Yazawa Sake Brewery had a stall at a nearby shrine festival and I tasted it and bought it because it was delicious. It has a robust flavor that only a draft can deliver, as well as a ginjo aroma.
Lake Suwa = Masumi's mirror, the Masumi of Masumi. This is a representative sake of Masumi, which has been around for a long time. Its refreshing yet moderate flavor, aroma, and acidity are perfect for this hot and humid season when it is chilled.
We enjoyed it with sausages, meat, and other snacks from a guerrilla market at Koshizuka Ham, near the liquor store.
It has a robust flavor that only a draft sake can have, and since it is chilled, it is refreshing to drink.
This was also served at a festival at a nearby shrine. It has a stronger ginjo aroma than the previous junmai ginjo. It is a well-balanced and delicious sake. It goes well with the tuna snacks that the shopkeeper gave us.
The second cup of Kakuchi. It has a moderate sweetness with a clean aftertaste. The brewery is located in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and both the sake rice (Hitanishiki) and rice malt are 100% grown in Kasama City. Even without any snacks, the sake is very easy to drink.
It has been a while since I walked a little to a corner bar in my neighborhood. On a hot day, the dry junmai goes down your throat refreshingly. Croquettes from the croquette shop next door were the perfect accompaniment.
This is the second sake of the day and the second bottle of this Haruhonokou. It is a precious sake! It has a thick, robust character that can only be achieved with nama sake, and it may be even thicker than the first bottle I drank (and bought at the same time). It is a good sake with a good feel.
Junmai was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Sapporo City in 2022. The bottle is colored red, but the sake color is normally clear. 100% Hokkaido Ginpu is used.
It has a thick and sweet taste with a surprisingly crisp aftertaste. It is also a perfect accompaniment to strong-flavored foods such as pickled radish and cucumber with miso.
Once a year, we enjoy a set of Junmai-shu (pure rice sake) from our hometown. I have drunk Niyodo Blue many times before, but this sake is as refreshing as it looks, with a pleasantly clean mouthfeel. But it is viscous and has a sweet aroma.
Tsukibotan is the sake brewery in the town of Sagawa, Kochi Prefecture, which is the setting of the current morning TV drama.
Seasonal ogara-mi nama sake. Made with 100% Shirakaba-Nishiki rice from Nagano Prefecture.
It has a rich, mellow flavor, rich and viscous, and very delicious. It is rich, viscous, and very tasty. 500ml of each bottle is all I have, so I want to drink it carefully, but it tastes so good I can't help but drink it.
I like to drink it with Camembert cheese.
This is also the first sake I have ever had. It has a mild, thick taste, but also has a ginjo aroma. This was also the restaurant's recommendation, served lukewarm.
This was my first time drinking this sake, and it is quite a pleasant sake. It is a junmai ginjo, but was served lukewarm on the restaurant's recommendation.
It is delicious with a taste that combines the advantages of both junmai, ginjo, and nama sake. Moderate sweetness, aroma and viscosity. The waiter showed us that the bottle was called "shinshi" because it was wrapped in "newspaper.
Easy to drink. Refreshing and tasty. This sake is brewed with yeast extracted from the "sacred camphor tree" enshrined in the Kinryo no Sato (Kinryo no Shiryokan). It has a slight fresh woody aroma like sake from a barrel, perhaps because of the yeast.
My uncle, who loved Chitose-Tsuru, passed away, so I bought a bottle to offer a cup of sake at home.
It has a simple junmai taste with a light aftertaste. It is not so assertive that it interferes with the meal, and is delicious as a mealtime sake.