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Good evening, Choroki-san! You go there every year? That's nice. This was my second time. The blue sea and sky, the straight bridge, riding a bicycle was exhilarating 🥳.

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ジャイヴ

Good morning, Takashi! Shimanami Kaido cycling is so intoxicating 😁. I used to go there every year too before the Corona disaster 🚲️ It's been a while since I've seen pictures of the Seto Inland Sea and I'm glad too ✨. I wish I could take my kids there in the future too!

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Hi Takashi 😃 I went back and checked 400 check in ㊗️㊗️㊗️㊗️ congratulations 🎉Cycling with three guys 🚲 sounds nice 🤗 looks nice under the blue sky 😊.

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Thank you, Gyve 😊. Just as well, the weather was nice, but not too hot and comfortable 😉. We went from Omishima to Ikuchijima, had some ice cream and came back, but next time I would like to stay a little longer and do a long ride👍.

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Thank you Jay & Nobby 😊. I really wasn't planning on drinking this much on my upcoming trip 😅. I went 400 on the trip 😆. Maybe the alcohol isn't special, but it's also 👍.

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Congratulations to Takashi on your 400 check-ins: 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Looks like a nice day and a nice feeling 🚲️ It's nice to be a Kiri number in the middle of your trip! It's like the trip and the drinking continues 😊.

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Thank you, Pon 😊. For now, I'll just go with the flow for the 400 check-ins 😆. I think that's a good thing 😙. Thanks for being well, going places, eating and drinking with everyone 😄.

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Fusozuru純米

Kuwabarasakaba Shimane

11/5/2024, 11:35:42 PM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu (6) The fourth drink at Izakaya was Fusozuru Yellow in color. A little sourness, refreshing A little bitterness? Just as we were about to close the party, my wife and daughter called me. My wife and daughter called me to tell me that they had taken a picture of me in the daytime, but they didn't dress me in the right way, so we'll try again tomorrow morning 😱. In the morning, we took pictures at Izumo-taisha Shrine and headed for the Shimanami Sea Route.

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Oroku純米　超王祿★

Oroku Shuzo Shimane

11/5/2024, 11:30:14 PM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu⑤. The third drink at Izakaya was "Oroku" Honkaku I've had a different kind of Oroku before! In today's rather hard lineup, It has acidity and freshness. However, I drank at my daughter's house, drank at the izakaya, and got drunker and drunker: 😵‍💫 The third picture is the izakaya menu

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Hi, Takashi. I like the idea of drinking with your second son: ⤴️ I'd love to try some of the Oroku sake 🎵. I'm sure you had some trouble, but you had a great night enjoying the local sake as well 😊.

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Thank you, ma-ki-😊. I drank a little too much, lol. Of all the sake we drank that day, the Oroku was my favorite 😋. If you have a chance, please do!

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Tamasakura純米　五百万石

玉櫻酒造 Shimane

11/5/2024, 11:26:30 PM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu④. The second drink at Izakaya: Tamasakura Junmai Gohyakumangoku It looks a little yellow. But not too strong? It's refreshing and you can taste the rice flavor. The feeling on the tongue Not sweet or sour? It is recommended to be heated, but it can be served cold 🍶. The third one is Inasahama

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Sakemochida Honten Shimane

ヤマサン正宗誘一献特別純米

11/5/2024, 11:23:51 PM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu ③. After dinner at my daughter's house, I went out for a drink with my second son. A restaurant that serves a lot of Shimane's local sake. This restaurant is quite crowded 😳. First up Yamasan Masamune Inixin First time to drink this sake, Is it crisp and dry? I guess. and I can also feel the rice flavor. The third picture is not taken at an izakaya, but at my daughter's house.

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Jujiasahi

Asahi Shuzo Shimane

11/5/2024, 1:44:30 AM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu (2) A baby was born in September to my daughter who lives in Izumo (first grandchild), and I went to see her for the first time with my eldest son who lives in Tokyo. My wife was one step ahead with my second son who is on the Shimanami Kaido. It was a rare occasion for all of us to get together in Izumo, even though we don't all get together on New Year's Day. At this timing, we went to Izumo Taisha Shrine to visit the shrine. Near the Izumo soba noodle store was the Asahi Brewery of the Ten Rising Sun It's in a traditional shopping street. Tasting, 100 yen for 6 kinds😳. 1. Junmai Ginjo Asahi Asahi Sakonishiki Clear, dry, easy to drink! 2.Junmai Ginjo Yachihoko Brand name of Izumo-taisha Shrine's sacred sake Dry, maybe a little strong 3. Nakamachi Enishikaru (The Ten Rising Sun) It seems to be made by the people of Nakamachi shopping street. It seems to be made by people in Nakamachi shopping street. I guess it's between 1 and 2. 4.Junmai-shu Jyuhasahi Gohyakumangoku Slightly ricey, with a hint of sourness. 5. Junmai Kagamigusa (Omachi) It has acidity and a more robust impression. 6.Junmai Genshu Juhasuhi Even darker impression Overall, is it dry and refreshing? A firm impression? If I had to pick one, I'd say I prefer Yachihoko. I heard that during the month of Kamiarigetsu, the brewers are busy with various events at shrines and so on.

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Hello, Takashi-san. Congratulations on your grandson's shrine visit 🎉. And the neat sake activity is also quintessential ⤴️ I haven't had a chance to try Shimane sake, but it sounds like it would go well with a meal 😊.

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Thank you, ma-ki-😄. I don't really feel like I have grandchildren, but I'm meeting them for the first time and I was really looking forward to it 🥰. Sake in Shimane has suddenly increased since my daughter moved over there 🤣.

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Good evening, Takashi 😃. It's not the Godless month 😅I'm glad you have a big family gathering in Izumo 🤗I'd love to visit at least once 😌I admire your first meeting with your grandchildren ‼️ 🥹.

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Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😊. It was a rare and nice opportunity to get all the kids together since they now live in different places. It's frowned upon to say too much, My grandkids are too cute😍.

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Good evening, Mr. Takashi 🦉🦉. Congratulations on your grandson's shrine visit 🎉👶I guess the god of Izumo called your family all together, it was a nice celebration ✨The brewery of the Ten Rising Sun is located nearby 😳.

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Thank you, Pon 😊. It's not often we all get together so it was a great opportunity 😃. There was a brewery of Ten Asahi and a brewery of Izumo Fuji in the shopping street near the station in Izumo. (Izumo Fuji is closed) It was easy to get to since it was in the city 😄.

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土雲　

Itakura Shuzo Shimane

11/5/2024, 1:40:17 AM

Izumo - Shimanami - Takamatsu (1) To Izumo with my daughter Browsing for Shimane sake at a liquor store near my daughter's house. This liquor store has quite a variety of sake. Dohun Kouro Omachi (Sake from Itakura Sake Brewery in Tenshuu) It says "Please ask the staff at the cash register". What is it? 🤔 and it drew my interest and went to the cash register 😆. From Itakura Sake Brewery's website Dochigumo is a sake in which a similar phenomenon to that of Sakeru occurred. Lactic acid bacteria that would normally die when the alcohol content rises have a tolerance to alcohol, and instead of dying, they multiply and lactic acid fermentation occurs. It is not a sake that was born out of desire, but this sake has an appeal that seems to appeal to something." Apparently, if you think it's the usual Tenju, be careful, because it's not! When you drink it, you certainly get a strong sense of acidity 😖. Wine-like?　No 🥂 or a little different? It's unique. Not like sake, but it's a drink. It's still wine 🤔

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Kozaemonお米の力　ひだほまれ生酒

Nakajima Jozo Gifu

11/1/2024, 5:37:35 PM

When I was in Gifu on business, I was looking around for something to buy to take home, and Kozaemon caught my eye! What's this? Is it a raw sake made with out-of-quality rice? And it's called "the power of rice" and is made from 100% Hidahomare? And it's cheap? I was intrigued and bought it! When I drank it, it had a slight sourness. Fresh and delicious 😋. A little fruity Maybe I personally prefer it to the Kozaemon I drank before 😘(this one is cheaper though lol) After a day's travel, I drank the next one and found that the sweetness and sourness had increased 🤣 even more to my liking! The power of the rice? The power of the brewer?　I can feel the effort and skill of the brewer (I think so myself lol) I don't know, but it's delicious! I'm glad I brought it back from Gifu in my business backpack.

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Gokyo西都の雫純米吟醸

Sakai Shuzo Yamaguchi

10/30/2024, 2:13:33 PM

Yamaguchi alone drinking, go on. There are 6 or 7 more to go, but none of the breweries I've never had...which one to choose? Gobashi Junmai Ginjyo Saito no Shizuku I've had a few Gobashi, but this is my first time! Saigato-no-Shizuku and Yamadanishiki, 55% polished rice. This one has a sweetness first. A little fruity. But still not too sweet, gentle and easy to drink 😋. Really, they are all delicious 😘. I ordered KAWARA-Soba, but was told that it might be too much for one person, so I ordered half. I really could have had enough for two, but I had to save up 😝.

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Murashige Shuzo Yamaguchi

Kinkankuromatsu純米

10/30/2024, 2:11:27 PM

Also stayed at the new mountain mouth the night before Explore alone 😆 First time here What's on the menu here that I haven't had before? This one! Kinpaku Kuromatsu, my first time drinking it! Polishing ratio 75%, alcohol 16%. Sourness is felt at first. But it's still very refreshing. Not too sweet! Soft taste? Is this a little unusual taste? But it's delicious 😋. Maybe you can choose a meal to go with it 🤔. I keep thinking about what would go well with it, and I keep drinking and eating before my head 🤣🤣🤣

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Good morning, Takashi 😃. I can't stand my first local sake 🍶 at my first restaurant ☺️ I like Yamaguchi sake as well, but I'm curious to try Kin Kappa Kuromatsu as I've never had it before! Pairing it with local gourmet food is also intoxicating 😊.

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Thank you Aladdin 😊. I'm a bit nervous when I go to a new restaurant alone, but I'm excited that I might find a good sake 😋Kinkan Kuromatsu is a bit of a distinctive Yamaguchi sake in my opinion?

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Nagayamahonke Shuzojo Yamaguchi

Taka特別純米

10/26/2024, 10:49:24 PM

Lastly, Ki. Is this a refreshingly dry type? Good for a last drink. And it goes well with food. We also had nodoguro (northern sea bream). I heard that Yamaguchi prefecture has the largest catch of nodoguro, I didn't know 🤔. Now that I've started working in Yamaguchi, I think I'll be coming here from time to time. Looking forward to it 😋. But first, let's do our work well from now on today👍.

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Gangiみずのわ純米吟醸

Yaoshin Shuzo Yamaguchi

10/26/2024, 10:47:44 PM

Next is GANKI Yamadanishiki 50% polished This one also has a little sweetness. But this one has a bit more acidity. This one also goes smoothly. As usual, when I go with customers and talk with them, I can't take notes.., It's a bit weird.

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Sumikawa Shuzojo Yamaguchi

Toyobijin純米吟醸

10/26/2024, 10:45:22 PM

Last night, I had dinner with a customer in Yamaguchi. The customer said "Toyo Bijin might be more popular than Otters these days" (actually, I had a bottle the day before, but it was a dry one), We started with Toyo Bijin 😄. It's still sweet, fruity, and soft! Delicious! But if you want to drink it with a meal, it might be a little too sweet. I forgot the name of the dish that looks like a bear's paw! I've never tasted it before!

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Sumikawa Shuzojo Yamaguchi

Toyobijin純米吟醸　大辛口

10/25/2024, 4:54:32 PM

I better not drink too much tonight because tomorrow is the first time I'm going to visit a client. I'm not sure if I should have one more drink 😣. I have so many things to drink.., But I'll go with this one! Toyo Bijin Dai-Saraguchi This one is also made from 55% polished Yamadanishiki rice, 16% alcohol. Toyo Bijin, I have an image of a strong sweet flavor, but what is a "big dry"? I'm curious 🤨. Is this one more refreshing than Harada? The Toyo Bijin I drank before was sweet, so I thought (assumed?) that Toyo Bijin was firmly sweet. Is it because this one is dry? Clear and refreshing sake with a soft sweetness, also delicious 😋. But! Yamaguchi's sake is of a high level (though I haven't had enough to say so 😝 ) However, the deep-fried whale fish that I ordered because I was in Yamaguchi was better than the one I had in the past (elementary school lunch)? LOL (sorry!) Maybe it's just an image 😜. But still, drinking good sake makes you happy? LOL!

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原田純米吟醸

Hatsumomiji Yamaguchi

10/25/2024, 4:52:08 PM

Working in Yamaguchi from tomorrow to the day after tomorrow. So, I'm staying overnight before work today. When I go to Shimonoseki, I stay in Kokura, but tomorrow I will be in Shin Yamaguchi, so I will stay there the night before. Since I'm staying there, I decided to do a little scouting and exploring on my own. I went to a store near the hotel, I primped up with beer and started out with..., Harada, my first drink 😙. Yamada Nishiki 55% polished rice, 16% alcohol! This sake is sweet and tasty, but refreshing! Delicious 😋. A little fruity and soft. A dangerous one that goes down smoothly! Delicious, but I've never seen Harada in my neighborhood (I think, I could be missing it) Where is it sold? If they sell it, it's a tasty one I'd like to drink once in a while😘.

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Good morning, Takashi 😃. Thanks for your business trip to Yamaguchi 😌It's nice to drink local sake 🍶😊Harada-san! I'd like to try one but I've never seen it 🥲I wonder where it is sold 🤔.

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Thank you Jay & Nobby 😊. Drinking on the road is a bit of a treat 😄 Yes, I'm sure that's true. I don't remember seeing Harada at the liquor store, something I want to stock up on in very small quantities,,

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Kitaya大吟醸　特醸

Kitaya Fukuoka

10/24/2024, 10:48:15 PM

My oldest son got married last month in a hurry! 😳 Her parents came from Saga to visit us in Yokohama at the beginning of September and greeted us for the first time. A few days after that, my son and girlfriend contacted me to join the registry! (She was very particular about the date of the registry.) Ehhhhh! 🤯 In such a hurry? Are you sure you want to make all kinds of arrangements and stuff~? I was like... After that, their parents sent me a bottle of sake and my wife a bottle of shochu, saying that they had taken care of us when we went to Yokohama. Kitaya Daiginjo Tokuso First time to drink it. The father on the other side is now in Saga, but his hometown seems to be Hakata. Yamada Nishiki is polished to 35%. You can feel the sweetness of the rice quite well! Beautiful sake! It's like a daiginjo-ish? Delicious 😋. Wishing my son and his wife happiness as we sipped our sake 🍶. We also got some nice seaweed from Saga and picked some up, which was also delicious 😋.

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アラジン

Congratulations to Takashi on the marriage of his son 💍💒㊗️ A very angry turn of events! Fact is stranger than fiction 😄. Your son is lucky to have a caring father-in-law who can gift each couple with a bottle of sake: ☺️

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Thank you Aladdin 😊. It just so happened that our wedding anniversary and theirs were two days apart, and they wanted to make the middle day their wedding anniversary. Thank you for everything ✨

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Good morning, Takashi! Congratulations on the marriage of your first son 🎉. Even the reason why you rushed to register is too good to be true✨. Your child's marriage. It must be very emotional for you: ☺️ Congratulations to you and your family 😊.

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Thank you very much, ma-ki-😊. Lots of joy and even more worry (overcoming?). I'm so glad to hear that 😆😆. At any rate, my son's wife drinks a lot, so it's good to have more drinking companions lol

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マル

Hi Takashi 😊 Congratulations on the marriage of your son 🎉㊗️ Lovely date. Three happy days for you and your three couples.

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ひなはなママ

Hi, Takashi 😃and congratulations on the marriage of your children🎊🍾㊗️ I'm sure you were surprised by the sudden turn of events, but I'm glad if it's such a happy surprise☺️ I wish you a wonderful and happy married life💐.

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Good evening, Takashi 😃. A young couple with energy and speed is reliable 🤗Congratulations on your son's marriage 🎉I'm glad you have more daughters who can drink 🥹.

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Thank you, Maru 😊. Yes, I know, lol. It would be efficient and fun to celebrate with all 3 groups together! I think 🤣! But the problem is that it's a bit far away 🥺.

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Thank you very much, HinaHanaMama 😊. Really, it took about half a month to get the call that the other side's parents were coming over to join the registry! 😱. But I think it was for the best 😆😆😆😆. The important thing is from now on! I want to keep an eye on them casually!

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Thank you Jay & Nobby 😊. I don't think they think about anything? I sometimes think they don't think about it, but they seem to be thinking about it in their own way 🤔. I'm just trying not to say too much and invite them out for a drink and watch over them. lol

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Takashi, congratulations on your son's wedding 🎉💍. I know it must be hard but it's a happy sudden thing 😊and more people to drink with 😉👍The sake and seaweed from Kyushu are so delicious that there is no reason why they can't go together ❣️

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Thank you, Pon 😊. Really, such a sudden development in about half a month😱⛷️ I feel like 😅 More family, more drinking partners, maybe more toasts 🍶🍻🥂😁.

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Ooyatakashi Shuzo Kanagawa

Shoryuhoraiきもと純米　山田錦75　槽場直詰無濾過生原酒

10/20/2024, 11:28:20 PM

I bought it to compare with Zanso Horai. Shoryu Horai Fresh!　A little sweetness Soft sourness A little bit of schwarziness 🫧 Freshness Delicious 😋. Very different from Zanso Hourai. Indeed, the alcohol content, sake level, and rice polishing ratio are different! And this Shoryu Hourai is unfiltered raw sake. I thought we were going to compare the sake, but the choice of combination this time was too obviously different...? Both of them were delicious 🤔. Still, if I had to say which one I prefer, I would say I prefer the Shoryu Hourai 😘.

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Good evening, Mr. Takashi 😃. I would like to try a bottle of Zanso Hourai but I didn't know there are two kinds of Hourai and Shoryu Hourai 😅I'm learning a lot 🤗I want to drink both of them 😙.

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Thank you Jay & Nobby 😊. Depending on what you drink, I have a feeling Jay & Nobby won't dislike it (based on your post, lol). I would love to try the Zanso Hourai as well as the Shoryu Hourai! 😋

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Ooyatakashi Shuzo Kanagawa

Zarusohoraiひやおろし　限定品特別純米

10/20/2024, 11:24:20 PM

Sometimes, I think about drinking a local Kanagawa sake because I have to. This time, it was Zanso Hourai. I thought I'd buy a bottle of Zanzou Hourai, but I saw Shoryu Hourai next to it at the liquor store, so I suddenly decided to buy both to compare them 🧐 and bought it. First, Zanzo-Hourai Hiyoshi Oroshi. It's a light and dry type? It's refreshing, with a slight bitterness. The refreshing taste is more noticeable when the sake is cold, and you can taste the rice flavor more when it is at room temperature. But in any case, "refreshing" is the most fitting word! Basically, Zanzou Horai is a fast brewer, while Shoryu Horai is a sake brewer. Next, let's go to Shoryu Horai!

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Hakkaisan特別本醸造

Hakkai Jozo Niigata

10/20/2024, 6:47:53 AM

Yesterday was our high school reunion, which we have been doing every five years for some time now. More than 200 people from the same year gathered at a hotel near Yokohama Station. The first and second meetings were set up, but there was no end to the conversation, so we went to izakaya (Japanese-style pub) individually at the end (with different members than usual). Since we had been eating Western food so far, we decided to have some Japanese sake as well. Hakkaisan Clear, light and dry. I think it had a sharpness to it... Already had too much 😂. We meet often in small groups, but it's fun to meet as a whole! Next time is in 5 years! I'm getting to the age where I'm like 🤣.

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Hello, Takashi! It's nice to see you at the alumni reunion: ⤴️ It's strange how alumni can bring you back to those days in an instant 🎵. It must have been a really good time until the third party. ☺️

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Thank you ma-ki-😊. I've been a hard working transferee 🤣 so we lost touch for a long time, but once we started seeing each other, it was a lot of fun 😄Thanks for all the things and people 🥰.

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Hi Takashi 🐦. It was like a reunion with the cards being placed saying 5 groups 😆 And that's a big crowd of 200 people 😳. Makes me think I need to go too 😁.

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Thank you, Pon 😊. Depending on the time of day, we go to the 3rd grade class tag seats, to the 2nd grade class! and then we move and gather around the table. Otherwise it's hard to find them 🤣. Thanks to everyone for the fun ✨

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QA（クエ）　無印原酒生酒無濾過

Miyake Shuzo Hyogo

10/15/2024, 9:12:35 PM