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Otokoyama Koshoku Nii Nii Yoshi" is from Otokoyama, Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
It is a great value sake made by blending the stock before the new year's brewing, and has a variety of complex flavors.
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This is a special junmai nama-zakari sake from the Sakuraface Shuzo brewery in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
It was a delicious sake with a firm umami flavor, yet easy to drink thanks to its refreshing acidity.
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This is Koshi Junmai Hiyoroshi from Iinuma Honke in Shakai-cho, Inba-gun, Chiba Prefecture.
It is a very dry sake with a sake strength of +8.5, and while it has the delicious flavor of rice, it is also refreshing and easy to drink, as is typical of hiyaoroshi sake.
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This is Kakuemon -Cry for the moon-, a special junmai sake from Kimura Shuzo in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with a strong aroma, flavor, and sweetness typical of special junmai sake.
The label is also cute, with three cats enjoying the sake while looking up at the full moon.
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This is "Gohashi Junmai Hiyoroshi" from Sakai Shuzo, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with a pure rice flavor, but with a refreshing taste that is typical of hiyaoroshi.
It is perfect for long autumn nights.
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This is Sogen Junmai Hiyoroshi Genshu from the Sogen Shuzo brewery in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture.
It is made from 100% Hachitan-Nishiki produced in Hiroshima Prefecture, and is a delicious sake with a strong rice flavor and aroma.
This is the first hiyaoroshi of the season, and it was very delicious. I can feel the autumn in the air.
I hope that drinking sake will contribute to the recovery of the area, even if only a little.
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This is a limited edition Junmai Ginpu from Kunimei Shuzo, Japan's northernmost sake brewery, located in the town of Mashige, Hokkaido.
It is made from 100% Hokkaido-grown sake rice, Ginpu, and is a delicious sake that is refreshing and easy to drink with the flavor of rice.
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This is "Drunken Whale Special Junmai Sake" from the Drunken Whale Brewery, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture.
It is definitely a consistently delicious sake.
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Junmai Daiginjo from Meijo Shuzo, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with a refreshing yet gentle ginjo aroma.
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This is "100 sake tasters" from Sawanotsuru Sake Brewery in Nada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The sake is made with 100% Yamadanishiki rice from Banshu and brewed with Nada miyamizu (miyamizu water from Nada).
The alcohol content is high at 18.5%, so I served it on the rocks.
Even so, it is a delicious sake with a good balance of full flavor, sweetness, gorgeous aroma, and refreshing acidity.
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This is a "freshly pressed" pure rice sake from Shinkame Shuzo in Hasuda City, Saitama Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with a strong and robust flavor.
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This is Yao Junmai 65, a junmai sake from Yao Honten, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture.
I had it at a tavern on a recent business trip.
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This is a special honjozo "fp(forte-piano)" by Oki Daikichi Honden, Yabuki-cho, Nishi-Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture.
It is said to be made without filtration and without water.
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This is "Five Blue" Junmai Ginjyo Nama Shuzo from Sakai Shuzo in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
It has an interesting name, subtitled "The grass next door is blue," but it is a delicious sake with a robust flavor.
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This is "Romain Junmai Ginjo Nikkai Hi-ire" by Hanaizumi Shuzo, Minamiaizu-cho, Fukushima Prefecture.
I had it the other day at a tavern on a business trip.
I think it was very good, but my memory is a little hazy, so I would like to drink it again properly.
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Thank you very much for having a drink from my hometown, Minamiaizu Town!
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This is "Yamato Shizuku Junmai-shu" from Akita Seishu, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
I had this sake the other day at a tavern on a business trip.
My memory is a little fuzzy, but it was a delicious sake that was easy to drink and had a great taste of rice.
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This is "Naruto Tai Tomoe" from the Honke Matsuura Sake Brewery in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture.
I had it the other day at a tavern on a business trip.
My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think it was a refreshing and delicious sake.
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This is "Fuyutsuki Arabashiri", an unfiltered junmai ginjo sake from Kabishin Shuzo in Asaguchi, Okayama Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with refreshing acidity, a junmai ginjo-like rice aroma, and a robust flavor typical of unfiltered sake.
It uses Okayama Hakuto yeast, which may give it a slightly fruity flavor.
The alcohol content is a little high at 16.5 degrees.
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This is "Ona Summer Sake Hotaru", a special junmai sake from Kikunosato Shuzo, Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture.
It is a delicious sake with a gentle rice flavor and aroma, and a refreshing acidity typical of summer sake.
The firefly on the label is also very summery.
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This is the sake "Mitsui no Kotobuki Dai-harakuchi Junmai Ginjo" that I had at a food stall I visited on a business trip a while ago.
It was a delicious, crisp, dry sake that was as good as the richly seasoned dishes at the restaurant.
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