［The last dish I had at Emmi was this 🍶.
Tsuneyama Junmai Daiginjo Aiso Naokumi Nama
We had a sealed bottle ✨.
Tranquil and firm sweet rice aroma, a slight gas feeling on the tip of the tongue, a beautiful sweetness and umami, a clean sweet aftertaste, and finally a lingering bitterness on the tip of the tongue.
It's been a long time since I've tasted "Tsuneyama", which has a solid dry image, but this "Araiso" has a mellow sweetness that is delicious with a gap between the two.
I found this restaurant by chance on Instagram, but it's very cozy and I'm sure I'll be a repeat customer 😁.
The system is fixed price all-you-can-drink, so next time I want to visit early in the day 🍺🥃🍶.
Hey Gyve, thanks for having us 😃.
We too wanted to drink Tsuneyama! We finally got our first bottle the other day and it's waiting in our fridge 🤗 looking forward to drinking it 😙.
I think the all-you-can-drink deal might be for you strong guys 😆.
Second round of drinks at Emmi after the company's year-end party.
The next drink I ordered was a drink I hadn't had before.
Echizen-misaki Honami Unfiltered Unrefined Unrefined Sake.
Juicy, fruity, sweet rice aroma, juicy sweetness on the palate, then fades away, leaving a pleasant lingering bitter taste on the palate at the end.
I think this may be my favorite sake brewed with Sakahomare that I've ever had 🤔.
No wonder the King of Noodle Sake is crazy about it 😁.
The taste was highly praised by the other guests in the same room with us ✨.
Hi Gyve 😃
We are currently stocking this "Honami" ✌ waiting for the opening of the bottle now, but we hope to open it in the New Year or after the New Year 😋.
Yesterday was the company's year-end party 💡.
This year, for some reason, we held the party at an authentic bar with takeout food✨.
I wanted a sake component since the first party's options were beer or whiskey, so I visited my first solo second party [Japanese Sake BAR Emmi] 😁.
First, we started off with the opening "Hakugakusen" 👍️
Hakugakusen Junmai Ginjo Aragusuki
The taste of mellow rice and sweetness, the mouthfeel is gentle, but the sweetness and umami are firm, and then it finishes with a gorgeous lingering sweetness that is typical of Hakugakusen and a refreshing acidity.
I really like "Hakugakusen"!
Hi, Jive.
It's the season for year-end parties 🍺.
Somehow, Hakugaku Sen is the image of Mr. Gyve ✨.
Looks delicious again😊.
I'd love to drink it someday 🥰.
Hi Jive, good evening 😃.
I would have loved to join you from the solo after-party if I was closer 😆 Japanese sake BAR sounds like something with a nice atmosphere 🤗.
Today, December 15, is the last full moon of the year 2024 🌝❄.
I'll be working the night shift that day, so I'll be enjoying the last [moon-viewing sake tonight] of the year while watching the almost full moon that peeked out early the night before. 🌕️🍶
We opened "Amami Shinshu Junmai Ginjo Nigori Nama".
First time drinking "Amami" at home!
This weekend, a cold wave hit and the moon, which showed its face for a short time, was gradually hidden by clouds and the weather forecast was for it to turn to snow after midnight 🌝🌨️
Now, let's start with the top
［The moon is in the sky.]
The cool and calm aroma of rice, the umami sweetness that flows smoothly through the mouth, the gas feeling on the tip of the tongue, the sweet aroma that passes through the nose and finishes with a lingering bitterness and a nice long aftertaste.
［Seasonal cup]
A cool rice aroma, a feeling of gas on the tip of the tongue, permeable umami sweetness, and a pleasantly sweet finish after the bitterness is felt.
When nigori is made by mixing orikori, the flavor becomes richer and the gaseous sensation becomes stronger, but the lingering aftertaste becomes shallower 🤔.
As the temperature rises, the flavor changes even more richly 😁.
The entrée is a cold weather delicacy [cold yellowtail belly sashimi] and the impending expiration date [horse sashimi].
The fatty cold yellowtail is still delicious 😋.
I took a peek outside after dawn, and it seems it didn't rain as much as I thought it would ☃.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Moonshine with a brief full moon is quintessential 🌕️
It looks like a good balance with the nigori bitterness of Amami and would go well with your meal 🎵.
Quintessential Amami ✨.
The fatty cold yellowtail looks delicious too😊.
Good evening, Jive 😃.
Congratulations to Amami on her first home drink ㊗️🎉!
Amazing thick slices of cold yellowtail sashimi‼️ this is going to make me want to drink more sake🍶😙I'll have to eat the horse sashimi as soon as possible😅.
Good morning, ma-ki.
It gets dark early these days, so I decided to take a chance before the clouds came out 😁.
Amami has changed with a new master brewer, but it's still as delicious as ever ✨.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
Finally got to sit down and enjoy some "Amami" at home 😁.
Fukui's cold yellowtail is of such good quality that it was sold under false pretenses of its place of origin when the catch in Himi, its home at one time, dropped 🤣.
Hi Jive 🐦.
Well, I think I saw a very beautiful moon in the morning 🤔Winter often has clouds over there 😢 but you are still a great tsukimi sake ✨and congratulations on your first home drinking Tenmei 🎉!
Hi Pon, good evening 🌛.
The cooler temperatures and cleaner air make winter astronomy more attractive than summer 😁.
It's truly a "winter moon", but the first snowfall is our priority, so we toasted with "Yukiten"✨.
Ten days have passed since the beginning of December, and there are only three weeks left in this year. 😮💨
Now, looking around the cellar, there are some sakes that I have been waiting for the right moment to drink, but I realized that I have put them away for a long time, so I decided to drink them while they are still available.
Abe Junmai Ginjo Nama Sake
I bought it in early spring and it has been sitting in the cellar for a long time, but it was originally bottled last October, so it has been sitting there for a whole year 🤣.
［Gugumi-nomi.]
Aroma of sweet and mellow rice, strong gassy feeling at the mouth, strong sweetness of rice, deep, long and pleasant aftertaste, and sweet aroma that escapes through the nose at the end.
Trip time: 40 seconds
［Mokkiri]
Cool and sweet rice aroma, strong gassy sensation on the tongue, followed by a long and pleasant aftertaste with a strong sweetness, and a sweet aroma lingering at the end.
Trip time: 26 seconds
The entrée was locally caught sashimi of round horse mackerel and sashizaki-zakari (sashimi).
The 4th picture is the top of the local mountain [Mt. Hino] has turned white or 🏔️ the lower part of the mountain still has autumn leaves!
［Hinoyama is also known as Echizen Fuji in the Echizen City area of Fukui Prefecture, where Murasaki Shikibu lived away from Kyoto for the only time in her life.
Hi, Gyve-san.
It's been a while since I've had an abe-san: ⤴️
I'm delusional that this sake has a strong rice flavor sweetness 🤤.
It's beautiful when the top is white ✨.
When I think of mountains in Fukui Prefecture, I think of Jam Katsuyama ⛷️
Good evening, Jive 😃.
Here was our first abechan 🩶.
Looking back to 2 years ago, it was sweet and sour dry 🤔It will be interesting to drink it again to see how I feel about it now 😋The Otokoyama mountain that I can see on my way to work is completely covered with snow 😌.
Good evening, Jive 🦉.
The year will be over in the blink of an eye💦the mountains are covered with snow✨I wonder if I'm ready for New Year's 😅.
I like to drink at abe's house 😻I want to enjoy the afterglow slowly with a gulp of sake😊.
Hi ma-ki-, ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Now I've digested all the "abe" I bought in a batch of 7 bottles in early spring 😁.
Do you do winter sports? 🏂️
The Hakusan mountain range where Jam Katsuyama is located is getting much whiter ☃.
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀.
I think the mild sweetness of the shwashwa came to the forefront, probably due to the fact that the raw sake was laid down for over a year 😁.
I'm currently planning to re-evaluate the sake I drank in the past too ✨
Hi Pon, ☀☀☀☀.
It's bad because I haven't made any progress at all in preparing for the end of the year 😅.
I recommend you to take your time to compare the drinks 😁 because the impression of this also changes quite a bit with the sake cups.
It's a shame that the locals haven't realized the charm of "abe" yet
Good evening, Mr. Wakata 🌛.
The sweetness and the strong gassiness were unbearable 😁.
I think back on all the different drinks I've had in the past year ✨.
The day after we returned from our autumn drinking tour in Kyoto🌅, we decided to take a rest day.
I thought I would take a rest day since I drank a lot the day before, but my wife informed me that she bought a sashimi platter at a nice fish shop a few blocks away from our house.
Then I went to the liquor store to have a dry Sandesi to go with it 🚙.
I found a new brand of sake in the cellar, and was trying to decide which one to buy.
Chikumonishiki Junmai Sake: Traveling Sake Series E7
The sake comes in a can with a plastic cup, and has a rather interesting silhouette!
The aroma of rice is robust and tasty like a Junmai sake, and the sweetness is soft and smooth behind the firm umami flavor, and then it finishes with a rough texture and a bitter taste.
The entrée was "yellowtail, sunfish, and tuna sashimi assortment" and "roast beef rice bowl".
Hi Gyve, good evening.
No reason not to drink if you have a delicious sashimi platter 😁✨✨.
I'm so jealous that you went poof and went back to Sandesi sake in Nagano ✨.
A robust junmai sake would go well with the snacks 😊.
Good morning, Jive 🐥.
It's nice to come back from a trip and have a drink to accompany the trip 👍and a stylish can ✨It's not as solid as it looks 😆 That's also good! The yellowtail looks delicious😻
Good morning, ma-ki-san!
I had sashimi from this fish shop before and it was so delicious that I was disappointed that I couldn't drink sake, so I paired it with sandeshi this time 😁.
It's the only Shinshu sake at the liquor store I usually go to ✨.
Good morning, Pon-chan!
I first saw the silhouette of the sake and thought it looked strange, but when I removed the exterior, I found it was an aluminum can container with a lid, which is often seen in tea 🤣.
The catch of yellowtail in Fukui this year is very good, so you can enjoy it deliciously and at a good price ✨.
The guest next to me had a connection with Fukui and we happened to have some Fukui talk 😁.
He lives in Shizuoka now, but spent 3 years of high school in Fukui✨.
Now, another glass of Kyoto's local sake 🍶!
Shinkura Shichiyou Junmai Unfiltered and Unpasteurized.
Personally, I have a sweet and delicious image of this brand ✨.
Full, sweet rice aroma, juicy sweetness and umami on the palate, followed by a crisp, clean finish.
The juiciness and sharpness that is typical of Kagura is irresistible!
The entrée is Kyoto's typical duck roast.
Ah, delicious!
And that's the end of our autumn drinking tour of Kyoto✨.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Great action and booze activity on such short notice ✨.
And another once in a lifetime visit to 👍️
I recently saw a post about this brewery by someone who went there, so I thought I'd visit it sometime 😊.
Gyve, I'm so glad to see you here too 😊.
I'm so jealous of Gion and Mr. Ota! I'm so envious that you were able to get a reservation 😳I'm so jealous of Gion and Ota 😻And all the food looks delicious ❣️ is this the place to end the day? You had a great day ✨.
Hi, ma-ki-chan!
I'm a bit of a tourist, but I'm always looking for new places to visit 😁.
［I heard that Matsui Sake Brewery has remodeled their tasting area for tourists ✨.
Hi, Pon-chan!
［I'm sure you'll be able to get a reservation for a table at Kitazato, except at the counter.
The food here is really good, the atmosphere is great, and the prices are reasonable 😁.
It's a great place for an occasional treat!
Hi Jay & Nobby, good evening to you too 🌛.
This restaurant was featured many times on Kazuhiko Ota's TV show, which led to a conversation with the customer next to us 😁.
When you go to a place, you have to finish with something local ✨.
［It's time to shift to Kyoto sake at Gion Kitazato.
Here is what I ordered 🍶.
Shotoku Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
The aroma of the sake has a full-bodied aroma of rice with a hint of alcohol behind it, and the mouthfeel has a firm sweetness with a hint of astringency behind it.
The entrée is assorted sashimi (😋).
There were two kinds of "Kameman" so we had a glass size to compare 😁.
KAMEMAN Junmai Dry Plus 9
Cool rice aroma, soft umami, soft sweetness, and a mild aftertaste.
Personally, if I were to say it was spicy and easy to drink, I would say it was Junmai ≫ Plus 9 🤔.
The special grilled grated yam is a must-order when you come to Gion Garden Kitazato. The fluffy and puffy dough with a strong broth flavor and ingredients such as white fish and seaweed inside is irresistible 😋.
Walked from Yamamoto Sake Shop to Akagakiya 🚶.
However, it was full of people with reservations, so I gave up and walked from Nijo Ohashi Bridge to Shijo Ohashi Bridge to explore the streets 😁.
I called Gion Kitazato in Gion, where I had a reservation and was able to get in early ✨.
It's been a while since I've been in a restaurant after Corona ✨
After quenching our thirst with beer and grilled tomatoes, we moved on to sake 🍶.
Kameman Junmai Sake.
I found a rare brand 💡 of local sake 💡 and compared Kumamoto sake by the law of curiosity.
The aroma of rice with a hint of koji (malted rice) from shochu (rice liquor), a firm umami flavor, a sharp taste, and a mild aftertaste.
I wonder if it is typical of Kumamoto to feel a hint of shochu 🤔.
Hi Gyve 😃
Kyoto is nice 😊I last went there with my wife on a pre-wedding trip, so it's been more than 10 years 😅Kyoto scenery, good food and good drinks ‼️ is the best ✨
Hello, Mr. Noodle Sake King ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Kyoto in the fall is a drunken place 😁.
It's the season of chilly weather and soup stock dishes are even more delightful, and I can't wait to relax with plenty of soup stock and Kyoto's local sake ✨.
［We had another drink with the remaining bill at Sugidama Sakaiminose-san.
The "Tour Sake Rice: Mansaku no Hana Aizan 70."
Fruity sweet rice aroma, firm sweetness on the palate, followed by a gentle kick and a sweet aftertaste that lingers until the end.
The amount of sake was just right, and we left the restaurant feeling drunk!
Now, time for shopping at the liquor store before crossing the Kamo River to the next store 😁.
After enjoying the autumn foliage at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, I was thirsty, so I went to a restaurant that caught my attention on Google Maps called "Sugidama Sakaiminose".
The system is to purchase 8 picture cards for 2000 yen and pay the required number of cards for each drink or meal.
You also get an extra bill if you hit the winning bill for that week 😁.
Here are the drinks I got with 3 tags ✨
Koeikiku Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
The aroma of rice covered with sourness, the sweetness that overflows after it goes down your throat, and the astringent umami on the back, followed by a sweet aroma that finishes off.
I also asked for a side dish with 3 tags, [potato salad with corned horse meat] 😋.
Gyve, welcome to Kyoto 🤗
I haven't been to this store yet 💦You wrote down the system so it's very easy to understand 🙏I'm going to try it next year when I'll be more settled 😊.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛.
［It was an interesting store 😁.
You can also purchase additional 4 picture cards for 1000 yen, and they will buy them back if you have any left over ✨.
It's also interesting to get the sake you want to drink out of the cellar 🍶.
I quickly left "The Common Man" and went to "Torii" nearby, which is famous for its oyako-don (chicken and egg bowl).
I came here to eat oyakodon a long time ago, but I didn't drink alcohol then, so this time I dared to have a lunchtime drink 🍶.
We drank with the famous oyakodon and yakitori ✨.
Gekkeikan Daiginjo.
Fruity and gorgeous aroma, mellow sweetness, and a pleasantly sweet aftertaste with a mild finish.
I've been avoiding this sake because it's made by a major sake brewer, but I think I'll try it again!
Oyakodon is delicious, with the rich flavor of the dark-colored raw egg and the robust broth.
This is the best oyako donburi in Kyoto ✨.
A bowl of oyako-don is 800 yen, which is too reasonable considering the recent inbound prices, don't you think?
［Leaving Tori I, we went for a walk to Kyoto Gosho (Kyoto Imperial Palace) to refresh our stomachs.
Enjoy the special autumn viewing 🍁.
Hi Gyve 😃.
Lovely lunchtime drinking 👍.
And the oyakodon looks so delicious ‼️ How conscientious of you for ¥800😄!
The autumn leaves in Kyoto🍁 are also nice.
Please enjoy the luxury that is only available now. ❣️
Hi, HinaHanaMama!
I'm so relieved to find a restaurant that's so friendly to the pocketbook, when most restaurants in Kyoto are so overpriced these days 😁.
［I was able to enjoy the autumn foliage at the Kyoto Imperial Palace without crowds of people.
For some reason, I had no choice but to go to Kyoto, a city with beautiful autumn leaves, to enjoy drinking 😁.
I went to Kyoto station to buy some souvenirs first, and then I left them in a coin locker! Let's go out for a drink 🤣.
Real time update again 🆙.
First of all, I haven't been here for a while, so I'm going to go to "The Common Man" in Omiya, Kyoto 🚶.
After warming up with beer and tofu, we shifted to sake.
We ordered the Junmai sake of the month and sipped it!
Uguisu in the Garden Special Junmai Shiboritate Nama Sake
Slightly fruity and alky aroma, a hint of alky sweetness on the palate, and a clean aftertaste with a sweet aroma on the nose.
The entrée is tuna chuboroshi.
It goes well with the sweet fat of tuna.
Here we have
Kirin Lager medium bottle
Hot tofu
Seasonal Junmai Sake
Tuna
We ordered and finished at 1300 yen✨
Hi Gyve 😃
Oh, real-time booze terrorism 🤤.
I'm sure you'll make progress on your weekday booze activities: ☺️
Looking forward to seeing what happens next 🍶😁.
Hi Aladdin ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Hi, I'm a booze terrorist 🙇.
The usually packed [commoners] were at 80% capacity, so I felt very much at home with the people 🤣.
It's been a while since I've done this💦.
The day after the last time I drank, I was in a bad way, with abdominal pain, fatigue, and dullness all day long 😞.
Sleeping all day helped me recover, but you can never be too careful when you have zero energy, which I haven't had lately💦.
Now that I'm feeling better, I'm going to open a bottle of sake that I've been wanting to drink 🍶.
Ona Super Dry Junmai Sake
DYNAZENON" which Jay & Nobby drank and I was curious about 〚Who the hell are you, DYNAZENON...show us your answer!
［Gulping down a cup of sake.]
Aroma of full rice, fresh taste, and a gentle and pleasant aftertaste.
［Mokkiri.]
A cool, umami rice aroma with a clean, refreshing mouthfeel and impactful flavor that finishes with a gentle, pleasant aftertaste.
The sweet fatty flavor of the beef is cut off clearly, and the pleasantly gentle aftertaste goes well with the dish.
Let's also try Fukui's winter delicacies!
［Mizuyokan.]
The sweetness of the brown sugar goes well with the mild taste, and the strength of the alcohol rises after the taste finishes.
Tochigi Ai, which goes well with Fukui winter.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
I see you have been ill 💧.
I'm glad you are well enough to drink again🍀.
I had this one a while ago and it's delicious with food too: ⤴️
So this is the water yokan 😊.
Hi Jive 🐦.
I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling tired and that you're having unexpected problems 😢Continue to take care of yourself 🙏.
Sake and yokan is a good idea, but mizuyokan goes well too 😳I want to eat Fukui's mizuyokan in the kotatsu...
Hi Gyve, good evening 😃.
It's been a tough time 😩 but I'm glad you're feeling well enough to want to drink 😮💨I hope Ona will help you recover 😌Tochizake is said to help with abdominal pain so keep trying a couple more bottles 👋
Good evening, ma-ki🌛.
It's been a while since I've had a bad day😞I'm fine now💪.
Fukui's mizuyokan is not only made by Japanese sweets stores, but also by confectioners, bakeries, and even private stores, so there are more than 100 varieties of mizuyokan in the local area🤣.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛.
Every year in November is the worst month for me because I tend to work a lot 😁.
In winter, kotatsu and sweet things are the best. Fukui has water yokan and Ishikawa has ice cream 🍦.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛.
My stomach wasn't feeling great, but I'm doing okay barometer if my appetite and desire for sake 🤣.
I'm off for a little liquor store tour in search of Tochigi sake✨
After the turbulent October and November, we are left with only the hectic month of December, but before that we can take a breather, so let's take our time and enjoy a drink 🍶.
On a day like this, I wanted to open something a little drunk, so here's what I brought out!
Honkin Junmai Ginjo Suwa Hi-ire
The label on the back says that the water, rice, and yeast were all brewed in Suwa, and it's full of love for Suwa!
［The sake is cool and refreshing with a hint of apple flavor.]
The aroma is cool, with a hint of apple-like rice aroma, and the mouthfeel is firm and juicy with a hint of sweetness, followed by a sharp sweetness, apple-like aroma through the nose, and a lingering bitterness at the end.
［Mokkiri.]
A sweet aroma that gives the impression of fresh apples, a rich umami, followed by a bitter taste, and then a refreshing aftertaste.
The entrée was a Shinshu souvenir bought at Nakashimaya Sake Shop on a trip to Shinshu. The entrée was a composition of Shinshu vs. Echizen with Canadian horse sashimi and local Hiramasa sashimi, both from Shinshu.
The chewy flavor of the horse sashimi is accentuated by the umami and bitterness that can be felt when combined with the chewy flavor of the horse sashimi.
The fourth one is Chirimen Sansho (Japanese pepper) from Kyoto, which Ao-chan gave me at the Sake-no-wa Kansai Off-line Meeting!
I was busy with work and had it as an accompaniment to rice💦Thank you, Ao-chan ✨!
Hi Jive, hello ☀️
Finally a break, then another hectic December 😅Thanks for your work 🙇.
I hope you'll be able to refresh your spirits with some good honkin and another tasty entrée 😊.
Hi Jive 😃.
Looks like you are busy until the end of the year 🥲Thanks for your time 😌.
Honkin-san! It's so good that it makes me want to drink it again 🤗, and horse meat is awesome 🤗.
In case you're wondering what we buy in the supermarket, it's from Uruguay 🇺🇾 😄
Good evening, Gyve 😃.
Looks like the turbulent daily life will continue a little longer 💦Please take care of yourself 😌.
Sake soaks you up in the midst of all that ✨Beautiful sake and plenty of healing with the sashimi 😉.
Good morning, Jive-san.
Thank you for a turbulent 2 months🍀You seem to be busy at the end of the year, but please take care of yourself and enjoy your drinking activities🎵.
I've put off buying this one in the past because I was worried about buying it. Next time I want to drink it immensely😊.
Good morning, Jive 🐥.
I'm surprised you left it here! It's such a juicy and tasty sake to go with this season 😊The snacks are also souvenirs from Shinshu ❣️ and it's quintessential that you've imagined them on a tray ✨.
Hi Jive 😃
Thanks for a turbulent October and November!
I'm sure the rest of the month will be even more turbulent.
You can enjoy the different flavors in the sake cups 😁.
I'm always getting gifts from you 🙏.
I love rice with chirimen sansho 🍚😃.
Good evening, Maru🌛.
December is a very hectic month for me because I have to do the usual "thousand knocks of simple tasks" and digest all the work for the new year 💦.
I'm going to have a lot of events going on, so I'm going to take time to drink and reset in between ✨.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛.
The end of the year is hectic, but the beginning of the new year is also packed with work, so in a way it's a marathon until the new year 💦.
This is the only standard "book gold" I'm happy to buy ✨.
Good evening, Mr. King of Noodle Wine 🌛.
I'm not sure why I'm so busy this year, but I'm hoping to run through it somehow 😁.
A good drink really soaks into a tired body ✨.
Good evening, ma-ki🌛.
Shinshu sake is very deep ✨.
They all have something in common, but they all have their own personality and are all delicious 😁.
Please try "Honkin" for yourself 🍶.
Hi Pon, good evening 🌛.
It's been a few months since I've been able to open the bottle, but I've been thinking about doing so 💦.
The last push was for two reasons: to reward myself and the expiration date of the horse sashimi was coming up 🤣.
Good evening, Ao-chan!
It's fun to compare drinking vessels because the taste varies depending on the thickness and material of the mouthpiece 😁.
The chirimen you gave me was more refreshing and spicy than sweet, so I'm going to try it with sake next time!
It's getting colder by the minute 🍃.
It's almost the end of November and only December is left for this year ❄.
As the sound of winter's footsteps can be heard in the night, let's enjoy a warm meal and a glass of wine 🍶.
Dong Junmai Ginjo Orikagarami
This time, we compared a thin sipped sake cup that we bought at the sake booth at the recent Bishu Competition with a thin sipped sake cup from the same kiln that we bought earlier.
［The thin sipped sake cup]
The sake has a full ginjo aroma with a hint of rice, a firm, slightly carbonated mouthfeel, a clean and refreshing taste, a slight sweetness, and a lingering bitterness similar to that of cider, and a mineral and bitter taste that lingers on the tip of the tongue.
［Thin sipped.]
Aroma of rice with a clean ginjo aroma, a slight carbonation that flows smoothly into the mouth, a slight sweetness and umami that finishes with a refreshing aftertaste, and a bitterness that is felt firmly at the back of the throat.
From the second cup, the taste of orikomi (rice powder) is mixed with a gentle sweetness and umami 😁.
The entrée was swordfish sashimi and oden.
Hot oden on a chilly night with a glass of shwashy sake 😋.
By the way, this "Dou" is a private brand sake made in collaboration with Yamazaki Limited Partnership, which brews "Oku" and a leading sake shop in Nagoya, "Sake Sendo Horiichi" ✨.
The fourth picture is the "daily special set meal" and "boiled fish set meal" that my wife and I ordered when we went to a newly opened restaurant for lunch the other day 🍴.
［I didn't realize that the daily set meal comes with a crab 😲.
It was my first crab of the year 🦀.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
It's really getting cold all at once. ❄️
I see you also have a collaboration sake called Dong: ⤴️
It's fun to change the taste with the supernatant and the mixture of the two 🎵.
The lunch is very generous and the items are fascinating 😊.
Good evening, Mr. Jive 🌙
Crab for lunch! It's a luxury only Fukui can offer 🥳I remember the delicious seiko crab bowl I had when I traveled to Fukui last year 😌✨I wish I could go back 😚.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
I haven't had much sake in Aichi and thought 🥲️ was in the back 🤔, but I see that Dong-san has it too! I'll be sure to refer to it 🤗.
I'll have to go to Hokuriku for the set meal and the crab 🦀😍!
Hi Gyve 😃
I drank the cave myself and it's one of the best ogoragami 😋 I didn't compare the drinks by sake cups, so this is helpful ❗️
Crab 🦀 for lunch is great too 😁.
Hi Jive 🐦.
I thought you were drinking something unusual and it was a collaboration with a liquor store😳.
It's gorgeous, I can't believe it's a daily set meal! 〜I thought it was a set meal 😆
Hi Gyve, good evening 😃😃😃Gorgeous lunch 👍Good evening meal already 😁💨💨I've never seen a cave before😲Is it only available in the Nagoya area? It's strange how the sense of taste and smell feels differently depending on the shape of the bowl ✨.
Hi, ma-ki-.
I think this one is a little lighter than the sparkling one, but I can drink it off easily 😁.
The owner is still young and runs the restaurant by himself, so we can expect great things from him in the future!
Hello Kotaro!
The crab hunting ban is lifted and it's time for crabs to line up in supermarkets 😁.
I heard that the stores have received requests from customers to serve crab, and they are trying their best to keep the prices as low as possible💦.
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀.
Aichi sake is hard to come by 😅.
Oku is a sake brewery that is full of love for Aichi 🥰 and uses [Yumesansui], which was developed in Aichi ✨.
This was 1800 yen per person and we were very satisfied 😋.
Hi Hiro, I saw your post and thought it was time to open it.
I saw your post and thought it was time to open a bottle 🤣.
I collect sake cups, so I wanted to use the ones I bought in various ways, so I started to compare them.
Hi Pon, I opened it like I was going to drink it already since I didn't bring it to the offline meeting 🤣.
I opened it as if I was going to drink it since I didn't bring it to the offline meeting 🤣.
I'm wondering if I should have brought this one since it was covered with "Shinshu Kamerei Yumemizuho" 🤔.
Hello, pyonpyon!
This is a sake that can only be purchased at the Sake Sento Horiichi store in Nagoya City or by mail order 😁.
I'll put it on the list for the next offline meeting ✨.
Last weekend, as expected, I woke up at 4:30 a.m., came to work at 6 a.m., and left late at night every day, but I was able to finish my work successfully. 😮💨
I took the day off after work to get in shape by going to physical therapy and sweating it out at a super public bath, and then I will have a "moon-viewing party tonight" to look back on the October full moon [beaver moon] that passed during my hard work: 🌕️🍶.
On such a night... Junmai Ginjo Yamame Nama Shu
［Gulping sake]
Apple-like aroma like Shinshu sake, juicy flavor and minerality, and then it finishes with a pleasant aftertaste and a lingering bitterness on the tongue.
［Tsuki no Oubai]
A cool, refreshing aroma of rice, a firm umami flavor on the palate, followed by a pleasant aftertaste and a lingering minerality that lingers on the tongue.
The freshness of the unpasteurized sake, but with a more robust umami than expected, is intoxicating.
For the entrée, we served "sliced raw fish" and "Miyagi yagara sashimi". When it is hard to predict what kind of fish will go well with the sake, the "sliced raw fish" with plenty of different types of fish is reassuring 😋.
The fourth picture is one I took when I found the full moon before it set the morning after the full moon: 🌕️📸
The phrase written on the back is
［On a night like this, the ripples of the moon are the whereabouts of mountain women.]
Hi Gyve, good evening 😃It must have been hard work coming in at 6am and coming home late 💦Thanks for your time. I drank this one the other day too😊It's delicious with a hint of apple 🍎 and zdong juiciness that goes down your throat 😋.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Thank you very much for your hard work 💧.
It's nice to have a good time after a good physical therapy and a public bath ✨.
And a good drink with a firm flavor is sinking into a tired body 😊.
Good evening, Gyve 😃.
It was a tough weekend 😓First of all, a liquor store to get over such hard work! Not, it's gooooood to get yourself in good shape with physical therapy 👍A little late moonshine 🌕wine is wearing on you 😚.
Good evening, Mr. Jive 🦉.
Thank you for your hard work from early in the morning to late at night every day 😰I'm impressed with your dedication after getting in shape ✨I saw that you can change the sake cups and other things without thinking 😊I'll face it properly tomorrow too 😆.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
That's pretty intense work 💦Thanks for your hard work 🙇.
Sake soaks into a tired body ✨Sashimi offcuts, good to have a variety of fish 🎵I often buy them too 😊.
Hello, Wakata-san!
I've been wondering when I should open the door for Wakata-san and the others to drink or when I should bring them to the Kansai Offline Meeting.
I've been wondering when I should open the bottle after seeing that you and Wakata-san are drinking too, or whether I should bring it to the Kansai Off-line Meeting, and I finally opened it!
Hi, ma-ki-chan!
It's been almost a week now and I still don't feel great, so it looks like I've been under a lot of strain💦.
This is the part where I want to go out for a quick drink 😁.
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀.
I was already in pain in my back and needed medical attention first 😁.
The sake and the red star soaked through my body and made me sweat 🍺.
Hi, Pon.
To tell you the truth, I was able to get up just in time to pick up the kids from school, but I had to sleep twice before going to bed and then take a bath, so I was stuck for most of the day 💦.
I'll use the sake cups I bought when I get the chance.
Hello, Noodle Sake King ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
It was a [ataoka] kind of workload that I have every six months or so, so while I was doing it, I was yakking 🤣.
［It's a great deal, but it's the best part of the day off because they sell out if you don't go buy it early ✨.
The week after the successful Sake-no-wa Kansai Off-line Meeting, the following Saturday and Sunday were so jam-packed with work that I wanted to call it a "Death Road of Anger"💦.
We knew we wouldn't even have time to eat, especially in the second half of the week, so we decided to drink while we could and this time we had a drink 🍶.
Goho Junmai Ginjo Ichibi Polished 50%.
This was given to Menshuoh as a return gift for the gift of "Echizen Misaki" 🙇 Thank you, Menshuoh!
Thank you, Menshuoh 😁.
［Gourmet sake.]
The aroma is mellow and sweet, and the taste is smooth and sweet, with a mild aftertaste.
［Seasonal Sake]
A clean and refreshing aroma of cool rice, a smooth and clean flavor that flows smoothly into the mouth, and a mild and pleasant aftertaste.
The entrée is a motsu nabe (motsu hot pot) using Tenka Ippin's rich hot pot broth and assorted sashimi.
I had an image that it would be more light and dry since it is a Hokkaido sake, but it has a very mild and gentle flavor that does not interfere with the meal, which is indescribable.
［Hakodate Sake Brewery is the only sake brewery in Hakodate, let alone in southern Hokkaido, that was revived in 2021 after an 84-year absence.
I hope to see more of their attractive flavors in the future 🥰.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Your work sounds really tough 💧.
Hokkaido certainly has an image of light and dry, but I'm curious to see your review of the sake exchange at the Sake-no-Wa-Kai, and the appearance of unusual sake ✨.
Good evening, Gyve 😃.
I see you have been busy with your work 😌 Please don't be too hard on yourself and disinfect with alcohol in moderation 🍶.
Goho is also a difficult word to read 🤔I thought it was "goho" 😅.
The connection you make with Sake no Wa is also a treasure ☺️
Hi ma-ki-, hello ☔️
I feel like I can't take care of myself if I don't release stress well after a long time because my job is quite biased when I'm biased 😅.
Hokkaido has a great food, and the image of dryness has been overturned ✨.
Hi Aladdin ☔️
I'd like to work a little more balanced, but I can't help it😅
I was surprised that I almost called it [Goho] or [Satotakara] at first too ✨
I am extremely grateful to you, Mr. Noodle and Sake King!
Good morning, Mr. Gyve 😃 Thank you for your appreciation.
Thank you for your appreciation 😌I will take the liberty of sending you some of the "Fukuji" and "Kita no Katsu" sake from the east of Hokkaido as they are perfect for seafood 😁.
Hello, Noodle Sake King ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Thank you for begging and sending such a delicious sake 🙇.
I'm sure you have no preconceived notions about local sake, it was a drunken betrayal 😁.
I have some Fukui sake I'd like to introduce to you too ✨
Sake-no-wa Kansai Off-line meeting A Year-End Party ⑯
This will be the last offline meeting post😅.
The last one is the sake brought by myself and Usagi Goten✨.
Shinshu Kamerei Yumemizuho.
For a review of the taste, please refer to my past post 😊.
We had narrowed it down to 5 sakes before the event, and there was a good chance that we would end up with the most among the 5, but as expected 💦.
By the way, the following are the ones that I struggled with until the last minute and failed to make the list.
Hakugakusen Aragusugi
A new sake that was on sale 2 days before the meeting.
♦ "On a night like this, Yamame Nama Shu" (raw sake)
Since the day of the off-line meeting was the sagittine moon, I was thinking of doing my own "moon-viewing sake tonight" at the off-line meeting.
Dao.
［I thought it would be a good idea to make a toast with this sparkling sake, a collaboration of "Sakaizendo Horiichi" and "Oku".
○ "Kuroryu Ei
There was a suggestion to bring a limited bottle of "KURORYU", a representative sake of Fukui, to ESHIKOTO, so it will be a candidate next time.
After this, we went to the second and third parties, but I didn't have any notes left, so I'm going to call it a day 🔚.
By the way, I took the wrong platform for the return train and missed it 🤣.
I went to the Midori-no-madoguchi (Midori-no-madoguchi) and changed the train to the one via Maibara and came back home safely.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
Thanks for completing the offline posting: ⤴️
It sounds like it was an enthusiastic and fun meeting ✨.
You have a lot of energy and alcohol for a third party 😲.
It's getting colder all at once, so it's about time for me to get some heated sake 😊.
Good evening, ma-ki-chan 🌛.
I was drinking too much and my head wasn't spinning so I ended up at the wrong home 🤣.
If it suddenly gets cold, we won't be able to change our clothes in time, so let's warm up with hot sake 🍶.
Gyve, thanks for the review of the year-end party😊and thanks for the sake here 🙏 It was delicious ✨and I was even allowed to warm it up 💦 luxuriously.
The other candidates are fascinating 😻I was trying to figure out which one I wanted to drink😁.
Gyve, thanks for your review of the Year-End Party😊.
I thought the 4th picture was black due to an error until I enlarged it 🤣.
I see you and I had a different content but had a happening on the way home 💦 All the candidate drinks are fascinating 😍.
Good morning Jive 😊.
Thanks for the New Year's Eve party 😁 Thanks for posting again 😁 All your sake candidates are amazing 😍.
We covered a lot of ground so we could enjoy some heated sake 😁.
Looking forward to the next one 👌 home wrong 😭
Good morning, Gyve 😀.
It was a pleasure to share another fun drinking time with you 🙏.
By the way, it's amazing that you went to the 3rd party when I, a local, left after the first one 🤣.
I'm glad you made it home safely😇.
Hi Gyve 😊
Thanks for your contribution! Thanks for the turtle age 🐢 treat.
I too wondered if the last photo was a sleep deprivation image because it was so dark. I thought 🤣.
It was Orion 😅.
Hi Gyve 😃.
Well, that's still a spectacular view with a great selection of sake: ‼️ It's a magnificent sake Fuji 🗻.
If it were me, I would be down drunk around the 7th after drinking this much 😩.
Hi Gyve 😃
You drank well from the 0th to the 3rd meeting 🤤 and even though you missed it, it's great that you took the train home 👍we'll have to stay the night 😅.
I can even afford to look up at Orion 🤗.
Good morning, Pon-chan!
I thought that if I had chosen "Shinshu Kamerei Yamakage Nishiki", I could have had all 4 types of "Shinshu Kamerei" 🤣.
I'll review the ones that didn't make the cut in the future ✨.
Good morning, bouken!
I saw that [Betelgeuse] was beautifully displayed in red in my photo, but it seems that the quality of the image is degraded during the upload stage 😲.
I was wondering if I should crop the image 🤣.
Good morning, Ao-chan!
I'm always wondering if it's more intoxicating to have local color or rare alcohol 😁.
I accidentally set up on the Osaka-bound platform and ran two platforms over to Tsuruga, but didn't make it 😅.
Good morning, Yasbay!
I don't get out drinking very often, so I make the most of every chance I get 🤣.
Thank you for bringing two bottles of "Shinshu Kamerei" and "Takadomari" 🙇.
Let's drink together again ✨
Good morning, Maru ☀☀☀☀.
Thank you for your time 😁.
I was sobered up by missing the train and tried not to make any more mistakes 😅.
By the time I arrived home, the moon had already set and the starry sky was beautiful✨.
Good morning, Mr. King of Noodles and Sake ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
It's hard to get a squadron look with this lineup 😁.
I'm going to be drinking just looking at these images for a while 🤣.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
Actually, I've made a similar mistake before at [Shin-Osaka Station], so I had a track record of making it in time 😅.
I don't know why it doesn't go well with [Shin-Osaka station] 🤣.
