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じじじじ
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。 私淑する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、先入観なくおいしい日本酒との出会いを楽しみにしていきたい。愛と独断の日本酒レビュー50連発「夜ふけの酒評50」、全国の蔵元と飲みまくる新刊「日本酒呑んで旅ゆけば」など、山内女史のご著書は楽しいので皆んなで読もう😄

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Daisekkei
7(18.42%)
Senkin
4(10.53%)
Jin'yu
3(7.89%)
Fudo
2(5.26%)
Sawanoi
2(5.26%)

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The origins of the sake you've drunk are colored on the map.
Chiba
11(9.4%)
Nagano
11(9.4%)
Fukushima
9(7.69%)
Yamagata
7(5.98%)
Niigata
7(5.98%)

Venues With Most Check-Ins

山内屋
3(60%)
Hasegawa Saketen (はせがわ酒店)
2(40%)

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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）
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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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じじ
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
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かき沼酒店
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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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Kouzaki Sake Brewery Festival (4) The Terada Honke side of the festival is quite different from the Japanese festival-like nabe store side, with ethnic stalls and musical performances. It is recommended to visit both sides of the festival for fun. Terada Honke has an image of making maniacal sake, such as Bodai-Hashimoto, but this Katori is a standard sake with a low-pasteurization. It has a deep flavor with acidity and umami. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Miyamanishiki ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 80 ⚫︎Alcohol content: 15
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Kouzaki Sake Brewery Festival (3) We moved to Terada Honke, next door to the Nabe store. There is no longer a brand name, but we were served freshly made puku-puku doburoku. It is less sweet than it looks and has a refreshing sourness like unsweetened yogurt. I wanted to take some home with me, but I was told that "it is forbidden because someone put it in an airtight container and had it bakuhatsu on the way home".
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Jin'yu三枡　純米大吟醸生原酒
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Shimofusa Kanzaki, Kouzaki Sake Brewery Festival (2) This is a large scale festival because the breweries next door to each other, Nabeshop and Terada Honke, open their breweries at the same time. Niiyu is not sold in Tokyo very often, so we drink a lot of different kinds of sake. Fruity Daiginjo, yum! *Grilled pork marinated in sake lees, Narita gelato. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 55 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 17
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Fudo純米吟醸生原酒　雄町
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We are at the Fermentation Village Kouzaki Sake Brewery Festival in Shimofusa-Kanzaki! Tastings are available for a fee, and each drink is sold by the cup. Omachi Ginjo-shu, a strong and thick sake. It is like a man's sake. ⚫︎Raw material rice: Omachi ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 55 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
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It snowed, so we went to Tanzawa Daisen again. We came down and had a drink at Sakuraya, a teahouse near the lower shrine of Aburi Shrine. The seats in the sun are cozy. Kanai Sake Brewery is a local brewery in Hadano City, known for its famous water. The label says that it is a music brewery, which means that they make the koji mold play Mozart 😅I wonder if it is more about creating a fun work environment than making the mold play Mozart. As the label says it is for cold sake only, it was clean and dry.
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Masaaki　Sapporo
Ji-san, belated congratulations on your 100 check-ins 🎊Oden and sake look delicious 🎊😋I would love to compare how it would be different with and without music 🍶.
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Masaaki Sapporo, thank you. I didn't realize it myself, but I must have checked in 100 times 😅. I went to Terada Honke in Chiba the other day and the brewer sang a song called "Hashidasuri Uta" while brewing sake.
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I have always loved prefectural antenna stores and tend to buy all sorts of things when I see them. This is a bottle I found in a corner of the Miyazaki Products Museum in Shinjuku's Southern Terrace. The brewer, Sentoku Shuzo, is the only sake brewery in Miyazaki, the land of shochu. It has a beautiful appearance reminiscent of the tropical sea, and the taste is sweet and bitter like brown sugar, with a strong umami flavor that goes well with strong-flavored home cooking. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 60 ⚫︎ Alcohol content: 15
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KoeigikuHello! KOUEIGIKU2024 愛山うすにごり
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Koeikiku Sake Brewery is located in Ogi City, Saga Station. Once out of business, this brewery has a story to tell: a former TV man and a renowned toji teamed up to reestablish the business. We bought it at the Hasegawa Sake Shop in Tokyo Station. As it is an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake, it was fizzy and the cork flew up to the ceiling when we opened the bottle. If you look closely, it says to hold the lid down to open it, read the warning 😅. I like sake made in Aizan, and this bottle was just as I expected, pear-like, elegant, sweet and bitter, and pleasant to drink. It would go well with pizza or pasta. ⚫︎Raw material rice：Aiyama ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50 ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 14
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A business trip to Niigata, a famous sake brewery. I feel like I've been posting a lot of regular sake lately, but this is from Matsunoi Sake Brewery in Tokamachi, in the Chuetsu region, where the rice is excellent. Most of the sake is consumed locally, so you don't see this brand very often in Tokyo. We drank as much as we could from a single bottle. I had always disliked the light and dry category of sake, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how different it was when drunk as an in-between-dinner drink. I even tried heating it up and ended up drinking too much. The third photo is a view from the train window in the evening. The third picture is from the train window in the evening. ⚫︎Polishing ratio: 65 ⚫︎ Alcohol level: 15
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