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The 3rd Yodobashi Umeda National Sake Festival (3)-2 Continued. Special Junmai Sake Purchased and drunk at Yodobashi in the past. It is made from Gohyakumangoku sake produced in Honshu. It tastes just like sake. The brewer said it goes well with sushi, and I really agree. In my previous post, I wrote that it tastes like a veteran enka singer 🤣. Darvish drank this sake when he was a member of the Fighters and liked Kunimei. Hokkaido limited edition Junmai Ginjo This is also made with Ginpu. Unlike previous sake, this one has a gorgeous ginjo aroma. The taste is gentle and refreshing. Hokkaido Limited Edition Junmai Daiginjo Kitashizuku with a 35% rice polishing ratio and a high-cost price of a little over 3,000 yen. Gorgeous fruity and elegant taste. I thought it was good for New Year's 😁. Kuniumare Daiginjo Yamadanishiki 35% polished rice Is it lighter than the Jun Daiginjo-Kitashizuku? Very elegant taste. I thought, basically there are almost no sweet sake in Hokkaido 🤔. I wonder if it is inevitable when you want to match it with seafood?

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Kunimare

Kunimare Shuzo Hokkaido

2025-11-23T11:22:25.497Z

11/23/2025

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The 3rd Yodobashi Umeda National Sake Festival (3)-1 I have the impression that Kunimeki is only available at Yodobashi events 🤔. Kunimei Kaisen, a famous sake from Mashike 900ml bottle and label looks classic. It is now a rare type of sake with added sugar. It is a refreshingly light sake with a hint of sweetness. Suitable for eating as its assertiveness is modest. Hokkai Onikoroshi Genzake R40 This sake was released in its original form to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Hokkai Onikoroshi. The normal Onikoroshi is 17 degrees and this one is 20.5 degrees 😳. It is thicker and punchier than the first one. It is also good to drink on the rocks! Junmai Ginpu Kunimare The first two were alsobe, and from here on, the taste changes drastically with Junmai. It is a refreshing mid-meal drink. I think I personally don't like the dryness of Junmai specs more than the dryness of Aru Soze 🤔. I was allowed to drink all the varieties, so I'm running out of characters and will continue...

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WAKAZE

WAKAZE KURA GRAND PARIS

2025-11-23T09:12:01.812Z

11/23/2025

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The 3rd Yodobashi Umeda National Sake Festival (2) WAKAZE booth I was about to pass by the booth because I thought it was the canned sake sold at the convenience store where I drank before, but I was approached by someone, so I decided to drop by. Then I saw a sake I'd never seen before, so I stopped by and tasted it! It's been a long time since I've tasted a French-made WAKAZE! THE BARREL Pinot Noir It is stored in red wine barrels. Aroma of maturity and Western liquor. Slightly vanilla-like. Slightly dry. THE BARREL Cognac Quite sweet, like a noble wine. It used to be sold for about 3300 yen, but it is now much more expensive 💦. There was a booth next to the rice and agave booths, but I didn't go to the Hanakaze booth because they didn't have tasting 😅. I think Hanakaze is the only refrigeration required type of nama-zake at this event. (Other draft sake is Kikusui Funaguchi, etc.)

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Ranman

Akita Meijo Akita

2025-11-23T07:15:32.957Z

11/23/2025

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The 3rd Yodobashi Umeda National Sake Festival ①. I wanted to go to the New Sake Festival at Ise Jingu Shrine, but gave it up because it was before my payday 😿. So here I am! Last year it was so crowded that I almost left without tasting any sake, but this year was relatively relaxing! First, I went to the manzai booth. Moein Junmai Sake Ichihozumi It seems to be read as "Monet" in Japanese. It sounds like a sparkling name 😁. Impressive sweetness and sourness Moein Junmai Sake Momota It seems less sweet than Ippozumi, but juicy. Aroma: Junmai Ginjo Akita Sake Komachi grown in our own rice paddies, using Komachi yeast special. It has sweetness, but the aroma is impressive. It was the most impressive at this booth. Nigori (nigori) sake made the old-fashioned way. This is the first sake brewed at Blancmange. It has a classic label, but it's well balanced, sweet but not cloying. All of them are very cosy and I thought it was a major brewery in Akita 😊. I got a novelty can badge 😁.

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Shinseiたれ口原酒生酒無濾過

Yamamoto Honke Kyoto

2025-11-22T13:38:06.515Z

11/22/2025

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I've always been curious about this drink, but I've avoided it because of its high alcohol content😆. After buying Kawakame at a liquor store in Sumimichi, I bought it at the sake section of Keihan Department Store Suminodo. I thought it would be like a supermarket, but it was more like a department store than I thought😅. I like that it coexists with Gourmet City in the same facility. I had a relative who lived in Neyagawa, so I came to Sumimichi for shopping when I stayed there as a child, but the Izumiya that used to be in front of the station is gone 😿. I bought my first mini 4WD at Izumiya in Sumimichi 🥺 when I was in 3rd grade? According to the internet, it's an unfiltered raw sake with a rice polishing ratio of 70%. Slightly effervescent. Fresh and sweet. It is fresh and sweet, but has a strong mouthfeel, partly due to the fact that it is 19 degrees Celsius. The second half has a sharpness that is typical of sake made with sake made without alcohol. It is sweeter than expected and delicious. It is like a rough version of Morinori's Josen Nama-Genshu. Like Sacred, I've been thinking about Morinori's Josen Nama-Genshu and Rairaku's red label Nama-Genshu and other alsobe Nama-Genshu for the past year or so 👀. I need to get the Shiboritate of Shigebari Tsuru next 🤔.

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天領盃Prototype 2025原酒

天領盃酒造 Niigata

2025-11-22T10:47:58.768Z

11/22/2025

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Purchased at an event at Keihan Department Store This is a test brew using a new yeast. It says the information is undisclosed, but the pop-up in the store said it was yeast collected from the tunnels of the Sado gold mine. It has a slightly gassy, rummy flavor. It is sweet but not cloying and easy to drink. It also has a sourness and a wine-like taste. When I said during the tasting that it had a gaseous taste and was a bit like a raw sake, a customer came in just as the salesman was about to tell me that it was gaseous, so I couldn't ask him after all 😿.

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Kyohina内子座純米吟醸

Sakaroku Shuzo Ehime

2025-11-22T04:01:09.962Z

10/12/2025

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We were given a sample of Kyo Hina, a newly traded brand, at the October Icoma tasting. This was before the announcement of handling at that time, so I posted a time delay😌. There are two varieties, Fukayama and Uchikoza. I will buy Miyama at a later date. Sakurahime yeast TYPE 1 is used. It's the same fruity yeast as Nikitatsu. I think it is drier than the other day's Fukayama, but it is slightly sweet and has a unique atmosphere like the Fukayama. I was going to buy it, but it was sold out rather quickly😅. I'm also looking forward to a certain brand that will be available from December 😆.

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Kawakameあらばしり責め純米吟醸原酒生酒荒走り責め無濾過

Kawakame Shuzo Ehime

2025-11-20T14:22:15.589Z

11/20/2025

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First visit to a liquor store that Nemuchi had me crash at last year😁. Kitamoto Sake Shop in Daito City Within walking distance from Sumimichi Station, but it's quite a distance (about 15 minutes)💦. They are a Toyobai distributor and I wanted to buy a bottle of Toyobai since I haven't had it very often 😅. They also have Shinomine, Hyakugakumon, Kozaemon, etc. I was troubled by the small number of Yongbottles at the store, so I bought this one. It is a blend of Junmai Daiginjo and Junmai Ginjo. The rice polishing ratio is 35-55%, which is quite high! The freshness of the arabashiri coexists with the slightly peculiar and complex flavor of the yamame. It is sweet and spicy with citrus-like acidity. It gets hotter and more peculiar as the temperature rises💦.

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Kaiun波純米吟醸生酒

Doi Shuzojo Shizuoka

2025-11-18T14:08:34.073Z

11/18/2025

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I bought it because it was a never-seen-before kaiun sale. I bought it at Mikage Shinseido in Kawanishi Noseguchi on my way home from visiting a grave. 100% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture It has a sweet and umami taste, but at the same time it has a bitter, spicy, and astringent taste. I thought it would be spicier, but it was easy to drink. I thought it would be spicier, but it was easy to drink. It may be spicier than some of the other Kaiun sakes I've had, but I think it's more to my liking among Shizuoka sakes 🤔. I'd rather drink this with food than on its own.

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Hozanたからやま純米吟醸原酒

Takarayama Shuzo Niigata

2025-11-18T04:16:59.815Z

11/16/2025

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Purchased at an event at Keihan Department Store. It is a pure sake and the rice is Yamadanishiki. Some accounts on SNS refer to this label as Koshihikari, but I wonder if the specs were changed in the process. The acidity seems to be more pronounced than when I tasted it. The acidity is like that of a wine yeast sake. It's sweet but when I tasted it, it was more like a dessert wine, but it doesn't feel that sweet. Maybe it will be sweeter when the temperature is a little higher than when it is fresh out of the fridge 🤔. I didn't think so at the time of tasting but I think this is the one 🤔.

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四万十PINK

Fumimoto Shuzo Kochi

2025-11-17T21:52:50.856Z

11/15/2025

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Shimanto bought a pouch of sake at an event at Hanshin Department Store last year. Haretoke had a reasonably priced sake from Shimanto in stock, so I bought it. I've had my eye on it for a while, but it was sold out. A little after I bought it, I checked the website and it was sold out again😅I wonder if this is the most popular one 🤔. It's juicy and quite sweet with a yogurt-like acidity. I thought it was more robust and sweeter than the CEL24 I had before. It's low in alcohol and easy to drink. Tastes a little like strawberry milk 🍓🥛.

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ひるぺこ

Good evening, bouken-san. During the sake tasting contest, the person next to me was talking about the goodness of Shimanto even though he is not from Kochi 😊I see you have it at Haletoke, I'll buy some next time 😤.

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Hello Peco ☀☀☀. I was watching the live streaming and talking about how tense the venue was, but you were telling me how good Shimanto is 😁. There's also an antenna store in KITE that sells Shimanto, so please visit there too 😌.

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Shichisui純米大吟醸50 夢ささら純米大吟醸生酒

Toraya Honten Tochigi

2025-11-17T12:21:34.848Z

11/15/2025

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Could the price be higher than the current price after next year? So I bought it. It's seven water and I think I won't lose it 😁. Fresh, sweet and juicy. It is a junmai daiginjo, but it has a strong umami flavor and is very satisfying to drink. Fruity but not too much pineapple. Sweet but not too sweet. A little bitterness at the end. It is better to drink it by itself, as it is slightly effervescent and sweet-tasting. Nanamizu was safe and reliable Tochigi Ai🥰.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, bouken 😃 The price is going up 😩 I can't help it 😔. But it's true, Nanamizu has nothing but the best 😄I like the feeling that it's not too much 🤗. Tochigi Ai🥰 for bringing peace of mind to everyone!

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Jay & Nobby, maybe it's because of the negotiations between the farmers and the breweries on the price of rice, but it seems that all the breweries don't give us any information about their new sake 😅The more I drink Nanamizu, the more I trust them 😆. The last sentence sounds like a corporate catchphrase 😁.

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宝船浪の音限定生酒純米生酒

Sasaki Shuzoten Miyagi

2025-11-17T04:10:29.231Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival Extravaganza Goshin came to the basement of Hankyu, and after tasting some Ganou's Nanarou, which I had never seen before, I went to Icoma Sake Shop. I told them that I had been to the festival in the morning and that the Housenonani no Oto was crowded, so they bought some and let me try it. It was beautiful and just the right amount of sweetness and umami without any unpleasant nuances. Very good! I honestly thought it was better than the sake I drank and bought at the brewery festival😅

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野武士

samuraisake Ehime

2025-11-16T22:01:29.309Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (7) Lastly, a dark horse that we didn't expect to see at a department store event? Mr. Nomushi, a dark horse who we did not expect to come to a department store event! Even though it was a department store event, the sake brewery brought almost all of their sake in one bottle! I have a feeling of kinship with him since I talked with him quite a bit at the Shikoku Sake event at Kyocera Dome 😁. The atmosphere was somehow more intimate than other booths. Ehime and Hanaheizakura were standing side by side. It was cute that the brewer had "Kuramoto" written and sewn on his chest 😆. Honjozo sake The one we drank at Kyocera. It was sold in a four-pack bottle. Gutsy, powerful, and with a great rice flavor. The last time I drank it, I thought it was good, but this time I was less impressed. Special Honjozo Dry This bottle was only a shugou. It is a type that seems to be easy to drink. It is written as "dry" but it is easy to drink and I like it. Tankomaezake Ginjo-namaeshu This one is only available in 1 sho bottle. Spicy and strong? It tastes dry and strong? Tosenzake Junmai Ginjo-Nama Shu This is also only available in 1 sho bottle. I've bought and drank 5 gou bottles in the past. As many reviewers have said, it has a citrusy taste. Not as sweet as I've had in the past. I was mysteriously appealed to by an old Hawks fan at the Nomushi booth who said he was good friends with Buffaloes manager Kishida and retired T Okada 🤣.

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Raifuku

Raifuku Shuzo Ibaraki

2025-11-16T14:49:53.661Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (6) It's rare for Raifuku to come to a department store, and I've never had a regular type of sake, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to try some. Junmai Hachitan-Nishiki It seems to be a standard sake of the brewery. It is not modern, but sweet. It's nice that this is a standard sake. Junmai Shunyo 4MP, just because it is made from Shunyo. Muscat flavor, sweet and light. Junmai Ginjo Aizan Less sweet than the raw sake we have had in the past. MELLOW Nama Sake MELLOW Nama-zake is a pure sake of Kijo-zake. It has a rich sweet taste. It's very thick. Delicious 😋. Junmai Ginjo Raifuku X Kuro Nama Sake Sake with undisclosed specs. Not gory and sweet, but just right. I've been wanting to try this one for quite some time 😋. Junmai Daiginjo Betsuatsurae Very sweet, juicy, and super tasty! After drinking it, you realize it's Aizan😅.

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Yaegaki

Yaegaki Shuzo Hyogo

2025-11-16T12:01:07.225Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (5) Yaegaki, which I was going to pass up because I personally am not into it, but Nemuchi told me to try it, so I decided to drink it. Well, Yaegaki doesn't come to many events. Ritsu Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake I asked if this was the first time I've seen Ritsu's nama-shu, and he said it's released every year 😅. I asked him if this was the first time. Fresh and juicy! Maybe the best Yaegaki I've ever had 😋. Special Junmai Yamadanishiki Nama Sake I've been wondering about this one since I often see it at Yamaya, but it costs about 2200 yen, so I've been on the fence about it for a while. Looks good with food. It has quite a bit of umami. I think I can buy it if it tastes like this. Junmai Ginjo I thought it was somewhat classic and quite full-bodied All the ones I drank this time were good 😁. I bought a bottle of Ritsu nigori nama sake last year, but it looks like it will be in a pressure-resistant bottle this year. Will it be in the same bottle as Ritsu Sparkling?

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ねむち

Good evening bouken, good evening 🌜️ now we can see if we have the same preferences again 🤣.

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Good evening, Nemuchi-san. I said I was not into Yaegaki, but I was into Ritsu's sake 🤣.

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喜久水

Kikusui Shuzo Nagano

2025-11-16T07:13:57.657Z

11/15/2025

ずくだせ！信州の日本酒

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival ④ Nemuchi-san gave me some recommendations in advance, and one of them was Kikusui! Honjozo nigorizake HIRAKI TENRYU The nigori is very fine and silky! The best part is that a bottle of this sake costs around 2,000 yen! Junmai Ginjyo Hatsuho Shizuku Nama-no-Genshu The rice is Takananishiki. According to the official website, it has a Sake meter of -7 and an acidity of 1.6. I wonder if this is a different product from the sake I bought at last year's traveling SAKE event, since only the Takananishiki label is different. The sake level is also totally different. It's sweet and fruity, but a bit light? I thought I could buy the raw sake, but decided against it because I thought it was not decisive enough...

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Reizan

Yamamura Shuzo Kumamoto

2025-11-16T06:03:36.560Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (3) Reizan has been drinking Meimon Shukai hanpukai sake once in the past at a restaurant that purchases from Ikoma Sake Shop. Special Junmai Polishing ratio 65 The rice seems to be Shinriki. There is a place that says "reviving a phantom rice called Fukushin" but that's a mistake, right? Is it a honjozo? It tastes like a classic sake. Gorigori-classic sake. Honjozo sake Polishing ratio 70%. Taste that you would never think it was a sake with alkaloids Easy to drink, you would not believe it has 19 degrees Celsius Junmai Sold out, but I only tasted it. Polishing ratio 65%, Sake degree +2, Acidity 1.6 Rice is 100% Hananishiki The specs are from the internet. High acidity, a little wine-like Junmai Ginjo Beautiful and slightly sweet Junmai Ginjo for 2,700 yen? I thought so, but I think they said the rice polishing ratio is 50%. If that's the case, why didn't they just call it daiginjo 🤔? Honjozo Harazake was the best out of all of them. There was also a sandeshi but it said delivery only. I can get Reizan's Sandeshi at Yodobashi.

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灘菊

灘菊酒造 Hyogo

2025-11-16T01:05:15.153Z

11/15/2025

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The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (2) I don't usually go to the Nadagiku booth, but there was a sake I was interested in, so I went there. MISA Shiboritate Nama-no-Hara Sake This sake is made from Yamada-Nishiki and limited to 198 bottles. It feels refreshing but sweet. Special Junmai Hatsu Shiboritate The label said it was an unfiltered, unfiltered, unadulterated sake. I was curious about this sake because I heard it was Aizan this year. Slightly effervescent and deliciously juicy 😋. I haven't bought Nada Kiku in a very long time 😍.

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カチカチ山

Hello bouken 😃 I'm going to participate in this event today. I'm nervous about how many bottles I'll buy today 😅. If it's Aiyama, I'll be expecting a lot.

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Hello Mr. Kachikachiyama ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀. It was a short visit with many first time participants and it was a lot of fun😊. I hope you enjoy your visit🤗

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Sawamasamune

Furusawa Shuzo Yamagata

2025-11-15T13:16:49.937Z

11/15/2025

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