Happy New Year!
2026 is already the fourth year since this sake 🍶. I feel the depth of flavor has increased. It is as astringent as ever.
This year, I want to enjoy sake while taking better care of my health and setting aside some days to rest my liver!
I hope my high school friends will also get into sake and enjoy drinking it.
I happened to have some sake from Tsuchiya Sake Brewery that I wanted to visit on my trip to Karuizawa.
Excellent freshness, tangy on the tip of the tongue, slightly carbonated, and ◎ as if it were directly pumped, which I like.
I haven't drank sake for a long time thanks to the flu, a cold, and a sinusitis, but today I opened a bottle for the first time in a long while.
I thought the bottle would be a bit refreshing, but since it was freshly pressed, the freshness was great!
It was tangy on the tongue, not too sweet, and had an elegant flavor. It was the best sake I have had in a long time 🍶.
Sake party and baby shower at my high school best friend's house: ㊗️
Tasake was the best among the various sake prepared for the party!
The umami was overwhelmingly beautifully crafted, yet not too sweet and easy to drink.
I was able to meet my best friend's son from high school and my own son, and it was a day that made me feel the passage of time, and I hope we can continue to have a good relationship.
Annual German Village mandarin orange picking & illumination. I would like to continue to cherish this family event.
There was a rare sake at a stall, so I bought it. It was sweet.
Purchased at Mutoya, Matsushima. It is a limited edition. Amino acidic and fruity. It has a refreshing, yet robust flavor.
I sent it to a high school friend by mail.
Celebrating my grandfather's US jubilee, we went sightseeing in Matsushima on the last day.
Whenever we visit Matsushima, we always stop by a Japanese sake shop.
While chatting with the clerk, we decided to compare and sample the sake. This is the best one among them. It is a brand of sake that is raw but aged for a year. Normally, I would open a bottle of sake right away to enjoy its freshness, but I was told that even a draft sake can be delicious if it is aged for a year!
The sake was just as he said it would be, with a very delicious flavor that had been matured while keeping the freshness in check. I was told that there were only a few bottles left at the sake shop, so I immediately bought it.
Ordered it for dinner on the first night of my stay!
Personally, Manazuru's antiquity was my favorite.
My grandpa was groaning at the spiciness of Hidakami🍶.
Went to Sendai to celebrate my grandfather's US jubilee!
My wife and I went to an izakaya (Japanese-style pub) for the first time in several years, leaving the kids with my grandma and grandpa.
I was very happy because we had not been out together since the birth of our child.
It was a nice lemon 🍋.