/2025, 12:12:21 PM

6/12/2025

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Summer Nigorinpic 88 While yesterday's new Koei Kiku, today's is the Snow ⭐️ Crescent that we've had many times, but it's a little different 🤣. Actually, this one was made in May 2023 and aged for more than 2 years below freezing by a liquor store in Kochira before being sold😇. It has the mellowness of any Koeikiku sake I know 😀. It's less like Koueikiku, but it's still a mellow and delicious sake 😀. I guess it depends on your taste, but it was delicious to see a different expression of Koei-Kiku 😇.

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasbaye 🌞You were aging at the right end of the fridge 🤤I went through it thinking it was too early to touch the aging process, but it looks mellow and delicious 🍶Mr. Kwangchiku would be a good entry point for aging 🤤.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Nao888 😀 Nao888, I think you have enough to try the Aged Sake Challenge 😇. Kadoya's Aged Sake is very easy to get, so please give it a try 😀.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃 We also got our first one year aged sake the other day 🤗 looking forward to the smooth taste 😋.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 Aged sake is also very matured and has its own peculiar taste when it is more than 4 years old, but if it is less than 2 years old, it is easy to drink because it keeps its basic taste and becomes mellow 😇.

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ポンちゃん

Hello Yasube, 🐦. The last Koei Kiku I drank was exactly this year this month's Snocre Yuyamanishiki 😊It was very tasty, so I'm curious to hear that it is an aged sake! What kind of mellowness! I would love to visit Kadoya💦.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Pon 😀 I see that you drank this sake freshly made😇. I'm interested in the young taste since I haven't had it freshly made 😀. Next time we get together in Osaka, let's make plans to visit a liquor store 😇.

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KoeigikuNoon Crescent原酒生酒無濾過

Koeigiku Shuzo Saga

6/11/2025, 12:26:37 PM

6/11/2025

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Summer Nigorinpik 87 I recently opened a bottle of this new sake from Koueikiku, which I was very curious about after reading many comments on Sake no Wawa😇. As you commented, I chilled it properly and quietly turned the plastic part around the stopper gently, but at that moment the stopper blew out and I was surprised 🤣‼️ I was even more surprised when the cork blew out and the top clear liquid was safely removed. ‼️🤣 The top nose was quite mature, but in the mouth it was delicious with a strong piquancy and quiet fruity sensation. The fresh rice flavor was also very tasty 😇. The comparison of the top clear and the mixed one at room temperature was very impressive with the clear taste of the top clear 😇

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasube, 🌛I knew the cork would fly 💨I liked the acidity and sweetness too much for a summer sake 🤤I'm glad that Kouri Kiku is easy to find at Kadoya ✨.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Yasbay 😃. Kouei Kiku's opening 🚀 always freaks me out😅. Kochira's new one! I'd like to try it 😍I haven't had the chance to meet him yet🥲I still want to drink it: ‼️

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 Sake that is refreshing and easy to drink in the summer is really nice and tasty 😇. I'm thankful that there are so many stores that are strong in Saga sake, such as Kadoya-san's Koei-Kiku, Sake Kozo's Nabeshima, Miyanomatsu, Kibotsukuru, etc. 😇.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 It's a strange drink that the auto-stirring doesn't occur even though the cork flew out so spectacularly 🤣. I'm sure you two will like it because of the acidity from the carbonation, so please discover it😇.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasubeyesan 🐦. I can't get enough of Kouei Kiku 💦My bottle opener also jumped even though I had Kouei Kiku under control 😂. I can't keep up with all the new ones coming out, but I'd love to have a summer nigori 🎐.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pon 😀 I was a bit surprised by this summer's Koeihiku 🤣. I always find Koei-Kiku to be a bit sour, but this sake has a strong summer sake character 😀. This sake is a must try 😀.

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ShinkaiHATADA SQUASH生酒

藤本酒造 Shiga

6/9/2025, 12:00:17 PM

6/9/2025

木下名酒店KINOSHITA

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Summer Nigorinpik 86 Continuing from yesterday, we had summer nigori, Hatada ⭐️ squash against the Ramune label 😀. Actually, this sake is from a brewery we visited last year on a tour organized by Kyukura on the day of the Shiga brewery opening, but we couldn't bring it home due to the limited number of bottles 😀. The sake is made by second fermentation in the bottle from re-fermented mash that is squeezed in a wooden vat🤣. It tasted like... an adult banana squash 😇. Yesterday's Ramune Label was a transparent sake, but this one was a fruity squash with a sweet and sour banana taste... delicious 😇.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbay 🐦! Ohhh! Hatada⭐️ squash👍I miss the shakes now that they are gone, but there is squash 😊doesn't this one spew?

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pon-chan 😀 Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year, but I also enjoyed last year's sake brewery festival in Shiga😇. I wonder if they had this sake at this year's sake brewery festival ❓🤣.

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Shisoraラムネラベル純米吟醸生酒にごり酒

Shiwa Shuzoten Iwate

6/8/2025, 9:58:55 AM

6/8/2025

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Summer Nigorinpik 85 Finally, we were able to have our first summer sake nigori at the Summer Nigorinpik. It's a summer nigori with a ramune label, made by this season's key sake maker, Murasakyuu 😀. I chilled it perfectly and opened the bottle slowly 😀. I thought the bottle was safely opened... but a few seconds later, there was a thud and then a blowout from the automatic stirring 🤣. Well, I could have guessed that from the amount of oli that had accumulated at the bottom of this bottle. I let my guard down😅. The blowout was minimal and saved my life, but you can never be too careful😅. The taste was a bit different from the usual Purple Space's, but the light sweetness and beautiful carbonation reminded me of a soda Ramune 😇. In case you missed it, we went out for lunch today to celebrate with Kaorin's dad who lives upstairs with a gift and sushi 🤣❓❓ As I'm sure you all know, Kaorin got Father's Day wrong for a week😅. I was buying gifts as Kaorin made me 🤣.

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ワカ太

Good evening, Yasbaye 😃I love Kaorin's inadvertent dust episode 🤣💕 but even if it was a week off, it was still something she did for herself, so I'm sure her dad was happy too 😊.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasbaye 🌛The ramune label evokes faint memories of my boyhood 🍶I'm also curious about the vigor with which the nigori expert spills it ✨Kaorin's gratitude to his father was too strong to bring it forward 🥰.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Wakata 😀. I'm still glad Kaorin's mistake wasn't a week later 🤣. Dad seemed to be in a good mood with sushi and beer from noon, so I guess the result is OK for now ❓😀 😀.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Nao888 😀. That time lag is unfair 🤣. As soon as I opened the bottle safely and was about to pour it into a glass 😅. It was a bit different from your usual purple space, it felt like a summer ramune 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Mutsuhassenおりがらみ　生　ヌーヴォー特別純米生酒

Hachinohe Shuzo Aomori

6/7/2025, 12:24:25 PM

6/7/2025

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ヤスベェ

Summer Nigorinpik 84 The first bottle of Tasake's light nigori that we opened earlier was laid down to be aged for a while, but the bottle of Mutsu Hachisen that we opened today was obtained at the same time as Tasake's and ended up being aged for a while as well as Tasake's 😀 As usual, we tasted them including the supernatant that we put back at room temperature. As usual, I tasted the sake mixed with the supernatant that had been brought to room temperature, and I was able to taste the fruity aroma that reminded me of white peaches, and the peach flavor that seemed to be pulled along with it 😇. I don't know if this was due to the petit aging process or the ability of Mutsu Hachisen's orikarami, but it was very tasty😇.

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chika

Kita Aomori😍🍶✨✨

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbaye 🐦. It's the Aomori Petit Aged series 😉👍and both of them are getting better 😻I guess it's the way they are stored ✨Ageing in relation to cage is all my favorite thing 😆.

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ヤスベェ

Hi chika 😀 It's very rare for me to drink Aomori sake two days in a row... and that too in a nigori type 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Pon 😀 I don't have any special storage, I just throw them in my ice cold sake cellar at home 🤣. But I'd be really happy if the sake has grown with time😇

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃 I remember the Nouveau from Yasen! I remember it was very tasty 😙 Petit aged! There are so many ways to enjoy 🤗

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀 It was Mr. Tasake who decided to do a petit aging, and this one was aging on its own 🤣. But anyway, we got delicious sake, so whether the aging was effective or not, it was delicious😇

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ヤスベェ

Denshu純米吟醸　うすにごり純米吟醸生酒にごり酒

Nishida Shuzoten Aomori

6/6/2025, 12:56:52 PM

6/6/2025

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Winter Nigorinpik 83 Today's sake is also from the Winter Nigorinpik, a light nigori sake from Tasake. Actually, this sake has been aged at freezing point in our sake cellar for 6 months since I heard in a post by Sake-no-Wawa that new sake is a little bit cloudy 🤣. I don't know what it tasted like at first, but the taste I got today after a little aging was very refreshing and the fruity acidity was very pronounced. I don't know what it would have tasted like if I drank it right away, but after the petit-aging process, the acidic fruitiness was present and made it a very tasty sake😇.

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まつちよ

Good evening Yasbaye 🍶🍶. Best raw ripe 😤🤣🍶.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🌛I drank this one in February and it was reviewed as having a good balance of sweet, tasty and sour ✨I think my rating is all over the place since it was the first time I picked up a bottle of Tasake in a 4-gouple 🤣I like the petit aging 🍶.

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ヤスベェ

Hello, Matsuchiyo-san 😀 I usually don't get to the point where I can age it on my own, but this is the first time I've aged it while resisting the urge to drink it 🤣. But if you want to age it consciously, you have to buy two bottles to know 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 I read your rave comment Nao888😇 It would have been nice to know the difference if I drank one bottle right after buying it and aged the other one😅.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃 It was worth the patience to let it sit undrunk! It is my goal this year to drink tasake, so I hope to have nigori from here in winter too: ‼️

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ヤスベェ

Jay & Nobby, sorry for the late reply 🙇. I see from your comments that you two are quite enthusiastic about Mr. Tasake😇. Mr. Tasake is easy to find in some places and difficult to find in others, but we are lucky to be able to get it rather easily 😀.

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Mikotsuru活性にごり生酒純米吟醸生酒にごり酒

Suwa Mikotsuru Shuzojo Nagano

6/4/2025, 11:54:55 AM

6/4/2025

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Summer Nigorinpic 81 The Nama-shu Dai-open series has ended with Jigin-sama's Jungin Omachi Nama-shu, and today we are resuming the Nigorinpik 😀 We say summer, but there are many left over from the winter and spring Nigorinpiks 🤣. Currently we have 14 bottles of nigori sake in stock, but we are still planning to collect summer nigori sake little by little, so I think we will be able to record our 100th bottle of nigori sake this season when the summer nigorinpic is over ❓🤣. So the 80th bottle of nigori this season is my favorite Nagano sake, Gokotsuru's active nigori nama sake😇. It has been sitting in our cellar since winter, but it is delicious and has a nice, robust, active flavor 😇. The aroma and taste are very gorgeous among nigori sake 😀. All of them were delicious, including the supernatant that was brought to room temperature and the one that was mixed 😇.

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ポンちゃん

Good evening, Yasbay🦉. It's the beginning of summer nigori 😊It's delicious in summer too! It's like it's good for you without a care in the world 😆And the top batter is Miko 😻 just like the two of you who love Shinshu sake😊👍

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chika

Yikes 🤣👍🍶✨✨

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Yasbay😃. You are back on track for 100 ngolis ‼️ I think the more ngolis you drink the clearer and 🥹brighter🤩 your eyes are 🤗 Yikes 😆👌🍶🌟🌟

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasubeyesan 🌞The nigorin picks are back on in a short span of time ✨️ If you can achieve 100 nigori alone, it would be an unprecedented record 😳Gokotsuru is a Shinshu sake I would like to try and it looks delicious 🍶.

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ヤスベェ

Hi, Pon-chan 😀 I'm going to start with the summer ones... but I have quite a few left over from the winter and spring 🤣. I think it will be a little while before I can open the nigori type of summer sake 😀.

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ヤスベェ

Hi chika 😃 Aiming for 100...I'll do my best 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 I'm actually thinking of drinking as much nigori as I can this year and increasing the ratio of clear sake from next year, because if I drink only nigori type sake, I won't be able to practice sake tasting much 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 I still have quite a bit of nigori sake left over from winter and spring, so I have resumed trying to open those first 😀. Of course, I plan to open a bottle of the nigori type summer sake that I recently purchased as well 😇.

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Jikon純米吟醸　雄町　生酒純米吟醸生酒

Kiyasho Shuzojo Mie

6/2/2025, 11:52:42 AM

6/2/2025

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ヤスベェ

The last in our series of "Nama-Shu" (aka "raw sake") to be released for drinking while it's still tasty is Jikin's Jungin Omachi Nama-Shu 😇! I looked at the list of sake that I can buy with my points at the liquor store I frequent and found a four-pack of Jikin Toku Jun Hi-ire and a bottle of this Jikin Jungin Omachi Nama Sake...now which one should I buy 🤣. I decided to go for the bottle I usually don't buy because I had a bottle of Toku Junsei that I had just opened in my cellar and I thought this might be my last chance to get a bottle of this season's Jijikin Nama Sake 🤣. It was great to compare the Toku Junsei and Jungin Omachi Nama for the first time 😇. Both are wonderfully balanced, just like Jikin-sama 😇. However, when compared to the Jungin Omachi, I felt that the Jungin Omachi was more balanced and all the flavors were more pronounced 😀. Kaorin preferred the Jungin Yumachi, which had a more balanced and gorgeous flavor, while I preferred the Toku Junsei, which had a more delicate and balanced flavor 🤣. Well, I'll just say they're both delicious😅.

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ma-ki-

Good evening, Yasube! Here it is - the Jikin-sama drinking comparison 😍. This is fascinating 🎵 The taste as well as the blissful aroma through the nose - I'm drooling just thinking about it 🤤. Both are delicious and both are great 😋.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasubeyesan🌛What an extravagant way to compare the drinks of Jikimasama 🤤I wish I could force myself to pick up a bottle 🍶I always forget to look at the list of what I can buy with my points, so I just accumulate points 🤣.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃 A bottle of Jikin has a lot of presence 😍. I know it's delicious 😋 but I'm sad I don't have it on hand 😭. It hasn't been seen in my house for a while 🥲I think I'll go to a liquor store where I can save points🤔.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbaye 🐦. Ohhhh a bottle of Jikkoman ✨✨✨ is a great decision because it's delicious and will be gone soon 😆 and I can only imagine, but they both look delicious 😻I want to drink them at home 😻

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ヤスベェ

Hi, ma-ki-chan! Yes, the taste is great, but the aroma that spreads from the beginning to the end is also a quintessential Jikin-sama 😇. Jungin Omachi Nama is a bottle, so I can enjoy it slowly for a while 😀.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888! I also had a lot of points in my account at this liquor store thanks to my membership in the hanpukai 🤣. I was a lottery winner at the Morinomiya liquor store lottery with a high probability of winning 😇.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 You guys are stocking a lot, so if the store has a point of sale system, I'm sure you'll be able to accumulate points soon 😀. But it's going to take a long time to finish a bottle at our house, so we'll have to try our best to drink it 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Pon 😀 Both of them are delicious and it's hard to choose one over the other, so it was a happy drinking comparison😇 I'm just worried that the taste will be spoiled by the time it takes to open a bottle when we compare 4 bottles side by side 😅.

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Shichihon'yari純米大吟醸　渡船純米大吟醸原酒生酒

Tomita Saketen Shiga

6/1/2025, 9:24:13 AM

6/1/2025

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ヤスベェ

Today I walked to the Expo Park again with a bottle of sake for my walking tour😇. Today I brought a Junmai Daiginjo Nama Watabune from Nanabonjari, which I received from the Kadoya Sake Shop's hanpukai a long time ago 😀. I could smell the ginjo aroma, but it was a more robust and sturdy sake 😇. I had an image of Shichibonspear as a light and dry sake, but thanks to the addition of the junmai daiginjo, it had a gorgeous fruity aroma until the middle of drinking, and from there it quickly became sharp and strong 😀 It is a dry sake, but it has the strength of a bento. Although it is a dry sake, it went well with my bento boxed meal and was delicious 😀.

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マル

Good evening, Mr. Yasbaye 🌒. I was wondering if you are a Shichibon-yari? I thought so, but I see it's a hanpukai 🧐I can understand why you might be able to get away with a jun-dai even if it's dry 🤣. I'm sure you had a tough time with the dry one, Kaorin-san.

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasube-san 🌞I happened to get a bottle of this seven lance by chance and I remember being surprised at how easy it was to drink while still having a big bone structure 💦.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃. In the picture, you may think you're eating lunch 🍱 on a park bench, but at a quick glance, it looks like you won't realize you're drinking sake 🍶😆.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Maru 😀 I have to say that the hanpukai is not for everyone's taste, but it was the easiest to drink of the seven bottles of clear sake I've had so far 😀. Kaorin can taste and drink my sake tasting practice sake too 🤣.

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かおりん

Hi Maru, Hello ☺️ It's a dry seven spears! It's a bit more mature than before? I think I've grown up a little bit. I think I've grown up a little, but I'm starting to like the dry taste.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 Hanpukai is also a fun way to expand your own range of sakes😇 I joined the Nagano sake hanpukai this year, so I'm done with the Osaka liquor store's hanpukai for now 🤣. This Nanamizu Yari was delicious, even if it was a bit on the heavy side 😇

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 This was Aladdin's advice to put it in a pot for sake😇. I bring it as is to Sandesi, but I take the four-packs of sake this way 😀.

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ヤスベェ

KoeigikuHarujion 2024原酒生酒無濾過

Koeigiku Shuzo Saga

5/31/2025, 9:58:43 AM

5/31/2025

かどや酒店

家飲み部

136

ヤスベェ

Today we opened a bottle of 2024 Harusion, a pre-sake from Koei Kiku in Saga, aged at ice temperature in-house by Kadoya Sake Shop, which I often go to 😀. The aroma is as usual, a beautiful fruity top note 😀. The mouthfeel has a beautiful fruity sweetness, followed by an explosion of acidity 😇. Is this the power of ice aging ❓🤣. I don't think it is possible to change the taste this much by keeping it at home in ice temperature 😀. It was a really delicious aged sake with a very impressive acidity, oriented towards summer sake😇.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃! I'd like to try a bottle of ice-cold aged Harujion!

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 No matter how many ice cellars I have at home, I still can't beat the aging cellar at the liquor store 😅. I had a bottle of Harzion at a liquor store once, but I never experienced such an explosion of acidity 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Jikon特別純米　生特別純米生酒

Kiyasho Shuzojo Mie

5/29/2025, 11:32:41 AM

5/29/2025

かどや酒店

家飲み部

140

ヤスベェ

I've already opened all of the Nagano sake that has been stored for a long time, so now I'm going to open the pre-brewed sake that has been stored for a long time without being opened 🤣. First up is Jikin's Special Junmai Nama 😀. Jikin has a good balance, but this special junmai nama is the one that sticks out to me the most😇. Today's sake comparison is Shinshu Kamerei and Tsukiyoshino, both of which were opened earlier, but since they are all delicious sake, we chose Japanese food such as sushi, bamboo shoots and eel liver so that the food would not interfere with the sake 🤣. All the sakes are definitely delicious 😀. We were able to compare the best of the three sakes: the well-balanced Jikkimasama, which I never get tired of drinking, the 🐢sama, which has great flavor and sharpness, and the Tsukiyoshino, which matches its gorgeousness and gentleness 😇.

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ma-ki-

Good evening, Yasube! I'm drooling over this wonderful drinking comparison 🤤. Jikin-sama's Tokujunsei is a great aromatic and well-balanced sake, and it's also a great choice to pair with a meal 😋. You are having the best drinking time 😊.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🌛Isn't that a special pure sake of Jikkasama 😳It's my most favorite sake ✨I know it's a distant memory 🤣There are so many brands to compare 🤤It's one of the best ☺️

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbay 🐦. That's a big release of treasures👍✨I wouldn't be able to taste it calmly 🤣It's because you two usually compare pre-drinks properly too!

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, ma-ki-chan! I see that you all like Jikin Tokusumo 🤣 I love it too, but it takes a lot of timing and luck to get it 😅. I love it too, but it requires timing and luck to get it, so I often cherish it too much and miss the timing to drink it😅.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Nao888 😀 I knew you liked it 😇 I'm trying my best to get it, but I'm also making regular rounds at Yamamoto in Morinomiya, waiting for the lottery to be posted 🤣. I'm also waiting for the lottery to be posted 😅

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pon 😀 I'm in a hurry to open the bottle because I almost missed the timing to drink it because I cherished it too much with my treasures rather than a big release of treasures😅. Can I just say that they are all delicious while calling it a drinking comparison 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Tsukiyoshino桜原酒生酒無濾過

月吉野 Nagano

5/28/2025, 11:39:09 AM

5/28/2025

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

135

ヤスベェ

Another unfiltered raw sake from Nagano Prefecture 😀. This is also the first sake that I bought at Wakabayashi Brewery on my way back to Ueda City from the Kitamukai Kannon Temple, which I visited first thing in the morning when I went on a tour of Ueda breweries in March. The aroma is as gorgeous as the name "Sakura" and the taste opens up in your mouth. I failed in the timing of drinking this 🤣. I should have brought it to a spring hanami 🌸😅. It's really rare to find a sake that is so gorgeous and fruity, yet not clingy at all 🌸. Unfortunately, it's hard to find around me, but it was a delicious sake that made me think I could visit Ueda again just to get it 😇.

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasubeyesan 🌞I've never seen this sake before and I'm learning a lot about it ✨It sounds like it has a gorgeous flavor typical of a female toji 🤤I'll put it on my list to stop by when I can travel to Ueda✨.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 I am not familiar with this brewery in Osaka, but it was a delicious sake 😇. By the way, in Nagano Prefecture, there are also some wonderful female toji, such as Tsuki Yoshino, Shinshu Kamerei and Kawanakajima Genmai, who are doing their best 😀.

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ポンちゃん

Hello, Yasbay🐦! Tsukiyoshi's! I completely jumped from my memory 😭I can't buy this one either 💦It's quintessential ‼️ that you got it right!

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ヤスベェ

Hi, Pon-chan 😀 It's a sake that we don't get a chance to see very often in Kansai 🤣. It's definitely your favorite type of sake, so I was wondering if you got it on your recent trip to Nagano 🤣. I wish I could go to Ueda again too😇

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Shinshu Kirei真田の里　戸沢産ひとごこち純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過

Okazaki Shuzo Nagano

5/26/2025, 11:59:00 AM

5/26/2025

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

142

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Today we have the last of this season's sake from Shinshu Kamerei in our cellar 😀 I was a little hesitant to open the bottle, but I didn't want to leave it out and miss the chance to open it 🤣. I was a little hesitant to open the bottle, but I didn't want to leave it out and miss the timing 🤣. There was a little bit of the last 🐢 Yamada-Nishiki Nama Sake left, so we compared the two 😇. The Yamadanishiki has a more gorgeous taste, but the Hitogokochi has a more complex flavor that I prefer 😇. But I guess this difference is just my personal preference, and I guess everyone has their own way of feeling 😅. Now only fire-brewed Shinshu Kamerei is left in our cellar 😅. I'll have to open the fire-brewed ones little by little until the next new sake season 😅.

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Nao888

Good evening, Yasube, 🌛It's a stunning lineup of Nagano sake 🍶It's sad that we're going to lose this season's draft sake, but it's great that you can make do with fire-roasted sake 😳. I'm jealous that you like it 🐢✨.

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ぺっほ

Yasbaye 💓Good morning 😊🐢 your draft sake 🥰and I'm envious 👏I hope you make a drinking club ❤️ It's so hard to find and open a bottle of nama sake that you can't even open the bottle, timing is difficult 💦It's so hard to get and open the bottle 🤣.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasubeyesan 🐦. That's a lineup of The Shinshu 😻I envy you being able to compare the drinks 😊and there's still some fire-brewed 😳how much is in just the Shinshu Kamerei 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Nao888! I'm totally into Nagano sake these days 🤣. Kame-sama is a delicious sake that even when it's fire-brewed, you can feel the freshness of the sake, but still, when compared, the nama sake is more to my liking😇.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pheho 😀. A drinking club... that's a good idea😇 We always enjoy a few bottles side by side in order to compare them, so it could be perfect for our family 🤣. I wonder how to get them to make a club ❓🤣.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pon 😀 We still have some sake left from Shinshu, and thanks to joining the Shinshu hanpukai, we are sure to get 3 bottles every month 😀. But Kame-sama still requires a lot of effort 🤣.

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ヤスベェ

北安大國＆Ｗ　ワイン酵母純米吟醸生酒

Hokuan Jozo Nagano

5/25/2025, 7:56:38 AM

5/25/2025

ハタ酒店

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

139

ヤスベェ

Following yesterday's Nagano Sake Festival, we will be having Kitaan Okuni Sake again 😀! This is another challenge sake from Kitaan Okuni, a raw sake made with wine yeast😇. We went walking to the Expo Park as we usually do on holidays when we don't have any plans, but today we decided not to have a Japanese style lunch as it would probably be too acidic due to the wine yeast, but to have Western or Chinese side dishes that would be more acidic 😀. As expected, the sake was white wine-like, but with more sweetness and acidity, and it went well with the sour side dishes and the fruit cakes we bought on the way to the park for dessert 😇

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good evening, Yasbay 😃. The appearance is also wine 🍷-like 🤗. It's a quintessential way to bring the food with an expectation of the taste 👍.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀 Yes... from the moment I got it, I had the selfish impression that this was wine, not sake 🤣. I'm not Kaori, but it was so good that I almost had to say that this is not sake😇.

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ヤスベェ

北安大國雪中熟成酒純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過

Hokuan Jozo Nagano

5/24/2025, 10:24:59 AM

5/24/2025

ハタ酒店

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

133

ヤスベェ

I was able to get it again this year 😀. This sake is brewed by Kitayasu Okuni in Nagano in collaboration with Hata Sake Brewery, which I visit every week, and I was able to have it again this year 😀. This sake is brewed at the beginning of the year and as soon as it is ready, it is locked up in a room made of snow and aged in the snow for a long time until the end of April 😀 The base is fruity, sweet, and delicious. The base is fruity, sweet, and delicious, and because it was aged in the snow for months, the freshness and punch of the freshly brewed sake has been slowly aged at a low temperature, resulting in a rounded, beautifully finished sake that was sweet, fruity, and fresh, but perhaps had a bit of a roughness to it. This is the taste of aging with a lot of time and effort 😀. I'm glad I could drink it again this year 😇

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＠水橋

Good morning, Yasube 😃. The same sake stored in snow was out last week as the next batter and when I asked Shimizuya in Saku, they were sold out 😭. Last year it was out in September 😅.

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ヤスベェ

Hi @Mizuhashi! I heard that this store sends the sake that is aged in the snow right after it is made and then dug up at the end of April when the snow melts, which was also at this time last year 😀. I feel that sake matured in the snow tastes better 😇.

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nomihei

Good evening, Mr. Yasube. I am so glad you found a good bottle of Omachi. A very familiar sake brewery. Omachi has the best water💦 and it tastes great 😋💕. And 🍶 it tastes even better when it's buried in snow ✨. I love it too 💖.

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ヤスベェ

Hi, nomihei 😀 I see you live in the Omachi neighborhood😇. I'm recently addicted to Nagano sake and I envy your living environment 😀. The owner of my Nagano sake purchasing store is a big fan of this sake and has been talking about it since around March!

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasbaye 🐦. Just hearing that the sake is aged in the snow sounds delicious, and if it's from Beian Daikoku, then it's a sure bet 😉. I remember last year when Yasubeyesan was making the rounds with Hata-san 😊.

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ヤスベェ

Good evening, Pon-chan! I had a great time at last year's Yomoyama Nagano with Pon-chan. It was a fun event because we were close to the breweries and also with the liquor stores 😀.

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ヤスベェ

Wadaryu純米酒純米

Wadaryu Shuzo Nagano

5/23/2025, 10:20:09 AM

5/23/2025

蔵元部

129

ヤスベェ

I bought this sake when I visited Wada Ryu during my Ueda brewery tour the other day 😀. The timing of the brewery's preparation did not coincide with my visit, so the fridge was empty, including the sake I was looking for, Wadaryu Tomisui🤣. The president of the brewery was very apologetic when I told him that I had come from Osaka, and he brought me this junmai sake, saying that it was the only one they had in the brewery at the moment 😀 The aroma was junmai, and the taste was very typical of junmai sake. The aroma is very Junmai-like, simple and reminds me of freshly cooked rice 😀 The taste is also very robust. The taste was also very rich, with a hint of sweetness from the rice as the main taste 😀. It was quite different from our family's usual choice, but sometimes this kind of sake is also instructive 🙆. The president of the brewery was a real talker and explained a lot about Ueda to the two of us, including the delicious food, stores, and movie locations in Ueda, and thanks to him, we were able to get some delicious soba noodles and movie locations afterwards😇. The office staff who went out of her way to serve us tea on the way to the restaurant laughed and said that our company president really likes to talk 😀. The warehouse made a really good impression😇

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Yasbay 😃. Simple looking junmai sake! I think I would take you if I see you at the liquor store 🤗It's good to be able to drink sake 🍶 that is not usually chosen from such encounters 😙.

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😃 Yes, it looks simple standing up, but maybe that's what you guys like 😀. However, it seems that our family's taste buds are slowly growing into adults and we enjoyed it 😇.

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasbaye 😀 Sorry we couldn't bring you the one you wanted, but the thoughtfulness of the brewery makes me want to support them ✨We need to grow up to be able to enjoy simple junmai sake as well: ✨️

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 I was hoping to get a chance like this to get some sake from Ueda's sake brewery since there are not many stores in Kansai that sell it 🤣. I'll keep my fingers crossed for some Nagano sake hanpukai sake from a liquor store in Ueda 😀.

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Kawanakajima Genbuしぼりたて　ひとごこち特別純米

Shusenkurano Nagano

5/22/2025, 11:16:35 AM

5/22/2025

木下名酒店KINOSHITA

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

133

ヤスベェ

Yesterday was a sudden sushinomi with my son, but today the Shinshu sake festival resumes again 😀. Today's sake to be opened is a special junmai sake from Kawanakajima Genmai 😀. This was another delicious sake😇 Yamasan-san and Shinshu Kamerei-san... they are in the same family of deliciousness 😀. It was fruity, but very beautiful and clear... and the umami from it made it a delicious sake with a refreshing finish 😀. It's a Nagano sake, after all 😇

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ポンちゃん

Good evening, Yasubeyesan 🦉. Today we will start another stable drinking comparison 😊👍👍and a nice view of Shinshu sake😻I've only had a very refreshing Genshu Mai at home, so I'd like to try something like this 😊.

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nomihei

Good evening, Pon-chan. Nagano Prefecture's sake 🍶 is delicious, isn't it? I love it too💕. I still have more delicious ✨brands to choose from. May you have a wonderful encounter 🫶.

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nomihei

Yasbeh's comment and you call him Mr. Ponchan😅. Sorry 🙏🥹.

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ヤスベェ

Good morning, Pon-chan 😀 I felt a little sorry for Shihu-san placed next to Nagano sake 🤣. This Nagano sake had very similar characteristics😇 It was hard to decide between the two and I felt again the power of Nagano sake😇.

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ヤスベェ

Thank you, nomihei 🙇. I hope you don't mind 😇 I'm now totally addicted to Nagano sake, and my trip to Ueda made me love it even more, so I'm jealous of those who live in Nagano 😀. I'm looking forward to Nagano sake hanpukai until November 😇

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Nao888

Good morning, Yasubeyesan 🌞It's amazing that Gensanmai-san is the one who resumed the clear sake ✨️ Nagano sake, I was thinking of pedaling my bicycle for 2 hours round trip to bring Yamazan-san to you 🚲️ I'm afraid my knees are going to break💦.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Yasbay 😃. It's nice to have plenty of stock and lots of variations of both nigori and clear 🤗. We'll definitely have a Tochigi Sake Festival next time 👋

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ヤスベェ

Hi Nao888 😀 Genmai is also a delicious sake that shows us the high level of Nagano sake 😇 Do you bike to Takatsuki city to work ❓🤣. Sake tastes even better after a physical workout🙆

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ヤスベェ

Hi Jay & Nobby 😀 Our family also loves Tochigi with Senkou and Nozomu-san being pretty high on our consumption list: ❤️ If possible, we'd like to do a Tochigi sake tour sometime, so please let us know if you do 🙏.

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