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勢正宗純米大吟醸原酒生酒無濾過

丸世酒造 Nagano

11/20/2025, 3:27:08 PM

Shinshu Osake Mura (信州おさけ村)

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It's a gold carp from Seimasamune 🍶. I couldn't drink it in Nagano so I went to Shinbashi to drink it lol The aroma on the nose is slightly sweet like molasses. In the mouth, it has a sweetness reminiscent of refined Japanese sweets like Wasanbon and the clear and smooth flavor of Yamae Nishiki. It is very tasty and sweet because it is made from highly polished rice in a four-stage brewing process. This is a sweet 😊. The third one is at the Seimasamune brewery, about a 10-minute walk from Shinshu Nakano Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. The president of the brewery was available to us and said that they currently produce about 100 koku of sake. I was surprised at the surprisingly small number.

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ichiro18

Good evening, Matsuchiyo 😃. The Gold Carp from Seimasamune looks delicious...I'm attracted to sweets. Shinshu Osakemura is a place I've been curious about and would like to visit😊.

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Nishinomonスパークリングにごり酒純米大吟醸

Yoshinoya Nagano

11/20/2025, 2:26:39 PM

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Sparkling nigori sake🍶 from Nishinomon. I tasted various kinds of sake and bought it because it was delicious. The top aroma is a sweet aroma of rice with a freshness. When you put it in your mouth, it is a soda of rice with a hint of sourness and juiciness. The sweetness of juicy milky rice with a hint of sourness. It was quite delicious 🍶✨️ The third and fourth pictures are of the old storehouse of Nishinomon, located a little to the left of the Zenkoji temple entrance. They let you sample a lot as you enter the back of the building, but they almost make you buy a lot of things. The production facilities of the old brewery were open for tours. Surprisingly, the modern facilities are still there, but the production is now being done at a factory located along the Saigawa River about 3 km south of the old warehouse.

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スクエアワンしぼりたて生酒（急速冷凍酒）純米

桝一市村酒造場 Nagano

11/19/2025, 7:59:25 AM

桝一市村酒造場

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This one was back and forth in order too😅. Square One 🐶 at Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery We had a paid tasting at the brewery 🍶. The first aroma is slightly fruity and sweet. It has a refreshing sweetness with a light umami taste on the palate. It was slightly dry and delicious 🍶✨️ The third one is the Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery, a 10-minute walk from Obuse Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. It is located in the center of Obuse and the main Obusedo🌰 store is right next door.

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どむろくうわずみ本醸造

Endo Shuzojo Nagano

11/17/2025, 2:25:23 PM

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This is the supernatant of Keiryu Domuroku from Endo Sake Brewery. I really wanted to buy Domuroku, but it was the last day of my trip when I visited there and I had to return home by hand-carry 😅. The top aroma is sweet with a soft acidity. There are fine pieces of rice floating in the glass. In the mouth, it has a rich rice sweetness with a hint of acidity. It is sweet and thick. It's like a Nagano sake. It was delicious 🍶✨️ The third one is an old brewery about a 10-minute walk from Suzaka Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. Sake is made at a factory located a short distance away.

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Sogga pere et filsトロワ純米生酛原酒生酒

Obuse Winery Nagano

11/16/2025, 1:47:00 PM

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This is Soga's Trois 5BY. I couldn't drink it in Nagano, so I decided to open it after I got home from my trip 🥂. First, I drank it cold. The first aroma is sweet with a hint of raw hiney. When you put it in your mouth, it has a mild sweetness with a hint of acidity. The flavor is well balanced, but there is a unique raw hiney aroma unique to Obuse. This is the reason why last month when flos_lingua_est drank a 4.5 year old wine, he said it would be good to let it sit for about a year 🤔. Then hot sake 🍶. The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of heated nama sake. The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of heated nama sake 🤤. In the mouth, it has a clear and mild sweetness with a slight acidity. The aroma of nama-hine is not bothering me at all, it's well-balanced 😊. Obuse should only be heated if you're curious about the raw hiney 😤. Just kidding 😜! The third and fourth pictures are of Obuse Winery, about a 15 minute walk from Obuse Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. No photos inside the winery as photography is prohibited, but we tasted 7 different wines and bought a bottle of wine at the store before leaving 😊. I asked the staff at the kiosk about the sake, as it was a weekday when I visited, and they told me that they are preparing sake earlier this year compared to previous years. Is Soga going to do something new? I'm not sure 🙄 ...

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Matsuchiyo 😃. I'm hoping to revisit Nagano next year to get my first sogape 🧐 starting fast! I'll have to be careful with this one 😅 I'll have to gather some info from ‼️

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Good evening J&N🍶. It seems to sell out pretty early in Nagano, otherwise it seems to be a point system, so it might be better to ask Kotori🐣 to tell you the store for sure 🤔.

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Shinshu Kireiうすにごり

Okazaki Shuzo Nagano

11/14/2025, 8:39:15 PM

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Shinshu Kamerei's light nigori It is a new sake with a fire-aged green label, limited to the brewery. The top aroma is sweet with a hint of freshness of new sake. Although it is fire-aged, there are slight bubbles in the pale cloudy glass. It seems that this is the first time Shinshu Kamerei has released a light nigori, but unlike the clear sake Shinshu Kamerei, it is a bit dry and has a moderate sweetness and acidity. The dryness of the most recent sake I drank was similar to that of Shimofuri Romain. I think it is a little more refreshing 🤔. By the way, just by looking at Sake-no-wa, there are a lot of people who came to buy the limited-edition sake, and the economic effect on Ueda and Nagano is amazing. It's not such a big brewery, but Mr. Okazaki is doing his best to promote Ueda. I wish some Akita and Kumamoto breweries would learn from him instead of just trying to make it rare. The fourth picture is the turret gate at the east toraguchi of Ueda Castle. It was an impregnable and splendid castle that made use of the river terrace of the Chikuma River.

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bouken

I didn't know Shinshu Kamerei has a light nigori! I was wondering if it was their first time 😳 A certain brewery in Kumamoto seems to have a bad relationship with the sake brewers association and local liquor stores 🙄 even though they come to events in Tokyo. That's the kind of place I think you are 🤔.

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まつちよ

That's what everyone says 🤔. I don't know about that because I've only been in Shinshu Kamerei for a short time. I don't know about that, but a certain brewery in 🧸 cut off a lot of distributors when they changed their brand 😅.

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Fukumuryo五九醸 2024純米吟醸

沓掛酒造 Nagano

11/14/2025, 9:21:15 AM

沓掛酒造

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順番前後してしまいましたが、上田市にある沓掛酒造の福無量。長野の昭和59年生まれの酒蔵跡取りを集めて企画した五九醸シリーズの最後のお酒（R5BY）が蔵で寝かせてあったので有料試飲してきました🍶 上立ち香はほんのり甘い香り。口に含むと微かな酸味にさらりと旨味を感じる程良い甘味。蔵直売所の方によると出来たては結構辛口で「福無量」らしくないとお客さんに言われていたらしいのですが、1年の熟成を経て程良く味が乗った感じですかね。美味しかったです🍶✨️ 3枚目4枚目はしなの鉄道線西上田駅から徒歩5分程の距離にある沓掛酒造の蔵と直売所です。旧北国街道沿いにある山の谷筋の終着点に蔵がありました。現在700石程度の造りだそうです。

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Motooi no Matsu佳撰普通酒

東飯田酒造店 Nagano

11/13/2025, 9:05:20 AM

信州長屋酒場

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This is a fine selection of Honro-no-Matsu. The first aroma is slightly sweet. It has a light sweetness with a hint of umami in the mouth. We enjoyed it with nozawana tempura. ✨️ The third and fourth pictures are of the Higashi Iida Sake Brewery, located about 5 minutes by cab from Kawanakajima Station on the JR Shinonoi Line. It is really next to the Nishi Iida Brewery that I posted a while ago. There was no one at the Higashi-Iida Brewery office, so I asked at the Nishi-Iida Brewery, but they said they are not related to Higashi-Iida Brewery in any way, neither as relatives nor as goodwill partners.

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bouken

Hi Matsuchiyo-san. I thought for sure they were related since they are across the street from each other 😅They are classmates of each other and did a collaboration project called 59 breweries 😊.

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まつちよ

Hello bouken🌞. Yes, I know. We have the same last name, so what the heck😅.

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天領譽

てんりょうほまれしゅぞう Nagano

11/13/2025, 5:19:31 AM

信州長屋酒場

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Tenryo Honor from Nakano City. I can't find any information about it on the internet, but I think it is probably a regular sake. The aroma is a little peculiar and sweet. I forgot to check the photo because the production date is out of date, but is it a little twitchy? 🤔. When you put it in your mouth, there is a slight sweetness and a slight sourness. It is a calm sake for a meal. The third picture is of the Tenryogyu brewery, a 10-minute walk from Shinshu Nakano Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line... but one of the two buildings that should be there on Google Maps has been cleared and turned into a construction site, and the remaining building where the brewery's store was located has been partially demolished and is now empty. The rest of the buildings where the warehouse shop used to be were also partially demolished and empty. The photo is of a private house on a neighboring property. Unfortunately, there was an off-limits sign at the entrance, so we were unable to talk to the owner and had to leave. Due to the train schedule, we took a cab from Nakano to Obuse, and the driver told us that Tenryogyu had gone out of business several years ago. I was the one who applied for "closed" in the Tenryogyu Sake Brewery Summary section of Google Maps😅.

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Shigaizumi精選普通酒

Shigaizumi Shuzo Nagano

11/11/2025, 6:58:50 PM

信州長屋酒場

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It is a regular sake from Shigaizumi 🍶. The aroma is slightly sweet on the nose. It has a moderate sweetness and a hint of acidity in the mouth. Delicious with pickled red turnip 😊. The third and fourth pictures show the Shigaizumi brewery, about a 10-minute walk from Nakano Matsukawa Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. At the factory in the back, they were bringing in sake rice.

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桂正宗金紋普通酒

Shusenkurano Nagano

11/11/2025, 3:40:47 AM

信州長屋酒場

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Katsura Masamune from Sake Sen Kurano, famous for Kawanakajima Genmai. It was served at room temperature 🍶. It has a sweet aroma with a hint of acidity. The palate has a light sweetness with a hint of acidity. As usual, there are no photos of the food, but we enjoyed it with Kiso's famous pickles, "Sunki". ✨️ It was like a refreshing version of the same lactobacillus fermented takana pickles. Nice pickles👍️✨️ The third one is the old storehouse of Sake Senkurano, located about 5 minutes walk from Imai station of JR Shinonoi line. This is Mr. Chino's parents' house. The fourth picture is the new brewery directly across the street from the old one. According to the master of the restaurant where we usually go, the previous generation built it quite over-spec. The face does not look like a storehouse.

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bouken

Good evening, Mr. Matsuchiyo. Nice pickles 😹. Kawanakajima warehouse is such a building 😳 It looks like a factory that manufactures semiconductors or something like that in Nagano 🤔.

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まつちよ

Good evening, bouken: 👍️ The rotary in front of the nearest station is surrounded by nothing but rice paddies 🌾, 🍎, and 🍑 fields😅. The front entrance is turned off but it's an automatic door lol

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若緑本醸造

今井酒造 Nagano

11/10/2025, 1:57:28 PM

信州長屋酒場

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The restaurant has changed and is now Shinshu Nagaya Sake Shop. The sake was Wakaroku Honjozo from Imai Sake Brewery. It was served at room temperature. The aroma is soft and sweet. The palate has a classic mouthfeel with a slight acidity and a slightly sweet taste. It has a clean aftertaste, as is typical of aluzoe. Delicious. ✨️ The third picture is the sake menu of Shinshu Nagaya Sake Bar 🍶. Except for the new breweries (Yamazan and Iraka) that their suppliers don't carry, they have some kind of Shinshu sake on the menu. It was the perfect place for the otaku who likes to tour breweries and drink their sake 🤓. The fourth picture is of the Imai Sake Brewery, about a 7-minute walk from the Nagano Dentetsu Nagano Line Fukutsu Chugakubu Mae station.

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Hokkomasamune雪明かり純米吟醸

kadoguchi Nagano

11/10/2025, 1:18:45 PM

天ぷらと寿司18坪

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Masamune han...gehon gehon😷. I am Kitamitsu Masamune from Iiyama city. The top aroma is slightly sweet. In the mouth, there is a light sweetness and a hint of umami. It is an orthodox dry sake. It is delicious. 👍️✨️ The third and fourth pictures are the gate and main hall of Zenkoji Temple. Zenkoji was the only temple with many inbound visitors.

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北信流美山錦純米吟醸生貯蔵酒

Matsubaya Honten Nagano

11/10/2025, 10:43:51 AM

天ぷらと寿司18坪

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On our last night in Nagano, we first had a little drink at Tempura and Sushi 18tsubo in front of Nagano Station. Nama-zushi in the Hokushin style (freshly saved) The first aroma is slightly sweet. When you put it in your mouth, it has a slight acidity and a refreshing sweetness. It has a mouthfeel like the pure water of Shinshu. It was quite delicious 🍶✨️ The third picture is of Matsubaya's main brewery. It is about a 5 minute walk from Obuse station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano line. The fourth one is Assoivni Kiichi aka Kobayashi Kiichi Shoten, which is also about a 5 minute walk from Obuse Station and has been a great help in many ways. There was an Obuse Winery chabutai and a lot of Merlot on display 🍷.

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勢起純米大吟醸生酛

Oosawa Shuzo Nagano

11/10/2025, 5:14:02 AM

KAKU.UCHI.

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The last sake of kaku.uchi is Seiki. It is made by Osawa Sake Brewery in Saku. The energetic ladies who came after us bought this one for everyone. Hot sake because it is a sake yeast yeast yeast yeast. The aroma is fragrant with a hint of acidity. It has a nice sweetness with a hint of acidity in the mouth. I tasted some at room temperature, but the warming made it even more crisp and refreshing. It was delicious 🍶✨️ The third picture is the Keinosuke Miyairi Memorial Museum near the site of the old battlefield of Kawanakajima. As you may know if you are a fanatic who goes to the Meguro Parasite Museum, he is famous for discovering the mussel, the intermediate host of the Japanese blood sucking parasite. It says that you have to call to enter the museum, which is a bit troublesome 😅 I didn't go through it. For more information, please see the Wikipedia page on "Local Diseases". Wikipedia It is a blockbuster work that has been described as one of the three great works of literature lol.

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Miwatari諏訪乃あらばしり原酒生酒無濾過

Toshimaya Nagano

11/8/2025, 2:35:32 PM

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It is a new sake arabashiri from Kamito 🍶. The top aroma is fresh and slightly sweet. In the mouth, it has a fresh and refreshing sweetness with just a hint of umami. It was very easy to drink with almost no roughness. It was delicious 🍶✨️ By the way, the store owner behind the sake is the part-time lady who asked Ane-san, "Are you in Nagano for a drink?" I asked her 😉. The third picture is the ruins of Matsudai Castle in Matsudai-cho, Nagano. Originally called "Kaizu Castle", Shingen Takeda had Kansuke Yamamoto build this castle to prepare for Kenshin Uesugi. The fourth picture is the snow-capped Hakuba mountain range seen from the bank of the Chikuma River. 🏔️

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あねさん

Of course I'm in Nagano on business 😤.

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まつちよ

I went to Nagano for a drink 😤.

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ポンちゃん

Congratulations on your 1200 check-in 🎊🎉🎉, Matsuchiyosan! I enjoy your series of historical visits as well as your sake 😊I would like to visit Matsudai Castle, which is one of the 100 most famous castles in Japan.

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まつちよ

Good evening, Pon 🍶. Azas, you found it after all 😆. There is no castle tower, but it is a magnificent castle with stone walls. Please visit there together with the ruins of the old battlefield of Kawanakajima 😊.

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Ilaka［銀・暁］生酛原酒無濾過

ILAKA SAKE Nagano

11/8/2025, 12:46:47 PM

KAKU.UCHI.

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It's the Ikashirokashi of Iraka. I just realized it's the one I sent to chika before 🤔. I got it cold 🍶. The first aroma is sweet with a hint of acidity. When you put it in your mouth, it has a clear sweetness with a hint of acidity and umami. It is very drinkable. It was delicious 🍶✨️ The third and fourth pictures are of the Matsudai Earthquake Observatory of the Japan Meteorological Agency. This is an earthquake observation facility using the ruins of an underground bunker dug at the end of the Pacific War.

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chika

Iraka, it's delicious 👍🍶✨✨

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まつちよ

It tastes better than it did the first time around🍶✨️✨️

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浅間嶽純米吟醸原酒秋あがり

Ootsuka Shuzo Nagano

11/8/2025, 11:18:57 AM

KAKU.UCHI.

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This is Asamatake Aki-agari from Komoro. It is served cold 🍶. The first aroma is slightly sweet. It has a mild umami flavor with a good amount of flavor on the palate. It was quite delicious 🌋✨️ The third and fourth pictures are the ruins of the Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters. It is the remains of an underground bunker that was dug in Matsudai-cho, Nagano City at the end of the Pacific War for the purpose of relocating the Imperial Headquarters and government functions.

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Shinshu Kirei金紋錦純米大吟醸39

Okazaki Shuzo Nagano

11/7/2025, 3:24:42 AM

KAKU.UCHI.

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I didn't order Shinshu Kamerei because it was either sold out at the bar in Ueda or only available from 2000 yen per sake. In Ueda, only stores serve only 1 gou or less, so I had a hard time because I want to drink various kinds of sake but I am not a strong drinker😅. I was glad to know that most of the bars in Nagano City served from half a gou or more 😅. I guess it's a matter of quality control when you see the number of customers on a weekday in Ueda... I had it cold 🍶. The first aroma is enchanting and sweet. When you put it in your mouth, there is a hint of acidity and elegant sweetness. It tastes like a daiginjo. It was delicious 🐢✨️ The third picture is the brewery of Shinshu Kamerei located in Yanagi-cho on the old Hokkoku Kaido Road. The brewery currently produces about 500 koku of sake. The fourth picture is a limited new sake light nigori from the brewery 🐢. We stayed two nights in Ueda, so we were able to buy three bottles 😏.

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＠水橋

Good morning, Matsuchiyo 😃 It's a fantastic light nigori now 😍.

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まつちよ

Good morning @Mizuhashi 🌞. I didn't think it would be over in a week 😲. I hope you can do it again, just for the warehouse only.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi, Matsuchiyo-san 😃 We are also on a trip to Nagano today and we didn't have any plans on the way 😅 We stopped by Okazaki-san just to hang out! I bought a green label but I think it's another one?

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まつちよ

Good evening, J&N🍶. The green label one they are selling now is the one that isn't lightly tinted. I hear it tastes good too 😉.

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mizuo紅ひやおろし純米吟醸原酒

Tanaka Shuzouten Nagano

11/7/2025, 1:10:18 AM

KAKU.UCHI.

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This is Mizuo Hiyoroshi from Iiyama City. It was served cold 🍶. The first aroma is softly fruity and sweet. It has a light sweetness and a mild umami with a hint of richness in the mouth. Although it is a hiyaoroshi, it is quite delicious with a refreshing aftertaste 🍶✨️ The third and fourth pictures show the grave site of Nobuyuki Sanada, located across the Chikuma River from the site of the old battlefield of Kawanakajima. In the 2016 NHK Taiga Drama Sanadamaru, Hiroshi Oizumi played him aloof. It is located in Daibononji Temple, which was built on the site of the mansion where Nobuyuki Sanada lived after his retirement, but there is also a mausoleum at Sanadasan Chokokuji Temple, a family temple of the Sanada family near Matsudai Castle, so the official grave is believed to be there.

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