Typhoon No. 10 is hitting the archipelago, please be careful in the places where it is raining now and in the places where it will be raining in the future 🌀
Due to this typhoon, my work schedule for this week is quite flexible💦.
I will be in Osaka on the 28th to support a local curry event at the Hanshin Umeda main store, and I will also be in Osaka on the 28th to support a local restaurant, Spice Territory Masuka? I had originally planned to go to Osaka on the 28th to support a local curry event at the Hanshin Umeda main store and to go to the Sake Festival at the Osaka Takashimaya Department Store, but I had to give that up due to sudden work commitments 😵.
I finally got over the mountain of work in August, so I opened this one to say goodnight 🍶.
Honkin Junmai After the Rain and the Sky
I got this bottle on a recent trip to Shinshu ✨We had different sake cups again to compare!
［Gugumeimi!]
The aroma of rice with a hint of sourness, mild sweetness and umami, and a clean, crisp finish with a citrusy sweet aftertaste.
［Mokkiri]
Aroma of plump and sweet rice, a refreshing sweetness and umami, and a clean and crisp finish, which also leaves a citrusy sweet aftertaste, but even fresher than the gugumi-nomi.
We tried it with sashimi of sea bream and grilled beef on a ceramic plate, and also with meat seasoned simply with salt, as it was said to be intoxicating.
This refreshing sweetness and sharpness are characteristic of this wine, and it is versatile enough to go with meat as well as fish!
May the typhoon pass and bring you a refreshing azure sky!
P.S. The fourth one is [spista ritemasca?] s curry 🍛!
I've been supporting them since they were renting a store 😁.
If you are in the area and interested, please stop by Hanshin Umeda Flagship Store until today (August 29th) and try their curry 🙇.
Good morning, Mr. Jive.
We must be careful of typhoons 🌀
Thanks for the mountain of work.
The spoils of your Nagano trip are coming along nicely 🎵.
Sweet and tasty - citrusy aftertaste ✨ as expected of Honkin-san, looks as delicious as ever 😊.
Good morning, ma-ki-.
The typhoon has already affected the transportation 💦 I hope it won't cause any serious damage.
August was just one big mountain, but September will be a series of 3 moderate mountains 😵.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
I finally got my weekend shift 💦 there may still be some sudden changes, but I think I'll be able to make my schedule for now✨.
Your first home brew of "Honkin" was delicious, in fact, we have another bottle!
Hi Jive 🐦.
I see you are done with your work for the moment 💦Thank you for your hard work😊I know it will be hard after this, but please keep up the good work!
The curry looks delicious😻Three different types? You have the luxury of having totally different types 😁.
Hello, Pon-chan!
This time, our top management's recklessness was demonstrated without regret, and the people on site had a hard time 😵.
Here are the three dishes we got for you [Lamb], [Chicken Keema], and [Butter Chicken].
The 20th was a full moon night in August ✨ at 🌕️, [StarGen Moon].
Well, it's been a while since I've had a relaxing [moon-viewing sake], so here's what I'll be opening this time 🍶.
Gassan Mizuki Junmai Daiginjo.
This time, I'm going to compare the two sakes [Tsuki no Oubai] and [Natsu no Sake], or rather, make them look more gorgeous ✨.
［Tsuki no Daibai]
Aroma of mellow melon-like rice, full-bodied mouthfeel, then melon-like sweetness like the aroma, and a deep and long aftertaste.
［Summer Sake]
The finish is similar to that of Tsuki no Oubai, but the firm umami after the drink is more pronounced.
Either way, the sweet umami and pleasant fruity aftertaste is irresistibly delicious 😋.
The entrée was an assortment of sashimi that we bought at a fish shop.
The night breeze has gradually become cooler as I look out the window at the moon, and I can now hear the faint sounds of autumn insects.
The season is changing, even though I feel the heat every day 🌊🍁.
I felt a little sign of autumn [tonight, moon-viewing sake]🌕️🍶✨.
By the way, I also got a perfect [moon sake] the other day in Shinshu, so I will open it from now on☺.
Hello, Mr. Jaive.
Mr. Gyve is the most famous moonshine 😊.
I love your photos of the glaring moonlight ✨.
I'm curious about the sake from Shimane as I haven't come across it very often 🎵.
The sake cup looks great too 🍶.
Good evening, Jive-san. I've given up on the idea of drinking tsukimi sake 🌕✨I'd love to have a picture of the full moon on my sake cup, but it doesn't look like it will come true. It would be nice to taste the late summer in the moon mountains with a nice sake cup 😊.
Good morning, ma-ki.
I just found a window in my house where I can see the sky clearly, so I can watch the moon as much as I want on a nice night. 🌕️
I bought this at [Yohaku STORE] near Karasuma Oike, Kyoto.
Good morning, Hirupeko!
I bought this sake cup at the Kiyomizuyaki festival held every October in Kyoto 😁.
I have a lot of sake cups so I will use them as soon as the timing is right ✨.
Hi Jive 🐦.
Hey, I was wondering if this was a tsukimi sake. I thought it wasn't a Shinshu sake 😳, but it was a tsukimi sake😊The name is also Mizuki, exactly like it sounds: 🌕️
I see you bought a moon-inspired one in Shinshu as well 😆 Great job 👍✨.
Good morning, Pon-chan!
Actually, I still have some Shinshu sake in stock💦.
This time I opened "Gassan" which I bought for the full moon 😁.
Maybe the next update will be Shinshu sake 🤣.
I'm looking forward to tsukimi-sake with Shinshu-shu!
BBQ at my parents' house, quickly emptied a small amount of low-alcohol "Akanesasu" and went on to the next drink 🍶.
We had bought 14 bottles of sake (one of them was "Akanesasu") on our trip to Shinshu, which was 10 bottles more than we had planned, so we decided to drink the sake we had in stock and opened this one ✨.
Abe Junmai Nama Sake.
The aroma of tranquil and plump rice flavor, the slight carbonation you feel on the tip of your tongue, the shift to a sizzling umami and sweetness, the sharp finish, and the deep lingering aftertaste that makes you feel a little bit sad.
The luxury of drinking nama-zake outside, with a slightly cooler night breeze and the faint chirping of crickets, is an extremely pleasant and intoxicating experience.
Even my father, who said it was a bit sweet, seemed to like it as he drank it with ease.
The kids made s'mores with marshmallows on skewers and enjoyed the BBQ to the fullest!
My dad used to prepare the BBQ by himself, but since his back surgery, he's been doing it on his own.
I think it's proof that he's still in good health that he doesn't give up the fire 🤔.
By the way, the brands I bought on my trip to Shinshu are
Shinshu Kamerei
Honkin
Kuromatsu Senjo
Shinanotsuru
Yamazan
Akanezasu
Secret
I will be reviewing them along with the stock originally left in the cellar ✨.
Hi Gyve 😃.
Draft sake at the BBQ, that's intoxicating ☺️ Abe Junmai seems to go well with meat 🤤.
14 bottles is awesome😳I'm curious to see "Secret" in the mix 😁I'll be eagerly awaiting Jive's Kiri number and celebration 😊.
Hi Jive, good evening here too.
This is how the role of the Junggi Junggi takes over ✨.
Sweet Abe-san at the family gathering and BBQ! Your father was happy and it was a good time 🎵
Good morning, Jive 😃.
BBQ🍖 with Abe-chan🖤 good to see you and your family on a summer evening 😙.
Looking back at our trip to Nagano we did last year, we had 13! We lost one 🤣.
Hi Aladdin!
I'm on my parents' property, so the fridge is close by and it's easy to replenish the coolant, so I opened a bottle of raw sake 😁.
It was one of those rare bottles that you have to buy, so I'll open it when I get the chance ✨.
Hi Manachie, ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
Actually, this iron plate belongs to the town where my parents live, but my father, who was the ward mayor at the time, had no place to keep it, so he brought it back and took care of it 😁 I give it to him when I use it.
Hi, ma-ki-chan!
I'm a parent now, and I think it's important to have parents do things for you when you're a kid 😁.
I thought it might be a little too sweet, but it went surprisingly well✨
Hi Jay & Nobby!
The BBQ was more beer than sake, but it was a blissful time to learn from Mr. Noodle Sake King and match ✨.
I had 13 four-packs myself, so it was the small bottles of "Akane Sasu" that made the difference between winning and losing 🤣.
On the last day of the Bon vacation, I decided to invite my siblings and their families to have a BBQ at my parents' house 😁.
We started preparing around 4pm, just in time for my nieces and nephews to finish their sports class 🍴.
It was breezy in the evening, but it was still hot, so we started to pour beer from the preparation stage and then followed the example of Mr. Noodle Sake King and went for the sake at the BBQ 🍶.
Akanesasu Sparkling Dry
This is a sake I got on a recent trip to Shinshu, and I paired it with this one as a starter ✨.
The restaurant said it was quite dry, so I thought it would go well with BBQ, so I chose it!
The aroma of rice like pear or melon, the mouthfeel is slightly sweet and soft with a dry sharpness of umami and acidity, and the lingering aroma of green apples, which is typical of Shinshu sake, lingers afterwards!
Ahhh, it's delicious!
This one was purchased at the Ootsuki Sake Shop in Matsumoto City 😊.
It was the only "Akanesasu" I found among the liquor stores I stopped by during my trip, so I wanted to try other brands too 🤣.
By the way, the other liquor stores we stopped by during our trip were
Matsumoto City
Nakashimaya Sake Shop
Nakajima Sake Shop
Ootsuki Sake Shop
Ueda City
Sake Eiya
Jizakeya Miyajima
The above plus the Okazaki Sake Brewery
Hi Gyve 😃Akanezasu sparkling 😳 looks so delicious💕!
I went all the way to Nagano this summer, but I only came across a super expensive bottle of Akanesasu, so I couldn't get it, and it's still my dream sake 😭.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
You are quickly showing off the spoils of your Nagano trip ✨.
This is my first time seeing Akanesasu 😲.
Sparkling on a hot day is the best 🎵.
And your review looks so delicious 🍾.
I'd love to drink it sometime😊.
Hi Wakata!
I wanted to try it myself so I went looking for it in Shinshu, but this was the only one I could find 💦.
I wanted to try it myself, so I went to Shinshu to look for it, but this was the only bottle I could find 💦.
I'd like to try again ✨
Hi ma-ki-san!
I thought a dry sparkling sake would go well with BBQ, but it was very tasty and had the character of Shinshu sake 😋.
I'd like to try another model "Akanesasu" next time ✨.
Hi Gyve 🐦.
You opened a bottle of loot: ❣️ Akanesusu sparkling is great 😻 everyone and the BBQ is a great memory for the kids ✨.
The liquor store will be helpful 🙏 along with the brand name for the next review.
Good morning, Pon-chan ☀☀☀☀!
I opened the bottle right away 😁I thought a bottle of 4gou would not be enough for my dad and I and the taste would be perfect for BBQ✨.
We stopped by the liquor store as much time as we could and the lineup was very distressing☺.
［The third drink at Donchaya (Sake Brewery).
I was curious about the "Manager's Recommendation" on the sake menu, and when I ordered it, the manager pondered for a while.
He asked me, "How about Mai-bijin? I asked him if he would like to order Mai-bijin.
Mai-bijin Junmai Ginjo-shu.
The aroma of rice with a hint of sourness, the sour aroma of the mouth, the mild umami and richness, the acidity in the back, and the lingering sourness that lingers in the throat and through the nose.
The best dish is fried horse mackerel with the flavor of horse mackerel and Mai-bijin's flavor and acidity.
Once again, Sake Brewery Donchaya was delicious!
We left the restaurant very satisfied, and since we were downtown, we went to a bar that had recently celebrated its anniversary, and went home that day. 🏠️
［The second drink at Donchaya Sake Brewery.
After finishing the Katsushikoma Junmai Sake and the side dish, we moved on to the next round of drinks.
［The first thing you should order when you come to Don Chaya is the too-thick sashimi platter, it looks impressive 😁.
Now, when I looked around the cellar for my second drink, I saw a "mouse", which is rare in Fukui, so I decided on this one ✨.
Koshi Junmai Yawaraka Chino Megumi.
Neutral rice aroma, soft and mellow sweetness, and a slightly sweet aftertaste.
The sweetness and mild umami go well with sashimi 😋.
Hi Pon, ☀☀☀☀☀☀.
After this I only showed up for one more 😁.
I was on a schedule to catch the last train, no deep drinking as I had been drinking a lot ✨.
The sashimi here is totally [chunky], almost just cut the [fence] into thirds 🤣.
［After enjoying SHIMA & COFFEE & SAKE, I left the store and went to Katamachi, a downtown area in Fukui.
I went under the curtain hoping to find a seat at the restaurant I was looking for, while feeling the change of stores in the downtown area after a long time, wondering where I should go for dinner.
［Sake Brewery Donchaya!]
The counter was empty, so we easily entered the restaurant.
After checking the menu, we started with this
Katsushikoma Junmai Sake.
Aroma of rich rice, fruity sweetness with a clean flavor, and a pleasant lingering aftertaste with a unique tangy aroma.
The flavor increases as the temperature rises 😁.
The owner boldly states that he can get this sake in stock anytime 😲, even though it is one of the most popular sake in Toyama.
I wonder how he gets his sake 💦.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Katsuma is definitely a sake I want to drink when I visit Toyama✨.
I love touring downtown 🎵.
I used to walk around a lot to explore new places until I found my favorite yakitori restaurant 😊.
You have a good sake life ⤴️
Good morning, ma-ki-!
It's hard to go out for a drink nowadays, but I used to be a fan of finding new places to eat 😁.
I'm not only interested in the taste of the restaurant, but also the personality of the owner, so I can't stop exploring Izakaya izakaya 🤣.
［The last item I had at SHIMA & COFFEE & SAKE was this one, which had a unique label design that attracted my interest.
Kitanishi Sake Brewery Prototype
It has a sour grape-like aroma, a sweet aroma similar to the juicy "Sairai" with a hint of white grape sweetness and banana flavor behind the sweetness, and a firm sweetness with a slightly bitter finish.
The characteristic aroma of sweetness and umami mixed together and the juicy sweetness that comes afterwards, I think it is better suited for after dinner than during the meal 🤔.
This is a private brand from Kitanishi Shuzo, the brewer of Sairai, in collaboration with Isego Honten, with the concept of "a new sake that Kitanishi has never had before.
I didn't know you could drink this in Fukui 😲.
Now I'm feeling a bit drunk, so I'm moving on to an izakaya for dinner 🚶.
Hi Jive, good evening 😃😃It's a simple, eye-catching and cool label 🎵Isego is close to where I'm staying when I go to Tokyo, so I was hoping to visit there sometime 😆 I'll check it out ✨.
Good evening, pyonpyon 🌛.
What's this? I think 😁.
［I'm so jealous that you get to go to Isego.
I'm so envious of you, please go and buy a lot of things ✨.
［The next item was a drink that Jay & Nobby had also had the day before, and we were curious about it.
Kouei Kiku Sunburst.
The aroma is like an apple with honey, the mouthfeel is clean with a sweetness close to umami, and the acidity is sharp and sharp, with a lingering sourness that sticks to the tongue.
Bitter grapefruit image 🤔.
Hi Jive-san, good evening.
Even though your Nagano trip is over, you are still having a good sake life 🎵.
I got the Kouei Kiku Sunburst, too, and from your post, it looks like it has both sweetness and bitterness that will make you drink it in a gulp 😊.
Hi Jive 😃.
Leaving a souvenir of my Shinshu sake trip 🍶 to drink outside! Vigorous sake activity, isn't it 🤗.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the acid burst 💥😋I'm sure you'll enjoy it at home 😙.
Good evening, ma-ki.
I don't often have this much freedom of movement, so when I can go out for a drink, I try not to miss it 😁.
I used to drink "Snoclet" drunk, but this one is refreshing thanks to the burst of acidity.
Hi Jay & Nobby 🌛.
I'm trying to consume it as it's putting pressure on my cellar, but I thought it's important to show up at a restaurant I know once in a while so I went out for a drink 😁.
It was refreshing and perfect for this season ✨
Wife and kids went back to their parents-in-law's house.
I went to visit them but my mother-in-law told me to take it easy, so today I went to my hometown in Fukui for a long time and drank alone.
So I decided to go to SHIMA & COOFFEE & SAKE 🚶.
One of the seats was empty, so I went in and went to the cellar.
When I found this one, I couldn't help but ask for it, so I started with a glass 🍶.
Hirotogawa Special Junmai.
Fruity yet milky rice aroma, very refreshing and sweet, contrary to the aroma, with a clean and pleasant aftertaste.
The impact of the aroma and the gap between the clean taste and the deep aftertaste makes this a bottle that you can drink forever without getting tired of it.
This is a very tasty wine.
Hirotogawa" is often talked about at Sake-no-wa, and I am not sure if I will drink it at home yet, but I definitely want to repeat this bottle again!
The entrée is Camembert cheese in oil seasoned with ishiru and shotsuru (soy sauce).
Hello Pon, ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
It just so happened that the event in collaboration with a restaurant was extended for a day until the day before so I was able to find the food menu 😁.
Both dishes are fish sauce, so they have their own peculiar taste, but they were salty enough to go well with sake 😋.
Hello, Mr. King of Noodles and Sake!
It's great to drink at home, but it's also great to drink sake that you can't usually get at a restaurant 😁.
I would love to get a bottle of Hirotogawa ✨.
Traveling in Shinshu (7)
The good times at [Juten] in Takayama City were short-lived, and we added the last of the sake to repay our neighbor's gift to us 🍶.
Yamashimo Kamisumi Junmai Sake.
A full-bodied, clear rice aroma, mellow flavor, and a crisp, clean finish after the koji has been removed from the nose.
My neighbor reserved a plate of grilled fugu (blowfish) as a reward for me and unexpectedly shared it with me 😲.
The grilled fugu was perfectly cooked with a hint of pepper, and the taste was irresistible 😋.
We parted ways with our neighbor, promising to drink together again next year✨.
This concludes our series on traveling around Shinshu 🔚.
By the way, the fourth picture is the result of my visit to the liquor store and brewery, well, I bought too much 🤣.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
Thank you for your trip to Shinshu: 🚘️
You had a wonderful time meeting your neighbors ✨.
And the results of this trip are going to be amazing 😊.
I'm looking forward to your post now 🎵
Welcome back, Jive 😃.
It was a great trip to Shinshu 🍶The 4th picture says it all 😁.
Congrats on the stocking results, Gyve, and I look forward to your future bottle openings & check-ins 😊.
Good morning, Gyve 😃Thank you for your trip to Shinshu 😊The 4th photo has too much impact 😅I look forward to seeing you upload the aftermath of your trip, which was so fulfilling!
Hi Gyve, I'm so glad to hear from you 😃.
I had a fun trip to Shinshu and met people 🥹I really like traveling 😌.
I know what you mean 😁I'll be stocking up 😆We'll be waiting for your drink report 👋
Good morning, Jive 🌅😀😀
Good job on your trip to Shinshu 😊You enjoyed good drinks and food 😚👍4th result is 120 points💮🥳There is no way you can fit in 10 🤣🤣🤣
Good morning, ma-ki-!
［It's fun to see the drama that happens almost every time I come to Jutian 😁.
I was in the mindset of buying things and then thinking about storing them after I got home, so I realized I had a huge amount of stuff 💦.
Good morning, Aladdin!
Shinshu has a lot of drunken sake, but there are also a lot of drunken liquor stores, so it was a series of happy screams 😁.
I'll probably keep the alcohol until the end of the year so I'll focus on reviews for a while ✨.
Good morning, Wakata!
We made the most of the advantages of driving there 🚙.
A lot of happy miscalculations resulted in the 4th picture 😁.
I will concentrate on consumption for a while ✨
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
We didn't have much of a schedule this time because we wanted to relax in the hot springs, so we could stop at as many liquor stores as we wanted 😁.
We were able to get almost all of the sake we wanted, so it was a fulfilling trip!
Good morning, Maecin-san ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
I fully enjoyed Shinshu and Takayama, both cities full of delicious food and drinks 😁.
I was shifting my thinking to think about storage after I got home instead of trying to fit it into 10 bottles 💦.
Welcome back, Gyve 😊.
Hahaha, I thought it would be more than 10 bottles, but it's too much fun to imagine 🤣I'm only excited to drink every evening👍.
I enjoyed a lot of the stores and customers 😊Good trip ✨
Pon, I'm back 😁.
I thought I wouldn't be able to fit in 10 bottles myself, but I didn't think I'd be able to get this many 💦.
But it was a very fulfilling trip with some happy miscalculations and some pretty rare discoveries ✨.
Traveling in Shinshu (6)
On the way home, we stopped at Juten in Takayama City for a drink.
We gave a beer to our neighbor who celebrated his birthday today, and in return he gave us some sake to share 😁.
Himuro Daiginjo Nama Sake.
Melon-like aroma, soft melon-like sweetness, and a slight aruze-like atmosphere, followed by a pleasant and happy aftertaste.
［The sea urchin isobe-age (fried sea urchin) was the dish that got me hooked on the restaurant.
Pair it with this and you'll be enveloped in a heavenly euphoria 😋.
And the 6-course menu with such a gorgeous tempura is under 2,000 yen, a high-cost spa 😲!
Traveling in Shinshu (5)
After leaving Bessho Onsen, we visited Okazaki Sake Brewery and Sanada Family History Museum in Ueda City, and got some sake at a liquor store we had guessed on the way☺.
On the way back to Takayama city, it was time for dinner, so we went to dinner 🍴.
I visited Juten for the first time in a year because it was easy to get into the restaurant that I couldn't miss when I came to Takayama 😁.
The party was a lot of fun as there was a birthday celebration for the customer next door and the 10th anniversary of the restaurant 🤣.
Here is what I had at Juten 🍶.
Tobikiri Tokubetsu Junmai (Special Junmai)
Aroma of full-bodied rice and alky sake, a clean taste with a hint of sweetness from the alky sake, and a pleasant aftertaste.
Goes great with Juten tempura, especially with alpine corn tempura 😋.
Good evening, Jive-san.
I see you went to Okazaki Sake Brewery 🎵.
I'm curious to see what kind of sake lineup you have in store for us ✨.
It sounds like you're having a great trip and enjoying your encounters on the road 😊.
Gyve-san, good morning ☀☀☀☀, you took the opposite route from us, Ueda to Takayama 😆 Well, I didn't go to Ueda 🤣 Enjoy the drinks, food and local encounters, you are truly a master traveler 😊.
Hi, ma-ki-San!
I was very eager to stop by Okazaki Sake Brewery when I went to Ueda City this time 😁.
Thanks to you, we were able to get a limited edition sake from the brewery ✨.
Hello, Mr. Menshuu King ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
I'm finally going to be able to drink "Shinshu Kamerei" at home 😁.
I was prepared to wait in line for a long time, but it was so much easier than I thought it would be 😲.
Good morning, Jive 😃.
That's a wonderfully fulfilling Shinshu sake trip 🍶😆 from Okazaki-san via Miyajima Sake Shop 😄The fridge there is spectacular 🥹Matai Kitai!
It's always good to have a connection with people on your travels, Jive-san!
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
［If you go to the Sanada Historical Museum, you can't miss the Miyajima Sake Shop 😁.
Thanks to you, we found a very rare bottle of sake ✨.
Good evening, Gyve-san😄!
I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip to Shinshu 😆🎶 and got the limited edition sake from the brewery at Okazaki ✨😆🙌👏.
Then you also went to Miyajima-san ❣️ what wonderful rare sake did you get 🤭🤭 I'm looking forward to it 😊.
Hello, Tsubuchiyan!
I got my wish and got "Shinshu Kamerei" 😁.
I also got the "Yumemizuho" as well ✨.
［I was wondering which one to buy from the attractive selection 🤣.
Traveling in Shinshu (4)
After dinner at the inn, we went to an izakaya (Japanese style pub) in the hot spring resort area.
But here's an emergency: one of the two izakayas is closed 😲 and the other one has so many customers that you can't get in without a reservation💦.
We thought we would go back to our room to drink, but we found another izakaya 💡.
The owner of this izakaya, who loves the Giants, was cheering for the Hanshin-Giants on the TV in the restaurant 😁.
Unfortunately, just as we were watching the game, the Hanshin team exploded with a timely hit that scored 3 runs 💦.
Here's the sake we had at the restaurant!
Shichisyo", grade unknown.
I asked for it to be warmed up, but it was served hot.
The aroma of rice rising softly with plump flavor and sweet aftertaste.
Sake and 4 or 5 dishes were served on your order. 3,000 yen for 2 people is not cheap, is it?
The next day was also full of hot spring baths, and all five baths at the inn were complete ✨.
Hi Jive 🐦.
Your Shinshu sake trip is going great 😆 I'm glad you were able to drink at a nice restaurant, albeit out of the blue! After all, it's cheap 🤣👍
The inn with 5 different baths is awesome too 😳✨I'm sure it will blow away your normal tiredness 😊.
Hi Gyive 😃七笑, I also bought it at a supermarket in Nagano. It was cheap ‼️ It's nice to have both the cheapest store here and the complete onsen 😊💕 with nice memories of your trip.
Hello Pon, ☀☀☀☀☀☀.
I made great progress on my liquor store tour and the izakaya was in a drunken state 😁.
My only regret is that I missed out on the horse sashimi 💦.
The inn was a very drunken place to stay and I hope to repeat ✨.
Hi Wakata-san!
I saw the sign "Nanasho" many times between Matsumoto city and Ueda city 😁 I felt that it is a locally enjoyed sake 😁.
We had an open-air bath, a private bath, two types of indoor baths, an open-air bath with a room, and a hot spring ✨.
Traveling in Shinshu ③.
A glass of sake ordered with "Taisetsukei" at today's inn [Kashiwaya Honten] 🍶.
Kuroyo Special Junmai
The aroma of rice is calm and quiet, the mouthfeel is smooth with a hint of sweetness, and it finishes with a pleasant lingering aftertaste and the sweetness of the sake's alcohol.
The Shinshu Wagyu full course includes "Hoba Miso" and "Ishiyaki", followed by the highlight, "Sukiyaki".
While following the flavor of the meat, the fat is kept clean and the exquisite salty taste is intoxicating.
It was a day to enjoy an extraordinary experience at an inn overflowing with hospitality 😁.
After this, we will explore the izakaya (Japanese style pubs) in the hot spring resort area 🤣.
Hi Gyve, good evening to you too.
The beams and the atmosphere of the inn is very atmospheric ✨.
I'm sure you enjoyed the Shinshu wagyu beef and the local sake from day one 🎵.
I'm looking forward to seeing the izakaya version. ☺️
Good morning again, ma-ki-!
We were 3 people including myself, and the dining room alone was a huge room with 18 tatami mats 😲.
It's a hot spring resort that can be reached by connecting the Hokuriku Shinkansen and local train, so it's also very accessible 😁.
Traveling in Shinshu on Day 2
Entering the inn in time for the fastest check-in time, we first enjoy the onsen (hot springs) ♨️
Then, we went to the dinner we were looking forward to 🍴.
This time, we ordered a full course of Shinshu Wagyu Beef and enjoyed the delicious meat 😋.
I thought it would be impolite to Shinshu if I didn't order some sake to go with such delicious food, so I ordered some locally brewed sake 🍶.
Taisetsukei Alps Ginjo.
A cool, sweet rice aroma, juicy sweetness on the palate with a slight bitterness that lingers and finishes with a gorgeous fruity sweet aftertaste and a hint of apple flavor that is typical of Shinshu sake.
This is delicious 😁.
To be paired with Shinshu wagyu beef, I would pair it with fish from the sea and the mountains, Shinshu salmon, sweetfish, and striped horse mackerel sashimi 💖.
Shinshu is the place to get drunk ✨.
Traveling in Shinshu (1)
A trip to Bessho Onsen, Ueda City, Shinshu, to get away from the usual hustle and bustle.
The members of the group, all of whom have known each other since elementary school, are going on their first trip to a hot spring in 10 years 🧳.
First, we stopped for lunch in Matsumoto City 🚙.
The soba restaurant we planned to go to was full of people on the waiting list, so we went to Kura no Mukou, a restaurant we had researched beforehand as a backup restaurant.
We paired the Shinshu soba with a bottle of Matsumoto's local sake.
Zenzai Onna-Toba-no-Izumi, grade Junmai-Ginjo, I guess!
The aroma of plump rice, clean flavor, mild sweetness, and a gentle aftertaste.
When paired with soba (buckwheat noodles), the umami and lingering aftertaste that rises up as if accompanying the fragrant soba noodles are pleasant.
A good start to a happy drunkenness 😁.
And I already bought 4 bottles of Yongou at the Matsumoto City stage💦.
I wonder if I can fit in 10 bottles 🤣.
Hi Gyve 😃
I'm already so excited about your trip to Shinshu and your final destination is Ueda 🍶.
I expect to bring back 10 bottles after finally sending a box of them via cool mail 😁.
Hi, Jive.
It's finally started 🎵
Shinshu is all about Soba ✨ and it matches perfectly with Sake 😊.
I'm worried about the future of this moderately fast-paced purchase, I'm looking forward to it 😁✨✨.
Thanks for your arrival, Jive 😊.
Soba and Sake from Shinshu, nice and quick!
I see you were there with your friends 😳 that makes for some good shopping 😆.
Hi Jive, good evening 🌃😀😀
Nice trip to Shinshu 😚👍There are numerous soba noodles and sake ✨👀👀✨.
If you have 4 in Matsumoto, I guess ......10 won't be enough to get you to Ueda 🤣🤣🤣🤣!
Gyve, good morning 😃I was in Ueda on the 13th ‼️ and bought about 10,000 yen worth of sake in Ueda, so I'm sure Gyve will have 10 bottles in no time 😅Nagano soba, sake and good company, the best kind ✨.
@Mizuhashi, good morning ☀☀☀☀.
Unlike Fukui's Echizen soba, Shinshu's soba is very aromatic 😁.
The local sake that goes well with it got us off to a drunken start 😋.
I'll post as much as possible during my trip ✨
Good morning, Aladdin!
I see that a lot of people from Kansai Sake-no-Wa are coming to Shinshu during this Bon Festival 😁.
I've already been to 3 liquor stores in Matsumoto and picked up a few things I want, I'm wondering if I should really send the first shipment 🤣.
Good morning, ma-ki-chan!
This time I'm going to relax in a hot spring and visit a sake brewery and a liquor store on my own time, so I'm going to enjoy myself as much as I want 😁.
I'm sorry I haven't had any horse sashimi so far 💦.
Good morning, Pon-chan ☀☀☀.
We celebrate each other's birthday every year and this year we decided to combine it into one hot spring trip 😁.
My family has endorsed me to go relax, so I'll make sure to buy some souvenirs to take home ✨.
Good morning, Maecin-san!
I'm enjoying Soba, Wagyu beef and Sake to the fullest 😁.
I think I'm sure I'm going to overflow from the beginning because there are almost 10 brands that I want to buy in the first place 🤣.
Good morning, Wakata!
What a surprise! I'm so glad you came to Ueda 😲.
I'd love to buy some Shinshu sake, but I'd love to bring back "Shinshu Kamerei" and "Yamasan"✨.
This week is the long-awaited trip to Shinshu 🧳.
I drank all the "Abe THE ARANAMI" left in the cellar to make room, but I was short of my usual little drink, so let's open one cup and have another one 🍶.
Kozutsuru RICH Yamahai.
I looked it up again and realized that it was even called RICH 😁.
The aroma of clear rice, the mild richness and slight sweetness that is typical of Yamahai, and the firm umami, then the aromatic caramel aroma that escapes from the nose, and the aroma of malted rice that is like caramel. The aroma of malted rice like caramel that leaves the nose.
Oh, the punchy yet mellow taste with a clean aftertaste is quite addictive 😋.
The entrée is [salmon and yellowtail offcuts], perfect with fatty sashimi. ✨️
August 11 is the day of the famous Mikuni Fireworks Festival, and since it is difficult to go to the venue, we watched the fireworks on cable TV 🎆.
By the way, this is a gift from Mr. Umaumai, who I had the pleasure of meeting in Osaka on a business trip in July 🎁.
［Thank you very much, Mr. Umaimai 🙇.
Good evening, Mr. Jaive.
Finally, your trip to Shinshu 🎵.
I'm looking forward to your review: ☺️
You really have secured the one cup well! It's still nice to have a small size sake for when you want to drink a little 🍶.
Hi ma-ki-, I'll try to update this in real time as much as possible 😁.
I'll try to keep you updated in real time as much as possible 😁.
I'm planning to buy one cup and stock up on it for this trip as well ✨️
Hi Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
I have a mountain of Shinshu sake that I want & need to drink, so I enjoy Shinshu sake for every meal and shopping 😁.
I'd love to buy some Tochigi sake when I find it 🤣.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛.
I've already arrived at my destination, the hot springs, and I'm relaxing ♨️
I already have a quart bottle full of achievements 🤣.
Hi Jive, good evening💫.
Thank you very much for your visit to Osaka 😊It was a lot of fun 🎵I'm glad you fell for my idea about the Kouzutsuru RICH being addictive 🤣.
Umaumauma, thank you for your hospitality during my business trip in July 🙇.
The Kouzutsuru is as delicious as it sounds and the Yamahai flavor fooled my preconceived notions of what it is supposed to be ✨.
Echizen crab✕Kasumitsuru is a combination I would like to try at least once 😁.
The 8 "Abe" bottles that at one point filled the cellar have 3 bottles left 😁 leaving 2 standard bottles to be opened tonight 🍶.
Abe THE ARANAMI
It is sold in early spring, and the brewery's idea is to let people taste the state of the rice of the year, so the year the rice melts is "SAZANAMI", while the year it does not melt well is "ARANAMI".
The moment I opened the package and removed the outer packaging, I was surprised to see a powerful "pop! The lid shot out with great force! I thought "Oh no!" but it didn't blow out and I was relieved💦.
[Gulping down the sake]
The aroma of rice is full and lactic acidic, the mouthfeel is slightly sweet, and the acidity is very sharp, and after it finishes, there is a sweet rice aroma and a deep aftertaste on the nose.
Trip time: 11 seconds
[Glass]
A clean rice aroma, a slight carbonation felt on the tip of the tongue, a clean sweet umami, a sharp acidity, and a lingering sweet citrus-like aroma after it finishes.
This is also an 11-second trip time!
Double tataki of Spanish mackerel and bonito for the entrée, and add garlic chips for a punchy flavor with the sweet and savory taste that is typical of "Abe".
Finally watched [Yonjohan Taiman Machine Blues], which I wanted to watch while drinking, and the key to the story [Gozan no Okuribi] is already next week ✨.
Hi Gyve-san, good evening.
8 bottles of Abe-san alone would take up a cellar 😁.
This sake looks so refreshing and tasty, I can't wait to drink it 🎵.
I'm getting more and more eager to drink it, Abe-san ✨.
Hi Gyve 😃
I'm happy to look at my sake hoard right after I buy it 😊 but when it gets low, I get sad 😮💨 I never knew that the name of the sake changes depending on how the rice is melted!
Hi Jive, good evening 🦉.
I can only envy you so much Abe 😻 Like J&N, I've never heard that the name changes depending on how it melts 😳.
I love Spanish mackerel, but I've never had tataki, I'd like to taste it!
Good evening, ma-ki-san 🌛.
I was surprised by the sweet and tasty sake, which is hard to believe that it was made in a year when the rice did not melt 😁.
It was an interesting bottle to see what it would taste like if you did a [SAZANAMI] with it ✨.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛.
I feel powerful when the cellar is full, but with each decrease I feel a sense of frustration, not to say a sense of crisis 🤣.
I'm off to Shinshu to buy some more 😁.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛.
I bought some "Abe", which is a new local product, so I took the chance to buy it while it is still unknown to the people of the prefecture 😁.
Spanish mackerel is often caught on the Echizen coast, so this is the fishmonger's homemade tataki!
With the new moon on August 4, let's open a small bottle of star sake for star gazing and also to organize the cellar for our trip to Shinshu next week 🍶🌟.
Abe Star Series FOMALHAUT Imperial Sake UNITED ARROWS
I found out after I bought it that there are 3 versions: Nama-shu, Nama-kumi, and Hi-ire ✨.
［This is the hi-ire version.]
The aroma of rice and banana with a hint of sweetness, the rich sweetness of the mouthfeel, the sweet aftertaste through the nose, and the slight bitterness at the end.
［Mokkiri]
Aroma of ripe banana, rich and juicy sweetness on the palate, and a sweet aftertaste on the nose.
It is said that the base "FOMALHAUT", which is made by using kijo sake instead of brewing water, has been aged for a longer period of time,
As the label on the back says, the overwhelming sweetness comes to the forefront, and it has a characteristic sweet aftertaste that almost makes you feel as if you are going to be consumed.
Compared to the base, the sharp acidity is gone, and the sweet flavor is enhanced.
I paired it with a meal, but as the label on the back says, it would be great with a savory cheese after a meal 🤔.
Hi Jive, good evening.
Kijoshu x Kijoshu✨This also looks quite delicious 🎵.
Is your trip to Shinshu next week 🍶 I'm looking forward to seeing your delicious sake now 🍶.
Good evening, Gyve 😃.
Abe-san here 🌟I've heard of dessert sake 🍰 but I guess it's more like an after dinner drink 😊and I'm looking forward to your trip to Shinshu next week ‼️ this is a lot of fun 🤩I hope you have a good trip ☺️
Hi Jive 🐦.
This is my absolute favorite flavor💕I love it 😻And it's a collaboration with UNITED ARROWS! The bottle is so stylish✨
Take care and have lots of fun in Shinshu 😊🎶.
Good morning, Jive: ☀️
I'm interested in the FOMALHAUT collaboration with UNITED ARROWS 😆 I want to drink dessert sake 🍨😋♡!
I'm looking forward to your trip to Shinshu next week ❣️ 😆♪
I wish you a good trip!
Hi, ma-ki-.
I'm not sure if it's a good match as a food sake, but it's drunken enough to drink slowly by itself 😁.
I'm not sure how many bottles of Shinshu sake I can take home 🤔.
Hi Jay & Nobby!
It was quite difficult to find a way to match the entrée with the sake, so I thought it would be better to enjoy it on its own 💦.
I'm planning to get some Tochigi sake like "Ona" to go with the Shinshu sake 🤣.
Hello, Mr. Noodle Sake King ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
We had 8 bottles of "Abe" at one point, but now we only have 3 bottles left 🤣.
It looks like I'm going to shift to the Shinshu Sake Festival in the future, but it's unknown how many bottles I'll be able to buy to take home 💦.
Hi Pon-chan!
I think this is the perfect bottle for you, Pon-chan, a lover of kijo sake 😁.
The only problem is that the price is a little bit not so cute since it's a collaboration sake of "Abe"💦.
Hi, Tsubu!
I've never had such an overwhelming sweet taste before, so this is fresh 😁.
So far we are planning to stop by several liquor stores and Okazaki Sake Brewery, so it will be a trip that will test our usual conduct and sake luck 🤣.
