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初めて飲んだ而今がびっくりするくらい美味しくて、2025年は日本酒を勉強しようと思っていたら、さけのわに出会いました。 日本酒は奥深いですね〜 楽しく日本酒を飲むための備忘録。 松坂世代。

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Chiebijin純米吟醸 山田錦 一度火入れ
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Today is Chiebijin. When I think of Oita, I inevitably think of Napoleon Iichiko from downtown, but of course sake is delicious as well. Chiebijin. The first proprietress, Chie, named her sake "Bijin" (beautiful woman). What a loving name! The taste is very well-balanced and gentle! Quite my favorite! Only 3 more to go to conquer the whole country!
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Today is the Wind Forest. Spong! I opened the bottle. It has a soft rice flavor. The first sip is rather dry. It is quite solid, perhaps because it is made with ultra-hard water. As it is paired with a meal, it gradually becomes mellower and more umami. It goes down smoothly. It is a sake like rice that can be enjoyed with meals. It is delicious.
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Dewa cherry blossoms today. The aroma of ginjo-shu is wonderful. The appearance is clear and crisp due to the sake being aluzo-sweetened. The rice polishing ratio is 50%. It is easy to buy and goes well with anything.
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Chiyomusubi today. I enjoyed the Junmai Daiginjo Strong that I drank the other day, so I decided to buy a Junmai sake. The rice is Gohyakumangoku. Polishing ratio is 55%. It is not a ginjo, but surprisingly quite fruity. It has a fullness of rice feeling and richness. It is delicious. Above all, Chiyomusubi is a sake that makes me want to go to Tottori. I would love to drink it with seafood from Sakaiminato.
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Zaku神の穂 2025純米吟醸
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Today's crop. Junmai Ginjo made with Kami no Ho produced in Mie Prefecture. Polishing ratio 55%. Alcohol 15%. It is not too sweet, but rather fruity with a refreshing bitterness. It has a beautiful pale yellowish color. It is a masterpiece, and very tasty.
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Izumibashi夏ヤゴ13純米生酛
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Izumibashi summer yago today. It is relatively well colored and white wine-like, with a slightly rummy flavor and a dry taste with little sweetness, but with a fullness that is typical of rice. I thought it was best to drink it well chilled, but it can be enjoyed at various temperatures. (Added note: If it is cooled more thoroughly, the sweetness seems to increase, and it tastes even better). 13 is the alcohol content. It is said to be related to the number of times a dragonfly molts before becoming a dragonfly.
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Okunokami純米中取り直汲み生
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Today, it is a shop keeper. A summer sake made from 100% Hachitan-Nishiki from Hiroshima Prefecture with a 55% rice polishing ratio. The blue color is refreshing and nice. The taste is sweet, delicious, fruity, fresh, juicy, and bitter at the end. Delicious ✨ Delicious. Very tasty, but to be harsh, it might be a rather common type of sweet and tasty, full tea, fresh juicy type. 🙇‍♂️ I have a stupid tongue, but my taste buds are getting better and better.
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Today is Naruto sea bream. It looks like a stylish wine label from Australia or South America or somewhere. It is a rare type of wine with no brand name on the front, but if you know ordinary Naruto sea bream, you might be able to recognize it when you see it like that. To be honest, the tropical flavor is not that great, but it is very complex, not too sweet, but fruity and very tasty! A drink that should be well chilled in a wine glass. The fact that you wrote the recommended snacks is very high point for me personally. This sake is brewed with 100% Tokushima rice, 58% polished rice, and Tokushima's LED dream yeast. Delicious. ‼️
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Today is Yoshimizu. The label reflecting the Kazura Bridge in Iya, Miyoshi City, Tokushima, is a cup of sake from Yoshimizu. A sip or two of this dry sake, served cold, combined with the label, makes you feel as if you are enjoying a refreshing forest bath. It is quite delicious. The rest of the sake was served hot to enjoy more of the sake character. It's not too fizzy, but clean and elegant ✨. Traditional Japanese Sake, awesome 🍶. Only 4 more to go before I conquer the whole country ❕.
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Zaku愛山2025純米吟醸
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Today's Saku. Junmai Ginjo from Aizan. I love Saku. Aizan is said to be sweet and juicy. It is so sweet! I think it's closer to a soft drink than sake! The overall flavor is still alcohol and the bitterness at the end is barely sake, but this is almost a sports drink! (I mean that as a compliment.)
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Sanzen特別純米 雄町
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Brilliant today. This may be the first time in my life to drink sake from Okayama. Omachi is the most famous sake in Okayama, isn't it? I had it cold. It is 100% Omachi with a rice polishing ratio of 65%. The alcohol content is 15-16%. The sweetness level is slightly dry. It was brewed while listening to Mozart. The first impression is a clean and sharp taste, followed by a full-bodied Omachi-like flavor. The bitterness lingers in the aftertaste, and it seems to have more punch than its alcohol content. It seems to be delicious even when heated. Only 5 prefectures left to conquer in Japan!
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ichiro18
Hello, Shikatarou! Five more prefectures to conquer in Japan is awesome! I like Omachi the best for sake rice. I haven't had a bottle of Sanzen yet, so I'd like to try it 😀.
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Thank you, ichiro18! You're an omatist ✨Sake is really deep 🤩.
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ichiro18
Yes, I'm still comparing various drinks as there are still so many things I don't understand! I'll try to pick up a bottle of Sanzen when I see it!
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Shinshu Kireiひとごこち 純米吟醸
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Today, Shinshu Kamerei. I was able to get a bottle of Shinshu Kamerei, which I had longed for, for the first time. I really wanted it, so I quietly left work and ran to the liquor store, and luckily I was able to get the last bottle. I'm a half-alcoholic. Well, the main thing is that it tastes delicious! Fruity sweetness, fire-roasted but still fresh, and a soft bitterness that is easy to finish. Well balanced. Hitogokochi is a Nagano rice born after Miyamanishiki. It was a treat ✨.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello, Shikatarou 😃! Congratulations on your long awaited first Shinshu Kamerei ㊗️ 🎉 I know 😌 that in the sake world you are an alcoholic... just a sake lover 😋 I think everyone is nodding their heads 😄.
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Thank you Jay & Nobby ✨Shinshu Kamerei, I am very impressed with the balance! Sake lover, good way to put it 😁 makes me feel less guilty 😛.
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Chiyomusubi純米大吟醸 強力50
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Chiyomusubi today. Purchased Chiyomusubi Strong 50 at a local liquor store. It is a Junmai Daiginjo made from 100% strong rice, which is Tottori's indigenous sake brewing rice, with a polishing ratio of 50%. Classic and modern, simple label, quite to my liking. The taste is a little different from the name "strong," and is very soft and full. The bitterness in the aftertaste is not so strong. In short, it would be even better if served with delicious ‼️ seafood from Sakaiminato✨I envy you Tottori people. Now, finally, I have only a few more days left to conquer the 47 prefectures. It feels like the countdown has begun.
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Akishika八八八 槽搾直汲
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Today is autumn deer. Hachitan-Nishiki, 80% polished rice ratio, Association No. 8 yeast, and 88 Akishika. It is a good omen for the end of the year. ㊗️ The refreshing light blue bottle looks like cider, but it is not particularly bubbly, but it is clear and melon-like? s sweetness, easy to drink and delicious✨.
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Denshu純米大吟醸 秋田さけこまち
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Today is Tasake. It's an ordinary day, but we will have Tasake's Junmai Daiginjo Akita Sake Komachi 100%, 40% rice polishing ratio, because we feel that we were happy with what seems like an ordinary day. Firm fruity aroma, mouthfeel feels like green apple, mellow, sweet, quite voluminous, bitter at the end, delicious. ‼️ this this ‼️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello, Shikatarou 😃. It's great to feel happy on an ordinary day 😌 and even better that the mega good Tasake-san enhances that happiness: ‼️ Akita Sake Komachi Tasake! I'd like to try the Junmai Ginjo first 😊.
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Thank you, Jay & Nobby😄! Jay, I'm sure you know that Akita Sake Komachi is a combination of Yamadanishiki and Miyamanishiki, apparently! It must be delicious 😆 I hear it has a refined taste without any clutter 🌾. You always look so happy and great in your posts too ✨!
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HiranBLACK JACK 極辛口
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Hiran today. Super dry blackjack. I doubt if my first flying luan is the right one for this flying (pardon the pun), but I had an encounter with it. Produced by Kyushu Sake Takumi No Ichiza (I don't know what that means), it's called "Beyond Karakuchi. Beyond." The Black Jack series was created under the concept of "Beyond Karakuchi. It is indeed very spicy! =It is not sweet at all! It feels like a Western wine, especially the aftertaste is like a dry white wine or some kind of liqueur. But it also has a sense of rice and sake. It is very deep. I made the recommended 1:1 sake highball and it's so easy to drink ‼️ correct ‼️
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Kita-ya today. My first Fukuoka sake. In my mind, Kyushu is still shochu, so this is my first time to taste Fukuoka sake. 100% Fukuoka rice Polishing ratio 70%. Fruity with greenish fruit, natural sharpness, it was easy to drink. It was a treat.
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Today's Fukuju. Fukuju is famous for being served at the Nobel Prize dinner. However, it is surprisingly quite common and easy to find. I found a cup of sake and had it for the first time in a while. I think it is a good sake with fullness, while still having the classic sake character.
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