I bought a Noto Support Set from KINMI, which is spending a lot of SNS advertising. This sake comes in a set with sashimi. It has a juicy and sweet taste and certainly goes well with sashimi. Made from 100% Noto-produced Hyakumangoku No Shiro. Polishing ratio 48%, alcohol content 16.5 degrees.
Here is this year's New Year's sake. It's a delicious flavor type! It is paired with Osechi, but at night we plan to have Beef x Beef 🐃 with Sukiyaki. Polishing ratio 50%, alcohol content between 15 and 16 degrees.
An original product of Yakitori Miyagawa. It has a good balance of flavor and acidity, and is certainly perfect for chicken dishes. We had it with grilled chicken. Made with 100% Miyamanishiki from Akita Prefecture, 65% polished rice, 15% alcohol by volume.
This sake also has a delicious flavor and is very powerful. It is perfect for pairing with extremely tasty simmered dishes such as beef tendon or horse hormone. Alcohol content 17%, rice polishing ratio 65%.
Reizan's Junmai Ginjo is 100% naturally grown Yamadanishiki from Minamiaso. Powerful yet aromatic. A wonderful accompaniment of raw Amakusa sea urchin dressed with Amakusa crustaceans. The alcohol content is 15% and the rice polishing ratio is 58%.
Kumamoto sake with a robust flavor to go with the horse sashimi. It is refreshing but also tasty. The alcohol content is 15% and the rice polishing ratio is 65%.
This is now the world of sparkling wine. Alcohol content 13%, rice polishing ratio undisclosed. A naturally farmed sake. Light, airy, and gorgeous. I drank it before the food was served.
A gift from a native of Gunma. You can taste the robust flavor of the rice and the acidity. Serve with salted salmon. Polishing ratio 70%, alcohol content 14%. It is still hot, so I drank it chilled, but I think it would be good at room temperature or even heated.
Sasaki Sake Brewery is the family home of actor Kuranosuke Sasaki. I went to the brewery myself, and this was a summer gift. It has a clean, refreshing taste and a gorgeous aroma. With new salmon roe. Rice polishing ratio 40%, alcohol 16%, sake degree +2.5 (dry).
This one is also dry and goes wonderfully with seafood. Serve with saury sashimi, grilled white clams with butter, and whelk sashimi. Polishing ratio 70%, alcohol 15%.
Super dry. It is said to be the northernmost sake brewery in Japan. Serve with sashimi (tuna, sea bream, kampachi, trout, herring, etc.) and raw oysters. Rice polishing ratio 65%, alcohol 17.5 degrees.
Another round of drinks at Rokugan. This is the well-known Yukino Kayasha. It is an autumn sake, hiyaoroshi. It has a strong flavor. Serve with fried matsutake mushrooms, autumn vegetables, or black beef with tomato miso. Polishing ratio 55%, 16% alcohol by volume.
A well-known sake at Rokugan. It has a moderate umami, refreshing acidity, and goes well with meals. It goes well with a bowl of steamed figs with sake, grilled bonito, or grilled hamo (pike conger). Polishing ratio 50%, 15% alcohol by volume.
Shuushuwaku~. Certainly an apple aroma. But it is not a sweet sake. Serve with bowls of kinki (Japanese smelt) and hand-kneaded sushi with loquat trout. Polishing ratio 70%, alcohol content 15%.
It has a gorgeous aroma and flavor. Serve with sake snacks such as fried shinko, aoyagi nameko, steamed abalone, etc., grilled natural sweetfish from the Miyagawa River in Gifu, and tempura of Edomae kisses and Firenze eggplant. Polishing ratio 55%, alcohol 15%.
A robust summer sake with a ginjo aroma and rice flavor. With grilled herring. I drank three cups of this sake when I intended to drink only one. Miyamanishiki 78%, Yamadanishiki 22%, Polishing ratio 50%, Alcohol 16.9
The second cup of fish money. I'm glad there are five shaku. The first Kagoshima sake. It is dry with acidity and umami. With Yanaka ginger tempura. Polishing ratio 50%, alcohol content 15%.