This year's drink, this year's 🎶.
Husband's Sendai business trip souvenir✨
It is said to be fresh and dry, but it is surprisingly fruity.
It's hard to believe it's a honjozo!
This year's drink, this year's 🎶.
I was allowed to drink it at my friend's house, but I bought it for her 😁.
Green apple aroma? 🤔🍏.
It was refreshing, silky, sharp and awesome!
It was sour and short lingering in the schwagorigo. It was refreshing😊.
Sneaky end of the year drink... I have 18 degrees and I only have one bottle... are you serious? 🤣
The other Shirakiku didn't have much of an aroma, but this one is a bit peachy 🍑.
When you put it in your mouth, the sweetness spreads like a juice 😳I don't like sweet, but I like this kind of Japanese sweet 💕.
It has a punch as if it were 18 degrees Celsius. And it has a nice sharp and clean aftertaste ✨.
Ahhh delicious 😋!
I'm looking forward to the nigori coming out in the new year 🎶I'm totally hooked on Okunoto's Shirakiku 😍!
Good morning, Mamio 😃.
I'm a sneaky drinker of 18 degrees 😆.
I'm curious about the peachy sweetness that you like 🍑🤗 but there is no liquor store near me that sells Okunoto's Shirakiku 🥲.
Good morning, Mamio!
I like the 🍑-like aroma of the Honjozo. ❣️ I'm drinking Hachitanishiki Tokujun right now and it's delicious, so I'd like to try this one too! I'm not sure what kind of sake they sell near me 😢.
Good morning, Mamio-san. I'm drinking the new sake version of my Honjozo...I'm nervous about the strength, but it looks delicious. I'd like to compare them since mine is a rather modest Shirakiku 💕.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️ we don't have one near us either, but we drive for some reason 🚙😁.
I can't count on the 🍑 though 💦 I'm not a fan of the fruit kind, but I do like the sugary sweetness 💕Lomang and the like!
Hi Pon, I'm not sure about the scent of ☀️🍑 but 💦 I think it smells better than other white chrysanthemums! Hachitan-nishiki is delicious 💕I've tried many others since then, but Hachitan-nishiki was the most shockingly delicious one for me 🤩.
Hi Hirupeko, I'm not sure about my taste buds 😅 though I'm not sure about my taste buds 😅I don't think I'm being modest... I think I'm pretty capacious 💕18 degrees is a thrill in many ways, but alcohol is still delicious 🤩.
I got it when I went back home to Utsunomiya a while ago✨.
I've had Ona's nigori in spring (light nigori) and summer (active nigori), and I like it because it's clean and dry 🥰.
This one also has a good balance of ori flavor and gasiness, and is my personal top choice among the active nigori! 😊
MEN's, good evening ☆Ohna, it's delicious ✨It's my favorite brand because it tastes good no matter what you drink. Especially nigori, all of them are delicious and I will buy the next one again 😁.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby ☆You've totally revealed your taste 😁So, Nobby, you like this one, too! I'm sure Yuho no Shiro would love it too💕If you let me know your address, I'll bring it to you 😁.
Another bottle 🥰 from the Christmas Nabe Pa🍲 at a friend's house.
A sake friend brought a bottle of Kirizukuba's new sake nigori that I had been lamenting that I wanted to try but couldn't get around to it during the new sake season💕.
Lately, I've been thinking that active nigori are pretty much all alike, but this one is crisp with alcohol and has a restrained lactic acid aroma! 😳
It was a bit of a new kind of schwagori for me personally 🤩.
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 🌛I'm trying to refrain from drinking at home... 🤣It's nice to get together and have a little bit of good alcohol 💕Kirizukuba is too familiar to feel special 😂It's all sharp and delicious😊.
I feel like I'm already satisfied and done drinking for the year ☺️
So I thought I'd make it a period to wrap up what I haven't posted ✨.
I drove 40 minutes to the liquor store to see if they had any new sake, but they didn't have it in stock yet, so I bought a bottle of the standard Tokujun 😁.
The aroma is subdued, with an elegant, rich sweetness that spreads out and finishes quickly with a pleasant bitterness 😍This one is simpler, without the subtle aged aroma of the Hachitan-Nishiki. But it is still delicious💕
When I brought it to a nabe party later, I think it was the best seller among the Shinshu Kamerei, Naraman, Yukino Kayasha, and Kirizukuba.
It may be because it was a kimchi nabe, but it is a sake that leaves a deep impression 🥰.
Christmas potluck at a friend's house 💕
We brought Shinshu Kamerei✨
Fruity, sweet, and tasty with a kick 🥺.
It was a taste that everyone agreed would be very popular.
I had a little taste of it, though I was resting up from the two bottles I had the other day.
I'll stay healthy for a while 🤣.
Bringing a bottle to the rice cake party💕
We had a fire going outside so we had it lukewarm 😍.
The taste was elegant and rich with a slight bitterness with a hint of maturity ✨Yummmm!
We poured more and more to meet the request of "it evaporated and ran out!" and it took about 4 of us to finish it off 🤩 (even though there was a bottle of Yuhonoshiro that someone else had brought!)
It was a hit with the older people who have been drinking sake for a long time!
But I wasn't in perfect shape to begin with, or rather, I drank too much the day before 🤣 and two bottles of sake made me feel sick the next day as expected😱.
Christmas is water with a glass of wine🤣🤣.
I might not be able to drink until New Year's 🤣
Merry Christmas, Mamio 🎄Merry Christmas 🎄Shiragane from Okunoto, delicious with the table's entrées 😋Drinking with people who are killing it in the blink of an eye to the point of evaporation! Even Mamio-san must have been so awesome that he had to take a rest 😳That's tough, but it made me giggle 😁.
Hirupeko-san, I'm Merikuri 💕They were all marked by the uncle of the era who put value on getting drunk, and we were all knocked down by the pouring of white chrysanthemum in the kettle 🤣But it was a fun party 🎶🤣.
I've been waiting for this yuho shiro! ✨💕
I thought they weren't in stock yet, but they came unexpectedly early 🥰.
Opening the bottle went smoothly, but it was a solid shuwashu✨The aroma is subdued and the rice is rich in sweet and savory flavors. It also has a bitter taste with a clean aftertaste 🤩.
And with cheese it doubles the deliciousness💕Yum!
I drank one more cup, and one more, and the next day there was only about 1 cup left 😓.
It would go well with osechi 😋I have a lot to drink during New Year's 😁.
Good evening, Mamio 😃.
I am a believer of Mamioism because of the fact that Ippo was a donpy 😆 I'm also interested in Yuuho here 🤗Saito-san! I should go there 🤔.
I need to buy some New Year's sake too!
Good morning Jay & Nobby, I'm glad you and Nobby have the same tastes 💕Please add this white to the nigori festival 😍The last junmai tasted weird 😓I hope you will try this or the first shibori or jungin!
After a week of sobriety for the shoot, I went through a week of sobriety to get a rare sake that is very popular at Sakénawa ✨.
I had given up drinking it, but Manachie told me about it and I was able to get it 😊.
From the moment I poured it, I could smell the green apple aroma 🍏.
Gentle but firm sweetness flows through, then it kicks in later with bitterness and a tingling gas feeling ✨.
Sweeter than I expected but with a nice bitterness! It's refreshing and delicious 😋 As expected from a popular drink💕.
I'm happy to unexpectedly drink a popular rare sake 🎶and I'm also refraining from fire 😆 It's going to be a fulfilling holiday season 🥰.
Good evening, Mamio. It was a tough road to abstain from sake after getting a bottle of Shinshu Kamerei Nama Sake and Fire Brewed Sake 😩 It's worth the effort, it tastes great 😆.
Hi Hirupeko, ☀️ I got through the first two days of sobriety, and then the lack of alcohol became the norm 😱I was surprisingly okay with it and worried about myself 🤣but after I made it through the night, the drinks were great 🥰.
Good evening, Mamio 😃.
So ❗️ we also abstained from alcohol for a month and thought it was okay not to drink anymore, but after one drink our body awakened 🤣Shinshu Kamerei is the best after the daybreak 🤗.
Hi Pon, 😊I know sobriety wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but drinking is still fun 🎶I'm thinking of serving the firecracker at a Christmas party ✨🎅.
Hi Jay & Nobby😊One month is a lot! But it can be pretty good if it becomes a daily routine ✨And for sure, I still have fun when I drink, and I realized that drinking is a daily enrichment: ☺️
When I went back home last month, I bought this as a challenge to my father who says whatever I bring him is sweet 😁.
It has a good flavor, but it's just dry! It's definitely super dry! I thought there was no reason to call it sweet, but my dad said it was sweet 😅.
I think he has already lost his sense of taste 😢I'm going to give up drinking sake with it and let him keep drinking it with water as close to clear as possible🤣.
But still, I looked at it and it's 18 degrees 😳 does that mean it's spicy, or does it mean it's high in alcohol 🤔?
Hi Hirupeko, ☀️ If the sweetness is not good enough for you, I can't help you 🤣 the only thing you can do is to drink high strength spirits, like shochu or whiskey 😓.
I failed before the checkup, but my sobriety continued before the photo shoot😊In the meantime, I sorted out what I haven't posted✨.
I was curious to try Miyazumi, which I had somehow not reached out to because I had been prioritizing Collage, and Hirupeko's post made me curious to try it.
The best thing about it is that it's so well balanced with a beautiful fruity aroma ✨umami, citrus-like acidity and a hint of bitterness 😊It's so delicious💕.
I like it better than Collage. It's cheaper than Collage.
I would like to drink it regularly 🎶.
Good evening, Mamio. I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not, but I'm sure it's a good idea! I'm not sure if I'd like to be a part of this, but I'm sure I'd like to be a part of it. I'd like to compare them someday too 😊.
Hi Hirupeko, I've been waiting for a while to compare the two 😅I can't really compare because the Kuraraku is different from anything I've ever had, but I'm going to go with the Miyazumi because of the price 😁.
I went to a liquor store for Shinshu Kamerei, but I couldn't find any Shinshu Kamerei, so I talked to the store staff and got this one.
After that, they offered me a bottle of Shinshu Kamerei, so I got it as a combination, so to speak✨.
But I originally wanted to try it. ☺️
But I was not surprised! I was shocked at how good it tasted after one sip 😳.
The sweetness spreading slowly and the exquisite aged-like aroma. Wow, this is delicious. I was ashamed of myself for being so flirtatious with modern sake recently. And when I warmed it up to lukewarm, it was again superb!
Definitely the best I've had in 2023!
Too bad I don't have the pen to describe the taste in detail 😭.
I'm going to drive 40 minutes for this next time!
Good evening, Mamio-san 🌇Thank you for choosing Shirakiku from Mutsu Noto...it's really delicious 😋.
I think the lukewarm sake of special pure Hachitan-Nishiki is the best 😆‼️
Manachie, good evening ⭐It was so good that I forgot about Shinshu Kamerei and went to buy this again! 😍Nurukan was so delicious that it changed my sense of value 😳Thank you so much for teaching me this time!
The new sake of Wakanami, which had been highly praised for its delicious taste, was compared with the raw sake of Ippouki 😍.
Psshhhh and open the bottle✨
Gentle fruity aroma. The gentle fruity aroma, gentle umami, and a hint of acidity, all of which quickly and smoothly come together like a wave.
Ippo-self was crisp and snappy with a good amount of sweetness, while Wakanami was more gentle. The Junmai I had before was the opposite 🤔.
Whatever it is, it's very tasty ☺️
I was talking to a kindergarten teacher and she said that many kids don't like white stew because it reminds them of vomit, but they generally all love gratin 😳.
Really? What's going on with my kids? So I made it and they loved it 🤣.
According to Shinya Tasaki, gratin, cheese, raw oysters, foie gras and sake go well together.
It was delicious, enhancing the creamy flavor, but I think I'd rather drink Yuho with gratin.
Hi Mamio 😃
Gratin and sake go well together 😋.
And congratulations on getting Okunoto's Shirakiku and Shinshu Kamerei‼️🎊This is going to be a fun end of the year😍.
Jay & Nobby, good evening ⭐Gratins and sake are great! It's fun to get into sake and learn about new things 🎶.
I'm so happy that I unexpectedly got some rare sake 😆 I also have some Kaorutaka, so I'm all set for the year-end and New Year's holidays!
After all, it was the day of the checkup after only 2 days of liver rest. At least my liver function was fine, so here it is ✨.
I didn't think the new sake would be in stock in a timely manner since there is still some Jungin left from 2 years ago, so I went to look for something else and unexpectedly got it 🤩.
The proprietress said that she thought this year's junmai was crisp and tasty, but that she still thought the Ippo Mi from a few years ago was even more crisp and tasty. The landlady raved about how she liked it 💕, so I have high expectations↑.
When I opened the bottle, it was ✨poof!
The aroma is fresh and fruity 🍏 with a little citrus acidity and an unexpectedly rich umami flavor, and it's crisp and clean with a chili gas and a hint of bitterness that I didn't get last year 😋.
Wow, yum! I imagined it would be less sweet when I heard the proprietress liked it, but it certainly has a crisp and sharp umami!
This is the one I'd drink if I wasn't careful💕
On a different note, in connection with Fukushima, I got a rare sake from Aizu for the New Year's holiday ✨I'm looking forward to this one too💕!
Good evening, Mamio 😃.
I'm glad to hear your liver function is OK 🤗.
This review makes me even more excited to compare the one-step-self drinking at the J&N house 😋!
I'm curious about Aizu's rare sake ‼️😳
Good evening Mamio 🌇 Is the Junmai Junmai raw rice that good? ‼️The one the proprietress there praises is never off the mark, so you'll want to drink it😍‼️
Good evening, Mamio-san. Congratulations on clearing the medical checkup safely ㊗️ I'm looking forward to opening the bottle of this year's new sake 😆 I'm also looking forward to opening the bottle 💕I didn't know about Kaorutaka and I'm really curious about it!
Mamio, good evening ^ ^
I'm glad your liver function is fine ✨
I also had a medical checkup at my company at the end of last month, but I haven't got the results yet, so I'm drinking as usual ✌️
Let's see what kind of results I get 😁.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️ This one was so good that I would love to be added to your drinking list 😁.
I used to only drink it when I had a drink, but now I'm concerned about my liver function on my health checkup 😭.
Hello Manachie-san, ☀️If you ask me, I think the landlady and Manachie-san's tastes are close 🤔I'm sure you'll like this one, so please do! And please try Yuho, which the proprietress is a big fan of!
Hi Hirupeko, Hi ☀️ indeed, I see you have a draft sake on standby too 🤩Chili was delicious - I look forward to Hirupeko's review 🎶.
I'm glad to get it since I've only had Kaorutaka as a hometown tax payment 💕.
Hi Manta,☀️I didn't usually drink before, but now I'm concerned about my liver function on physical exams 😓I hope Manta doesn't have any problems either☺️ I want to drink healthy~!
Hi Mamio, 🌦️
I'm glad you had no problems! Even though you were drinking, you were still being reserved 💦Drink without any worries 😆👍
I want to drink this sake while it's on draft ♬❣️
Hi Pon, good evening ⭐I ended up emptying 2 bottles in 2 days, 3 and 4 days ago 😅 somehow I'm less inclined to drink after the checkup 🤣.
I hope you enjoy it! I heard that Shima Sake Shop in Kyoto is handling it 😊.
I bought it because I enjoyed the Yamahai nigori I drank in the summer and I wanted to compare it with Hirotogawa 😅.
And compared it with Hirotogawa 😁.
The effervescence, acidity, and bitterness are refreshing ✨The umami spreads gently, giving a cleaner impression than the Hirotogawa. I think this one has more of the lactic acid aroma that I like 🤔.
It was so good that I could drink more and more 😋.
I had to drink the Hirotogawa nigori anyway, so I'm happy with it for now: ☺️
Next year I'll stop putting in checkups during the new sake season ...
Good morning, Mamio 😃.
Here it is! The reviews seem to indicate that we would like it 😍Add it to the list of candidates for the nigori festival 🤗.
This time of year is tough for checkups 😓 the magic of new wine is hard to resist 😆.
Jay & Nobby, good evening ⭐If you get through your checkups, you can have a new sake from Ippo-self... 🔥.
I liked this Hakusyu, it's refreshing and similar to Ona's nigori (blah blah blah from Hirotogawa) 🥰Please add it to the nigori festival ✨.
I went straight to the liquor store after seeing a post on instagram about Hirotogawa arrival! Bought 🚙1 bottle for a friend and couldn't buy more than one there, so I got it the next day at another store✨.
Lucky to get the last bottle 🤩.
I mean, what about the checkup? I mean 🤣.
But it's better to have a look at your normal health ☺️🤣
New sake season, moderation is hard to find 😱I even got a new bottle of one step self 😱😱.
And Hirotogawa opened the bottle💕
It was automatically stirred, from the top clear 😅.
Unexpectedly mild aroma ✨rich umami and pleasant shuwashu😍I don't need to tell you how good it tastes 💕.
I didn't notice that much lactic acid aroma.
It seems thicker than last year, but maybe that will change with time? I plan to drink it sparingly for my checkups so I can enjoy it slowly 😊.
Good evening, Pon-chan ⭐.
If you give up, the game ends there...! 🤣I'm not going to empty one for now, I'm staying modest.................................already not modest in general 🤣🤣🤣
Good evening, Mamio. Congratulations on getting Hirotogawa Nigori 🎉It can't be helped that it's a sake you have to drink 🤣 but I'm also in line for Ippouki and Tedorigawa as soon as possible, right?
Hi Hirupeko, I have too much alcohol to drink☀️🤣As a reflection of this time, next year I will not put my health checkup in the season of new sake🤣.
I will have plenty of Ippo-self slowly after the checkup is over ☺️
I have a kindergarten hike planned for Friday. My friend, who is both a mom and a drinker, told me that she wanted to quit drinking in anticipation of her checkup next week, but how about coming back from the mountain without booze? I asked her,
What? What are you going to the mountains for? I asked him, "What are you going to the mountain for? I really want to drink at the top.
I'd rather drink at the top of the mountain. I can't stand it.
So I went to the liquor store and got this one.
I went to a liquor store and got this one.
I was so excited! The hike was postponed due to a number of sick days.
So what to do with this one? So I opened the bottle 🤣.
I'm not going to do the checkup anymore 🤣🤣
Let's start with the supernatant. My daughter said it smells like the apple orchard we went to the other day 🍎🤔 yeah?
It has a slightly thickened mouthfeel, with a pineapple 🍍-like sweetness that comes on slowly and lingers for a long time.
Ahhhh, the kind that doesn't go down well 😓I'm glad I didn't drink it on the way back to the mountains ...
I thought it would be different if I mixed the oli, but it was still sweet.
But if you like juicy, sweet, and delicious sake, this is a good one!
Good morning, Mamio 😃
'Because there's a mountain there' is famous, but for you and your friend Mamio, it's 'because there's sake afterwards' 😆.
Hiran here, I remember it was easier to drink after mixing the ori...
Hi Jay & Nobby, Hi ☀️ because that's where the booze is...it's going to be the reason for everything 🤣I mixed the oli and it definitely made it a little more bitter and easier to drink! Still sweet though... 😱 not young enough 😭.
The other day I was out on business at a roadside station selling one-cup drinks from various regions, and to my surprise, I found Miyazaki sake! 😳
I wondered if I could fill up the map with one-cup drinks. I thought to myself, "It can't be helped, it's Miyazaki, a difficult place to get to 😁✨.
I was going to save it until after the checkup, but I was kind of busy and wanted to take a break 😱Weak will 😭
Almost no aroma. Contrary to my expectations, it was an easy to drink sake with a gentle umami and a quick kick 🧹 ☺️
It's just plain delicious 🥰.
Now all that's left is Okinawa!
Will it be my aspiration for next year😊.
Good evening, Mamio 😄
The difficult Miyazaki and Okinawa🌴🌺✈.
Miyazaki cleared, one more to go 🎶.
I guess it's not going to happen before the end of the year 😅.
I thought you were going to do a series of reviews.
I thought you were going to give me a series of reviews.
Good evening, Mamio 🌃😀
I too survived the difficult Miyazaki prefecture with this one cup 😚 I was clinging on to the one cup to somehow conquer the whole country🥳.
Congratulations on getting Miyazaki, Mamio 🎉!
One cup is enough! I've got one more to go 😅 since I was able to fill it up at the event! Good luck with whatever you do, even if it's drinking out 😁.
Hi T.KISO, hello ☀️ I couldn't get Okinawa on my last trip to Osaka, so I'll look forward to next year 😁I'd love to visit Okinawa for a drink if I could 🌴🌺✨.
Hi Maecin, Hi ☀️ Maecin, I see you were this one too! I wonder if it's available nationwide 🤔I'm glad I stumbled across it 😊It was delicious even in one cup ✨.
Hi Jay & Nobby, I went back and looked at ☀️ and saw that you drank at Nonbe Yokocho! I thought the heated sake looked good too, but I had been in the kitchen so many times before I got there that I had to give up 🤣.
Thank you very much, Pon 💕🌴I was happy to meet you unexpectedly 🥰I would like to drink at your store when I visit Osaka again, since Okinawa seems to be a tough place to drink a 4-gang bottle! 😁 or in Okinawa! 😳
Good evening, Mamio. Congratulations on reaching the national championship 🎉I didn't expect to meet Sentoku 😻Now I have no choice but to go to Okinawa🌴🏊♀️
After the kindergarten bazaar that I've been busy preparing for recently, good job 🍻.
Yeah, the light nigori from early spring this year is still in the store, so we had to get rid of the stock before the next one comes out 🤣.
When I drank it right after it came out, it had a fresh impression of spring-like bitterness, but perhaps because it has been laid down, it seemed more mellow.
It was so easy to drink, it was almost dangerous!
Now that the Paypay points back campaign is over, I'm going to cut back on the drinking for a while for next month's checkup and photo shoot...
I have a few that I haven't posted yet, so I'm going to make this a period of sorting them out!
Thanks for the help, Mamio 😊.
Even though it's been a day, if it's stored well, it sounds delicious 😳I think I'll buy my favorite brand of spring sake from my favorite liquor store 😂👍.
Moderation!!! Take care of yourself 🙏.
Good evening, Mamio 😃.
Ippo Mio...still haven't bought it yet 🥲 for some reason the timing isn't right 😅I hope to get it by the end of the year 🤔.
Mamio's moderation = normal people's dinner 😁.
Good morning, Pon, ☀️ should keep fine, but I think the taste is a bit mellower 🤔.
Moderate = impossible 🤣 so far I'm happily cutting back on alcohol 😁.
Good morning Jay & Nobby, good morning ☀️ you are one step too close and one step too far 😅go to Kashiwaji ✨.
Yesterday I measured up exactly and ended up with half a cup 🍶Normal evening drink 😁.