At the moment you put it in your mouth, you don't feel anything, but the spiciness comes as it passes down your throat. It is not as spicy as one might call super spicy. It was delicious, but not to my taste.
Raw rice.
Yamada Nishiki (Kake rice) uses 79% of cuttings
Izumo Tsanjin (shark's fin rice) uses 21% cut
Fine rice: 50%
Japanese sake-ness: +9
Deliciousness.