Purchased at a roadside station in Toyama Prefecture.
Apple-like ginjo aroma.
The astringent taste is followed by the sweetness of the rice.
It has a long aftertaste, yet is easy to drink.
The 33rd sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
The main brand of Ohashi Sake Brewery in Nakatsugawa City.
Purchased at a roadside station in Nakatsugawa City.
The aroma is a ginjo aroma with a strong acidity.
The mouthfeel is a good match of acidity and rice sweetness.
Purchased at a liquor store in Takayama City.
One of the main brands of the Niki Sake Brewery.
The aroma is banana-like.
The astringent taste comes first on the palate, but the sweetness and umami of the rice spreads from there. It has a profound and long-lasting aftertaste.
Purchased at a roadside station in Nagano.
Alkuma is cute.
The aroma is apple-like.
It says "Don't drink too much", but I can drink it like water. O my God, Alkuma!
In a way, I'm glad it's a cup of sake.
The sweetness and umami are asserted in a moderate way, so it is easy to drink.
Purchased at Ponshu-kan Nagaoka Station.
I wanted to drink it at Ponshu-kan, but they were out of stock or something.
It has almost no aroma. It has a slight pineapple-type ginjo aroma.
It has sweetness, astringency, and umami, in that order.
It is easy to drink, but the umami taste lingers afterwards.
Purchased at the brewery.
One of the main brands of Heiwananishiki Shuzo.
Pineapple-like ginjo aroma.
The sweetness is complemented by the umami from the restrained acidity.
A refreshing bottle.
The 32nd sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
This is the main brand of Hakusen Shuzo located in Kawabe-cho, Kamo-gun, Gifu Prefecture.
The Junmai and Honjozo sake are available at the brewery.
It is also sold at the JA agricultural products direct sales store "Torretta Hiroba" in Seki City.
It won the "SAKE COMPETITION" in the junmai ginjo category last year and this year for two consecutive years (4th place in the category last year, SILVER this year).
The aroma has a banana-like ginjo aroma.
The acidity is moderate and the sweetness and umami are well developed.
The reason why it is not well-known is that it is not well-known because its main products are mirin (sweet sake) and shochu (distilled spirit).
Among Misogi-Hagi, it is one of the top recommended ones in Gifu Prefecture.
Hakusen Shuzo is a mirin brewery that has been around since the late Edo period and started brewing sake after the end of the Sino-Japanese War.
The aged mirin "Fukuraijun" sold here is said to be well received by Japanese food chefs. It is also famous as a drinkable mirin.
There are many variations of shochu liqueur such as "Hanamikura" (shochu liqueur made from sake lees), "Yanagikage" (rice shochu liqueur), and "Kokoiban" (rice shochu liqueur for fruit wine).
The 31st sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
This is the main brand of Chikono-iwa Sake Brewery in Dachi, Toki City.
Purchased at the brewery.
It is made from Gifu's sake brewing rice, "drunken musubi".
The aroma is more like an energy drink than pineapple.
There is no acidity, and the sweetness is moderate. However, the umami and rice flavors are well pronounced.
It is a good product to try.
Purchased at Aeon Liquor Shop in Gifu City. Special limited edition.
First sake from Fukui prefecture. I wonder if I can call it a first 😅.
The aroma is apple. The aroma is apple, but it is so weak that you can't smell it right away after smelling it once.
When you put it in your mouth, the rich sweetness of rice spreads and the umami comes out.
The quality is so high that you would think, "Is this taste for 300 ml, 720 yen really worth it?
Nice to meet you, wedge hagi (farmed) 🙇.
Thank you for your first review of Fukui sake 🥰.
Bon is a great sake for newcomers to the local market, as it has a great taste and is very cost-effective. ✨️
Purchased at Ponshukan in Nagaoka Station.
The aroma is pineapple-like sourness.
Yet the mouthfeel is not sour, but sweet with a hint of astringency.
It is really easy to drink.
This is a nice cup sake.
Purchased at AEON Liquor Shop in Tonami.
Commemorative sake for the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen.
The aroma is pineapple-like.
The beginning has a weak acidity, followed by an astringent taste, and then the sweetness of the rice.
It is easy to drink with a clean aftertaste.
Purchased at Aeon in Gifu City.
One of the Aeon limited Junmai Daiginjo Uniform series.
The aroma is a weak citrus type.
It is light and dry with sweetness coming out later.
It is one of the easy-drinking bottles in the series.
Purchased at Aeon in Gifu City.
Its official name is Choharashi Shizukan Junmai Daiginjo Niigata Toji.
It is one of the Aeon Limited Junmai Daiginjo Uniform Series.
The aroma has a banana-like ginjo aroma.
The aroma has a banana-like ginjo aroma, and as it is called "super-harsh," it is a light and refreshing type of sake with a moderate sweetness.
The mouthfeel is refreshing.
This low-cost junmai daiginjo is good for dry sake lovers.
Purchased at Aeon Liquor Shop in Gifu City.
First sake from Fukushima Prefecture.
The aroma is a modest fruity ginjo aroma.
It is a delicious sake with a light and sweet flavor.
We are happy that this taste is available at Aeon.
The 30th sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
Okuhida Sake Brewery's main brand is located in Kanayama-cho, Gero City.
Purchased at a roadside station in Toki City.
The official name is Okuhida BK Junmai Daiginjo Gold.
The aroma is a fruity ginjo aroma.
It has no acidity and is light and dry with a sweet rice taste. It can be drunk like water, so be careful not to drink too much.
The 29th sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
Yamauchi Sake Brewery's main brand in Nakatsugawa City.
Purchased at a roadside station in Nakatsugawa City.
The aroma is a weak ginjo aroma. It is a light, light and dry type with moderate acidity and sweetness.
Purchased at Aeon Liquor Shop.
The aroma was almost melon-like.
The aroma was almost melon-like with a hint of ginjo.
The acidity is low and the sweetness is strong.
It can be enjoyed on its own, and goes well with fried food.
For the price of 500 yen, it is a good enough bottle.
This is a seasonal sake from spring to summer of Onikoroshi, the main brand of the Uota Shuzo brewery.
It is a junmai daiginjo unfiltered raw sake that is stored in a snow cellar.
It is sold at the brewery, at a roadside station in Kiyomi, Takayama City, and at supermarkets in Takayama City.
The color is hazy with lees, and it has a rich aroma of rice like doburoku.
The rich flavor is reminiscent of onikoroshi, and the sweetness spreads out from the rich umami. It is one of Misobagi's favorites with a long-lasting aftertaste.
The 28th sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture.
Komachi Shuzo's main brand in Kakamigahara City.
Purchased at a supercenter in Seki City.
The aroma is a weak ginjo aroma.
It has an unusual taste, from astringency to sourness and sweetness.
Ponshukan Nagaoka Eki Store Drinking Grui 15 drinks.
7th last month. This is the last one.
I chose this one because I had a chance to see it at a roadside station and a liquor store when I came from Tokamachi area.
Once I experienced this place, I strongly thought that I would like to visit again next time.
After this, we purchased some Niigata sake and returned to the hotel. I returned safely without damaging it.