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2024年から日本酒に親しみ始めた初心者です。出張先や旅先で地酒を物色、たまに通販♩宅飲みが中心です。 心の日本酒師匠は山内聖子女史。師匠の名言「すきなものを飲めばいい」を胸に、全国の日本酒との出会いを楽しみにしていきたい。純米・アル添、旨ければ何でもござれです。愛と独断の日本酒レビュー「夜ふけの酒評50」、蔵元と飲みまくる「日本酒呑んで旅ゆけば」など、山内師匠のホンは楽しいので皆んなで読もう😄

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Mikotsuru純米吟醸 無濾過生原酒
Suwa Mikotsuru ShuzojoNagano
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Mikotsuru Sake Brewery is located in Shimo-Suwa, on the shore of Lake Suwa. The brewery was originally owned by Hishiyu Brewery in the same area, but after the bankruptcy of Hishiyu Brewery and the succession of the business by Ban-ei Transport in Fukushima, it became a popular brewery. The revival by a different industry is reminiscent of Saga's Koei-Kiku. It was bottled in March 2024 and shipped in April 2025, so it appears to have been aged at low temperature for nearly a year. It has a strong fruit-like sweetness and flavor, and is dark and smooth. It is a flavor I like, but it is a bit long, so it is best to savor it in small doses. The third picture shows Lake Suwa (the statue of Princess Yaegaki), which I visited before. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Yamadanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16%.
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Inomata Shuzo is a brewery in Itoigawa, Niigata. I bought this bottle on Cat's Day (2/22) and put it away. The model for the cat on the label is Anko, the brewery's signature cat. The staff blog says that it was created with the image of Anko, a rusty cat, on a nationwide sake tour with a rock band. Niigata sake is associated with a light, dry taste, but the Yamahai Sabi Neko is firmly sweet but has a dry aftertaste. *The third picture is a lotus at Ueno Shinobazu Pond, at its best! ⚫︎Raw material rice: Takananishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 60 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 15
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Naruka純米うすにごり生原酒（白）
AzumanadaChiba
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Higashinada Shuzo is a sake brewery near the sea in Katsuura, Minami-Boso. It is quite a long-established brewery, having been founded in the Keio period. They also have a brand name, Bonito Masamune, named after the famous product of Katsuura Port. It was too hot, so I went out to Katsuura, which is known for its cool sea breeze, and bought a bottle. It is called "Narumi" and reads "Naruka". As I was warned when I bought it, "It will spew! I was warned when I bought it that it would spew!" It is a second fermentation, fizzy nigori sake. It is a summer sake with a slightly dry taste, but its beautiful acidity and bitterness, like grapefruit, give it a refreshing impression. It is considered to be a cold sake only. The third picture is the shining sea of Katsuura. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Fusakogane (Chiba's edible rice) ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 77 ⚫︎Yeast: Association No. 7 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 14
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Mr. Ji😃. This hot summer ☀️ makes me want the sour taste of Narumi 😙The sea of Katsuura is beautiful in these pictures 😌we live in a prefecture without sea, so I want to see the sea 🥹.
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Thank you for your comment, Jay & Nobby! Katsuura is indeed a nice place, a bit cooler and the famous Katsuura tantanmen is delicious. It's a bit far though...
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Denshu彗星　純米吟醸
Nishida ShuzotenAomori
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Nishida Shuzo, as you know, is a sake brewery located in Aburakawa, Aomori City. Tasake is literally rice field sake, a line of junmai sake. I happened to find and purchase this sake at a local liquor store that occasionally carries Tasake. It is brewed with Hokkaido's Comet instead of the usual Aomori sake rice, Hanabukiyuki. And this too-red design makes one wonder if it was inspired by Char, the "Red Comet"? It makes one wonder if it was inspired by Char, the "Red Comet". The bottle was opened to commemorate the completion of the new Gundam by 2025. The taste is sweet and delicious like a banana, but with a sense of balance. *The third one is a mountain flower in early summer, the chinguruma. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Comet ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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Adachi Brewery is a craft saké brewery in Takatsuki, Osaka. It is an amazing brewery that brews in a renovated apartment complex. While sake brewing licenses almost never allow newcomers to enter the market, a new path has been opened for craft saké, which is treated as "other brewed sake" by adding a secondary ingredient. I purchased a bottle from the brewer at a Shinjuku Newman event. He said, "Please drink it chilled with ice on a hot day! I went with his recommendation. It was a refreshing drink with a slightly cloudy, slightly sparkling, white wine-like flavor with a hint of lychee. It would go well with meat dishes. *The third one is the early summer flower, ginkgo biloba. ⚫︎Rice used: Hinohikari ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 12 degrees
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Hamada Shuzo, whose company name is Satsuma Kinzan Kura K.K., as the name implies, is a brewery that uses the tunnels of the Kushikino gold mine to brew shochu (Japanese liquor). As part of its shochu research, Kagoshima Prefecture has revived sake production, which had been discontinued for about 40 years. I bought a bottle at the Kagoshima antenna store in Yurakucho. It has a sweet potato taste? It is refreshingly sweet and suitable for cold sake. We tried to make the popular Khao Mangai, so we used it as a food sake. The second one is hydrangea of Oji Asukayama. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 60 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 15
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Hanatomoe育てる日本酒（梅酒用 山廃純米）
Miyoshino JozoNara
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Plum seeds that the wife had ordered from her hometown arrived, so we spent the weekend working with plums. The sake we prepared this year is Hanaboe from Miyoshino Shuzo in Nara Prefecture, which is famous for its mizu-hashiro (last year it was Tomikunishiki from Hyogo). Hanaboe has a sweet image, but this sake is made for fruit wine, so the wild yeast is fed sugar to the limit in order to raise the alcohol content to the legal limit of 20 degrees Celsius, making it dry. It is made with 1 kg of Nanko plums, 350 g of glacial sugar, and 1 shou of sake. I think a little more sugar would have been better. I hope to see the result in a few months! ⚫︎2 The second one is Iwakagami, a flower in early summer
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Akabu Shuzo is a Morioka sake brewery that showed great strides after relocating due to the earthquake. I opened a bottle after remembering that I had gotten it while on a business trip to Tohoku last year and had put it away (do your job!). Akabu's standard Jungin has a good balance of sweetness and rice flavor. It suddenly became hot, so I drank it cold. The second one is tokoroten, which has recently become a favorite of mine. It is served with Sanbaizu (vinegar) and Sansho (Japanese pepper). ⚫︎Raw material rice: Ginga ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 15 degrees Celsius
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Tsuki no I Shuzo is a sake brewery in Oarai, a port town overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The fantastic label with the "Torii of Kamiiso" at the Oarai Isomae Shrine near the brewery and the moon floating above the waves is eye-catching. The bitterness is a little noticeable when drunk cold, but even though it is a junmai ginjo, this sake seems to be at its best when heated. The bitterness rounds out and the umami of the rice is enhanced, giving it a gentle taste. It reminds one of a quiet moonlit night. The third one is a star-shaped gaku hydrangea that was blooming in the neighborhood. It is said to be a variety called "Sumida no Hanabi. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Yamadanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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Daisekkei純米生原酒（長野R酵母）
Daisekkei ShuzoNagano
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We visited for the first time in six years because Taisetsukei, a brewery that we have been pushing for, was going to hold a sake brewery festival. The weather was not so good, but we enjoyed the brewery tour and all-you-can-stuff sake kasu (sake lees). The sake lees ramen was delicious. Among the various drinks we had, this is the sake sold by weight from the server. It was made with Nagano R yeast, which produces a lot of apple acidity, and had a fruity, sweet and sour taste. We are looking forward to the shipment next month. By the way, the "R" in R yeast is not "Ringo" but "Reiwa. So it is a new yeast.
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nomihei
Ji-san, welcome 😄 to Ikeda-machi, Nagano Prefecture. Unfortunately I couldn't make it due to work, but I'm glad you had a good time 🫶. I'm sure the sake 🍶✨ served at the brewery is exceptional. Please come again 🤗
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Thanks for your comment, nomihei 😊! I like to go to the warehouse open house events from time to time, and this time the Ikeda Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry provided a shuttle bus that went around the JR station and the road station, so it was cheap to get around. nomihei, you should come next year 😆!
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haccoba is a brewery located in Odaka, Fukushima Hamadori, Japan. haccoba has teamed up with JR to convert an unmanned station building at Odaka Station on the Joban Line into a brewery, and their new approach shines through. The brewery brews craft saké, which is flavored with hops and other herbs as "other brewed sake," since they cannot obtain a sake brewing license. It is strange that sake brewing licenses are almost never issued, but it seems that craft saké is a new genre that was created as a result of dealing with regulations. Purchased at the event store in Shinjuku Nyuuman. It is flavored with doburoku, hops and elderflower. Serve well chilled. It has a slightly low alcohol content, a refreshing muscat-like flavor, and a hop aftertaste, making it a perfect drink for the hot and humid early summer. The third one is young corn, which is in season. Steamed and roasted for a tasty snack. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 88 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 12%.
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Jin'yu蔵祭り限定酒 春ブレンド 純米吟醸生酒（滓がらみ）
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Nabe-ten is a sake brewery in Kanzaki. It is said to be called Nabe-ten because it was in the business of handling iron until it was authorized by the shogunate to brew sake in the Edo period. I bought a bottle when I visited the brewery in early spring. On the first day of opening the bottle, it was fizzy and strong enough to blow out and had a lychee-like fruitiness, but after a few days, the fizziness went away and a little bitterness came out. This is not a bad thing, but if you want to enjoy the fresh flavor, it is probably best to drink it without opening the bottle too long. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Dewa Sanbai + Miyamanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 60 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 15
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Mukai Shuzo is a sake brewery located in Ine, famous for its boathouses on the Tango Peninsula in Kyoto. It is said that the brewery is led by a female toji (master brewer). When I was just getting into sake, a sake-loving colleague of mine (who soon transferred to another company) recommended Ine Mangaka. I had a hard time finding it, but happened to see it at the Isego Honten in Nakameguro and bought it. It is said to be made from ancient rice grown in Ine Town and has a red vinegar-like color. Following the instructions on the label, I tried it on the rocks and with soda. On the rocks it is quite sweet! On the rocks, it is quite sweet! The color also gives it an acerola-like taste. My colleague, you have introduced an easy-to-drink sake for sake beginners...I was deeply impressed. I felt like talking to him after a long time. The third picture was taken at the zoo we visited during GW. Associated with the bright colors of Ine full bloom. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Ancient rice (purple-black rice) ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 14 degrees
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Kametaya Sake Brewery is located in Matsumoto, overlooking the Northern Alps, and their Junmai line is called Alps Masamune. There are many different Masamune in different parts of Japan, but katakana Masamune seems to be a bit rare. Purchased at a store in Kamikochi. It is not too strong, but rather a medium-bodied, refreshing sake with a moderate rice flavor. The second picture is the busy Kappa-bashi bridge. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Miyamanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 59 ⚫︎Alcohol level: 14
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まつちよ
Good evening, Mr. Ji! Did you go to the opening ceremony? Kamikochi is nice😊. I want to go back to listen to the drumming of the woodpeckers.
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Thank you for your comment, Matsuchiyo. The Kamikochi opening ceremony did not fit our schedule, so we went out on a different day. It is still cold, but the refreshing scenery is a heartwarming place.
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Denshu特別純米酒　山廃仕込
Nishida ShuzotenAomori
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We will be served Tasake, which we had found a special distributor and bought. The sake rice, Hanabukiyuki, is Aomori's own brand name, named after the cherry blossoms at Hirosaki Castle. I imagined it would be heavy because it is made from Yamahai sake, but it is surprisingly sweet. It goes well with strong side dishes. The second picture is a penguin I saw in Shinjuku. ⚫︎Rice used: Hanabukiyuki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 55 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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The other day, I went to a brewery festival and had a lot of fun. The brewery has a strong background in fermentation culture, and even after reading the explanation on the back of the label, I could not understand what they were talking about. Kata-shiro-brewing is a method that uses white rice for koji and brown rice for kake, and Bodai-hashiro is a method that relies on natural lactic acid bacteria. Germinated brown rice 😅 Yellow color like takuan (pickled radish). The taste is a strong citrus acidity, and at first you wonder what it is, but it is not just sour, it has a smoky umami flavor, and it cuts through crisply. It is so different from common sake that it seems to divide tastes. *The third one is a blue heron I saw by the water in the park. ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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亀の海春うらら　純米吟醸無濾過生
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Tsuchiya Sake Brewery is a brewery in Saku, Shinshu. I wondered if the name "Kame no Umi" came from the name of a place in Koumi. I thought it was, but it seems to be derived from a happy word that appears in Buddhist scriptures. It is a limited edition product for the cherry blossom season. I drank it while thinking that there was a horse named "Haruurara". The taste is sweet and sour like an apple, but it has a lingering flavor. ⚫︎Rice: Hitogokochi ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 59 ⚫︎Alcohol content: 17%.
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Donjaka (呑者家)
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At an izakaya near Suehiro-tei, a Yose theater in Shinjuku. I noticed after ordering that it was a kijoshu made with sake, which is rare. As the green-colored label suggests, it was a refreshing sweet sake with a muscat flavor. The third picture is a bird I saw in front of the station. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 60 ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 13
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Kikuhime is a sake brewery in Hakusan City, Ishikawa. The color is pale because the brewery's policy is not to filter it much. It is said to have laid the foundation for the Yamahai boom, and the taste is rich with a strong acidity. It is too cold in the Hanakairo, so we serve it hot. The richness of the sake expands with warming, and it warms the body and soul. The third picture shows cherry blossoms in Ueno Park that were in full bloom last weekend. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Yamadanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 70 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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Kamoshibitokuheiji純米大吟醸 雄町 SAUVAGE
Ban JozojoAichi
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Manjyo Brewery is a brewery in Nagoya. Kuheiji is the name of the head of the family for generations, and it seems that the fifteenth generation, the current Kuheiji, is the founder of the brewery, or rather, a very successful brewer. Chochin, also from Aichi, was the one I was looking forward to drinking, as it was the one that first awakened me to sake. I bought it at a well-stocked liquor store called Kakinuma. The first sip reveals a rough bitterness, which soon gives way to sweetness and harmonious umami. It was a rich, beautiful sake. The second picture is a titmouse we saw on the riverbank last week. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Omachi ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 16
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