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日本酒始めました! 超初心者ですが、これから色んな日本酒と出会えたら良いな〜って思ってます。オススメ日本酒あればご教授ください。へっぽこですが、宜しくお願い致します😊

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Koei Kiku🥰🥰🥰. Orange Series‼️ This time it is "Anastasia Orange" 🤗🤗. Anastasia means "awakened woman" or "resurrected woman" in Greek 👩. The taste is, I must say, a little bit like a chrysanthemum. There's no doubt about it! It is an unconditional brand of um🐴. Not too sweet, with a refined acidity and a clean aftertaste.... I like ...... already. ❤️ LOL! This time we served pioneer grapes from Okayama Prefecture, and I think they are a good match 🙆. I am so glad I had a chance to enjoy this luxurious time with delicious sake and fruits......! 😍😍 Of course, um🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴5.
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The other day, I wandered by a liquor store and found ‼️ I finally found it, Sentoku, a sake from Miyazaki 🤗🤗🤗. Even though I live in Kyushu, you don't see it very often 💦. I bought it immediately. LOL! The next generation of the Sentoku Sake Brewery was the first to be entrusted with the design and labeling of this completely new Sentoku. It has a mild aroma and a clean, clean sake quality. I can't compare it with the basic Sentoku because I have never had it before 😢. I have never had the basic Sentoku, so I can't compare 😢. The taste is...classical junmai! It's a very good sake. It is THE sake with rice flavor, sweetness, miscellaneous taste, eggy taste, and alcohol feeling 🍶. I would like to drink it with Japanese food such as simmered or grilled dishes 🐟.
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TakachiyoCUSTOM MADE原酒生酒無濾過
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Takayo‼️ Halloween Label feat. Sake Zukin🤗🤗. Yes, I mean cute ❗️ cute is justice ❗️ Sake Zukin-chan is justice ‼️. LOL! Halloween is still a long way off, but I'm drinking this one with a Halloween feeling 😊. This one is pure sweetness 🐴. Rich, complex sweetness with a long aftertaste 😆. Perfect for those who want to enjoy the rich autumn night sky 👌. It would be great to drink it while watching the night sky with a sip 🌠. This is ⁉️uma🐴4! 😊😊😊
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TakachiyoCUSTOM MADE純米大吟醸原酒生酒無濾過おりがらみ
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Takachiyo 🤗And ~....drink up 🤗🤗. I brought home a cute Halloween label Takachiyo... ❗️ First, let's start with the white one... Halloween label is so cute 🥰. I'll buy them........ LOL! And the tags...junmai daiginjo, unfiltered, nama-shu, nama-shu, orikarami...and it's flat polished rice! It's a bit of a jam. The tags are now jammed. LOL! So? The taste is...ama ama ama fruity ‼️ this is what I like 😍😍. So, um🐴5🥰.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Heppoko-san 🦉. Delicious sake, even if it is a test brew, is it limited to Kyushu 😂I'm jealous that you can drink it ✨I'll keep my fingers crossed that it will be a standard for the next year 😁.
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へっぽこ
Pon, konichiwa 🤗. Thanks for your comment 😊. I'm sure it will be a standard item next year! (I'm sure it will be! LOL.) The label is beautiful and nice, but I'm a little sad that it doesn't have the usual family crest 😭.
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Good evening, Heppoko 😃. Is it a test brew 😋 I'd like to drink it 😋 I can't have the limited version, so I hope it will be officially sold and available 🥹. The label is beautiful, but I still want the usual mark 😆.
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へっぽこ
Hi Hiro, konbanmi🤗! Thanks for your comment. Sorry for the late reply 🙇. I would love to have a family crest mark 😭. I'm sorry for the delay in responding ὇! I'm sorry for the delay in replying 🙂.... It's so delicious! 🥰.
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Sanuki kuraudei 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗. Drinking yogurt...I can't find any other word for it 🐮🐮. Combined with the low alcohol content, it's hard to believe it's sake🍶. I would like people who don't like sake ❗️ to try it ☺️. It will change your view of the world. LOL!
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Good evening, Heppoko-san 🌝. 6% alcohol by volume is like a chu-hai (a refreshing drink). It's like Calpis, or is this sake? It's like a sake that breaks all the rules, so I'd like those who don't like sake to try it ✨.
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Hi, Chirsta 🤗🤗. Thank you for your comment 😊. It really turned my concept of sake upside down 😳. I imagined it to be sweeter, but it was easy to drink 🍶🍶🍶.
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Koeigiku月影原酒生酒無濾過
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Today's checkin is ‼️ today's arrival of "Koei Kiku Tsukikage" 🍶. Isn't the name cool? It's Tsukikage, Tsukikage 🥰. There was a masked ninja Akagage, wasn't there? I don't know, I'm not from Heppoko's generation. LOL! It's a little sweet and crispy fruity 🥰🥰🥰. Well...yummy 🐴🐴. This is it! S.A.G.A quality🤗🤗🤗🤗. The sake rice is 100% Jinriki🌾🌾🌾. The name of the sake rice is also cool 😍. Tastes good, name is good! So...here is another Uma 5. 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴
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Senkin裏・線香花火
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I got the sparkler 😊😊😊. only 12 available 💦. Of course I skipped work to go buy them. ‼️ heck, I might be fired in the near future. LOL! I compared the Omote Senkohana with the Senkohana 🍶. The front was a refreshingly crisp fruity type, but the back...it's a mellow balanced fruity type 🤗🤗. It has sweetness and acidity, but it's not too strong...it's still very good 🐴🥰. It's hard to say which is better 😓. We compared sparkler drinks in the aftermath of summer...it was a great time 🎆🎇. Both are available at Uma5🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴!
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Heppoko 😃. Sparkler 🎇He skipped work to get both front and back ‼️ Quintessential Tochigi love🥰Senkyo love❤️🤗. You are both winners🏆 as a result!
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Jay & Nobby, konichiwa 🤗. Thanks for your comment😊. Yes...my Tochigi love ❤️ is too deep. LOL. If I get fired from my job, I'll be job hunting in Tochigi 😀. I'd love to visit Nikko Toshogu Shrine or something like that 🤗⛩️⛩️.
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Miyanomatsu諸行無常特別純米
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Today's check-in is... "Moro kyo impermanence" at Miyanomatsu 🤗🤗. What is "Moro kyo impermanence"? 🤔🤔 It is one of the fundamental teachings of Buddhism, meaning that "all things in this world are always changing, and nothing is permanent". That's what it means 😆😆. That's deep...I think. LOL. Speaking of Miyanomatsu, I have received TO PINKS, MISTY, SILVA, and other horizontal typefaces, but this is the first line type? Labels ~ 🎉🎉. Well, taste rice... 😃😃😃. I knew it was gassy 🥰. Not as gassy as the side letter type, but still gassy 🥰🥰🥰. Gentle sweetness, gasiness, aroma, and a clean aftertaste😚. It's CHILL at its best 🫠🫠🫠🫠. This is it, this is it! This is the made in S.A.G.A saga. ‼️ This is, of course ~...Uma5🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴
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Good evening, Heppoko-san. I thought that many of the gyosho systems were dry! Saga is still very kind and nice ☺. I got the Uma5 🐴!
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Good morning, firm 😃. Thanks for your comment 🤗. It's fun to see the gap between the label and the image 😆. Saga has a lot of sake that heppo likes and it's easy to get 😚😚😚😚.
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Yukikomachiひやおろし純米大吟醸
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Snow Komachi🤗 I had never seen or heard of this sake before, but this is the first time I've had it 🤗. Lately, hiyaoroshi sake is coming out one after another 🍶. It was so hot that it melted today, but already autumn sake...😔. I guess it's the effect of global warming, but I feel uncomfortable with the sense of season....... LOL! But when I see autumn leaves patterned label 🍁, I buy it 😆. Junmai Daiginjo for 1,800 yen ⁉️ is very cosy 👍🏼. The taste is... beautifully dry ‼️ lol Not too much sweetness, not too much aroma, not too much acidity, not too much alcohol...that's too much! So it was beautifully dry 🍶🍶.
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Hey, Heppoko-san 😃! I wonder if dry wine is cheap because it's modest in many ways🤗The more expensive it is, the sweeter it is! I was just talking with Nobby yesterday!
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Hi Jaynobi 🤗. The law of sweet and savory... 🤔I think there is one: ❗️ Today I tried it with snow komachi and cod roe (cheap)... it was a Takeuchi mariage 🥰. High-cosmetics personality that doesn't interfere with good food! It's possible, isn't it?
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Amabukiちゅうトロ純米
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Checking in tonight~! 😳😳 It's "Chutoro" by Amabuki Sake Brewery 🤗🤗🤗. This is a complete jacket purchase deal 🥰. This jacket...what is it! You'll fall in love with it 😍😍😍. Cute is justice, as they say. LOL! Now for the real food! 🙏🙏. The side dish was of course the chutoro (medium fatty tuna)! & sea bream! It's a very nice dish! I'd like to say it's junmai super dry, but it's not that dry! I'd like to say it is, but it's not that dry 😕. It is definitely dry, but there is a gentle sweetness to it...I guess you could call it a S.A.G.A. character. It is definitely a food sake, but I would like to try it with grilled fish 😊. How about grilled saury in the coming season? Oily fish, salty taste...so I think her gentle dry taste...would go well with it 😆😆😆. Believe it or not...it's up to you. LOL!
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Heppoko. The jacket is cute 🍣✨ I really want to try it, it has a dry yet gentle taste, just like Saga sake! Food in food is another fun pairing ✨.
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Good evening, Firm 🤗Thanks for your comment 😆. It's fun to buy a jackpot, and if the pairing fails, it's fun to try again with the snacks to go with that drink! 🍶. Tomorrow I will go to the supermarket and look for grilled fish 😊😊😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Heppoko 😃 This is one of those pictures that I would love to use for my proclamation 🤗. I believe you! Grilled fish would definitely go well with it too 😅😅 because we are good at everything!
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Hi, Mr. Jaynobi 🤗. The jackets are so bad! LOL. I can't believe this jacket is so authentic and dry... ‼️ gap moe lvl 99 😆😆. The promotional photo... 😳. I never thought of that idea... 😨😨. Mr. Kuyo...you gonna throw it away? LOL! By Tuna.
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Aramasa産土(アース)2024純米
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I also drank Shinmasa this time 🎉. It's expensive so I usually can't drink it 😭. Ahhh...ahhhh! Unma🐴🐴. Seriously yumma🐴‼️🐴‼️🐴. It's like the flavor fills your mouth from the moment you drink it 😆. There's a solid sweetness, but this is balanced and timed perfectly with the acidity. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 It has a firm flavor, but it is not clingy at all. If I were to use an analogy, it would be the finest plums 🍑 (← I've never had such a luxury product. I've never tasted such a high quality product.) Shinsei is delicious. Of course it's Uma5🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.
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Hiran限定絞り HY2直汲み
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Hiran, limited pressing HY2 direct pumping 🍶🍶🍶. We got it at Heppoko's favorite izakaya 🤗🤗🤗🤗. I heard it's a very rare sake. (← I asked him to explain, but I don't know the details. (←I don't know the details. lol). I'm sorry for wasting the rare sake...even though they prepared it for Heppoko. 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ The taste...of course it's delicious🐴. Steady flying lran: ☺️. As usual, I can't explain the details. LOL. All the Hiran are um🐴🐴🐴🐴 respectively, but is it just Heppoko that just being told it's a rare limited edition sake✨ makes it taste better than the others? LOL!
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Good evening, Heppoko-san 🌇. If I'm not mistaken, this was a limited edition sake from the Hiran brewery 🤔. It's delicious with a good balance of sweet, tasty, acidic and gassy taste ☺️
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Hi, Chirsta 🤗. Thank you for your comment 😊. Oh, by the way...the guy at the store said something like that 💡💡! After all, people who understand the value of limited edition sake should drink it 😭. Well...I'll drink it again. LOL!
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Otter~😙from New York🇺🇸🗽 that's Yo‼️ lol! Born and raised in New York, I'm usually friends with good tasting sake! So, I got some reimported Otters 🎉. It's from America, right? Even though it's Japanese sake? I drank it with a somewhat skeptical attitude. LOL! Yum... 😨😨. Huh? Huh? I knew it... 😳😳. It's a really beautiful drink 🍶. It has a clean, elegant taste that American celebrities seem to enjoy with a glass of wine 😌😌😌😌. I would like to know what American people choose to accompany this drink 🧐. Total review uma4🐴🐴🐴🐴.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Heppoko 😃. Living in America🇺🇸~♪ James Brown's song came to my mind 😁It's your first "other" song! I wonder what you'll put it with 🧐Heppoko-san?
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へっぽこ
Hi Jay & Nobby 🤗. Thanks for your comment😊. Heppoko was served with local octopus sashimi and local horse mackerel sashimi 🐟It's good with simple food😊Americans...don't match it with fries or fish & chips. LOL!
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Have you ever missed out on something in the summer? This one word on the back label...it kind of made me cry 😭. Hepoko has left everything in her life undone. LOL! Senkyou is a sake that you really can't buy in Kumamoto. I skipped work to buy the limited 20 bottles! I'm so glad I did! And....the taste🤔. It's Senkou. LOL!!! I don't have to tell you, right? It's an um🐴confirmed brand! Gentle sweetness, moderate acidity, aftertaste that disappears leaving a lingering aftertaste... 😌😌😌. This is... a sparkler🎆 (After all, I'm a sensationist in my general comment. (After all, I am a sensory person. lol). I knew it! It was uma🐴5! 🥰🥰.
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Dear Heppoko. Let's do all the unfinished business! Senkou is still delicious ☺☺. Uma5 is the best!
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Thanks for your comments, Firm 😊. I want to do all the leftovers! LOL! Even if I can't achieve it right away...someday I would like to do them one by one 😊😊😊😊. The end of summer is fleeting every year...This is sparkler
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ポンちゃん
Hi Heppoko-san 🐦. I was writing out my unfinished business the other day, but I really want to do some sparklers 😊It would be great to do it while drinking this drink 😆.
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Pon, that's really it! LOL! Sparklers while doing sparklers...I want to do it so bad! I want to do it! I want to do it! Oh...I'm sorry I'm late. Thank you for your comment 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Heppoko-san 😃. Maybe life is fun because we have unfinished business 🤗Let's get back to each other 👋First of all, I got the limited edition of 20 Senkou Senkou Senkou Hanabi ‼️ which is a good start 😊.
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へっぽこ
Thank you Jay & Nobby for your comments 😊. Life is fun because of unfinished business...deep 😆😆. Drinking in Tochigi is also a secret dream 😙😙. Lots of umai, love Tochigi 🥰🥰🥰🥰.
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Hiran?(ハテナ)2025 弍
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Yes, I'll continue 弍🤗. Yeah.... Oh my...! Compared to the one....they are both mmmm🐴 lol. Slightly sweeter than the 弍? No...I don't know? I don't know. LOL. But you know, they taste different from each other. But...they both taste good 😭. I think this one is the umami of rice....so maybe it's the sake yeast.... I'm a little bit...! Can someone please give me a repo of the drinking comparison 🙇. That's all... a report from a heck of a guy who can't tell the difference 😊😊😊.
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Good morning, Heppoko 😃. Thank you for the review of Hiran's Hateful Drinking Comparison ❣️ nice timing for the post as I was curious 😆 but in the end they are both delicious😋⁉️😍Hiran, yummy 🙌!
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Thanks for your comment, Hina Hana Mama 😊. Sigh, the flying luan is mmmm🐴. LOL. I'm a heck of a person who doesn't know the difference, but it was fun to excitedly open the bottle and compare the drinks and just go wow 🐴. LOL!
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Hiran?(ハテナ)2025壱
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concept:Sake Mystery Experience to be solved by the five senses. It is said to be a sake to enjoy solving mysteries 😃. All specs are undisclosed😱😱. There are two types of sake 🤗. Let's start with the first one... Let's see.... It's so good! Not too sweet, but good to the palate. It comes in quickly and disappears elegantly (opinion of a sensual person...lol). (Opinion of a sensual person. LOL). Well, after all...it's just a "flying luan"! It's delicious! It's delicious! This must be a fast brewing sake (I believe it is...lol). I believe this is a fast brewing sake (I believe it is, lol). So, my overall comment...umma! (That's just how my taste buds are. LOL)
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HiranINFINITY ♾️ 2025
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Hiran 🥰. This is one of Heppoko's sukisuki brands😍.Concpt: "Pursuing Infinite Possibilities"👍🏼. This is INFINITY 😊😊. Taste...low al, gentle sweetness and strong acidity 🍶🍶🍶. Conclusion....you can't go wrong with Ji Lan. LOL!!! This baby is 4 horses! 🐴🐴🐴🐴
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Gassan涼夏「RYOKA」純米
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This time the sake is Gassan 😊. Its rice flavor, sharp spiciness, and refreshing acidity will soothe your summer fatigue. It is Izumo's "food-relationship sake" that brings you together with food. ☺️. Shokuen-zake...that is an exquisite expression 👍. It may not be suitable for gutsy meals or desserts, but it is a versatile sake that can be matched with a wide range of foods. ☺️ A sake that doesn't miss...This is surprisingly important. 👍🏼
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Hello, Heppo-san 😃. Gassan! I'm curious about it but haven't tasted it yet 🥲. Dry and acidic is our favorite 😋, and I like the sound of food-edge sake 😌I'll make a note of it 📝.
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J N, thank you for all your comments 😊. Sorry for the late reply, I've been slacking on checkin lately. It's fun to comment on sake labels 😆. Shokuen sake....very good, and the ni rabbit and others stuck in my mind!
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Long time no see, everyone 😊. It's been a crazy long time since I checked in 💦💦. I'm out! It's out 💩! The second summer edition of Kyuyo Masamune 🍶. This is...I had to let everyone in Japan know 👍👍. The key to Kuyou Masamune's taste is...well, it's delicious ☺️. It's delicious... 🥺. That....no gas feeling even though I'm careful to open the bottle 😂😂. It was a refreshing sake with low sweetness and weak habit 🍶. I might not get tired of drinking it, but it's kinda missing something 🥹💧. I think I may have set the bar too high 🙇. Please comment if you have had it 🥰🥰🥰.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Heppoko-san 😃 It's been a while 👋While you were absent 😅I had my first drink at the Tochigi Citizens' Association 😅Kuyo Masamune's ‼️ toast 🤗. It wasn't here 🥲 but it was really good 😋.
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Jay & Nobby, it's been a while - ☺️. Thanks for your comment 🙇. I am curious to know which one of the Kyuyo Masamune you drank 😊. It's been a while since I've been to Sake-no-wa, but Heppoko is in Kumamoto spreading the Tochigi love 👍👍👍👍.
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Heppoko-san, it's been a while 😊😊I'm glad to hear you are well 🎶. I haven't had a Junmai since my first drink, but I'd love to have a Jungin next time. I'm curious 😊.
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Thanks for your comment, Pon 🥰. I have 3 types of jungin so far 😊. I've got a spring one, a summer one, and this one. Maybe this one will be the standard Jungin... 😐. It's delicious, but the quality has been too high so far.... I'd love for you to drink it and comment!
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Long time no see Heppoko check in 🎉🎉! This is a sake 🍶 that I got from Heppoko's partner the other day! Ko-Imari Maeflow☺️☺️. Last time I checked in this brand was with Propulsion 😊. Huh? Not at all! I thought it would have a sweeter taste because it's a SAGA 😳...but it's a dry food sake! I have the impression that it's a dry food sake 👍. I drank it without any snacks, but I had some cod roe...it went well with it 🥰. And to top it all off, it might be great with some grilled deep-fried tofu, right? I'm not sure what to think 🧐🧐. What can I say, it is indeed Saga quality! It's a precious sake given to me by a very special person, so I'm going to savor it and drink it.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Heppoko 😃. Indeed it's been a long time 🤗. A precious one 🥰 quick with cod roe 😙 good one 😋.
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へっぽこ
Thanks for all your comments, Jay & Nobby😍. I haven't been able to checkin at all, but I haven't forgotten your love for Tochigi! Lots of good Tochigi love 🥰🥰🥰🥰.
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