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AAJIAAJI
学生時代から日本酒に親しみ、2021年1月で112の蔵元の酒を呑んでます。残念ながら味は何となくしか覚えていません。まあ、昔とは味わいも変わっているので、飲み直しをぼちぼちしたいと思ってます。北海道から沖縄県の全県制覇完了。コスパの良い酒、たまには少し高めの酒探してます　2025年半ばでやっと令和3年に有る全国の1164蔵元のうち225蔵元の酒と出会いました。2025年8月25日現在480銘柄達成

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Senkin
10(17.24%)
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4(6.9%)
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4(6.9%)
Shikizakura
3(5.17%)
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3(5.17%)

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The origins of the sake you've drunk are colored on the map.
Tochigi
13(10.16%)
Kumamoto
10(7.81%)
Yamagata
9(7.03%)
Fukushima
7(5.47%)
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6(4.69%)

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Dassai無濾過純米大吟醸 磨き三割九分　槽場汲み
Asahi ShuzoYamaguchi
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Re-tested after being caught in a physical exam. The location was the liver. I was afraid that I might not be able to drink alcohol if something happened to me, so I took a CT scan. Thanks to my daily devotion, there was no abnormality. No abnormalities were found. So we celebrated with a toast.　　　　　　　Otters were a gift from my sister and her husband.　　　　　　　　　　　　It was born out of an effort to bring home freshly squeezed sake from the brewery twice a year. When I opened the bottle, I heard a slight popping sound. The taste is like condensed honey, and the lingering aftertaste is also swelling and disappearing with a regrettable aftertaste. I reevaluated my evaluation. I didn't know otters were this good.
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Hanamura純米大吟醸　山田錦
Ryozeki ShuzoAkita
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2:30 in the car for yacht maintenance, 1 hour of yacht plane running, 40 minutes of stalling and drifting, 40 minutes of being towed. First Hana Yuu at the liquor store on the way home after a tiring healing process. Fire-aged after bottling, aromatic, elegant and mellow. It's a typical "THE Yamadanishiki". The aroma was one of the strongest among them. 4gou bottle, 3,053 yen.
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ちぇすたー
Good evening AAJI😃. Thank you for your hard work on the yacht maintenance💦. I'm sure Hanamup is delicious and soaks into your tired body 😊. I thought Hanamup in a 4-gouup bottle was an urban legend, but I see that you guys are getting a lot 😅.
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Good evening, AAJI! Yacht maintenance is such a big job 😲. Thanks for your hard work🍀. I got Hanamup's Yamadanishiki this week too 🤗. I heard that you can also enjoy the aroma of the sake, so I will enjoy that too 😋.
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Thank you very much. The liquor store I went to today seems to have it in stock about once a year. I stopped by for the first time in a long time because of information from a former colleague with whom I exchange sake information. There are other interesting brands and the enjoyment has increased. Thank you!
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MA-KI- Good evening. The yacht is a 35 year old grandmother, so sometimes she is in a bad mood. I enjoy including that. I think Yamada Nishiki will be one of the things that will live up to your expectations. It has the taste of a good, typical Yamadanishiki 😊.
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Gasanryu影の伝説　山田錦　無濾過純米原酒
Shindo ShuzotenYamagata
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Grilled cheese bought at a product exhibition in Hokkaido. So, I had it with Gazanryu, which I opened 12 days ago. I think it is made with new Yamagata yeast, but it seems to be more like "Koroh Daiginjo," which is the pride of Kumamoto. It has a calm fruity aroma and a hint of acidity. The lingering aftertaste slowly fades away. This change was a bit unexpected. I can't quit opening it for a day. The downside is that I've opened it a little too long, so I can't remember what it tasted like the last time 😅.
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My son came home to attend a wedding. He has been educated to be a gifted sake drinker, but he seemed to like it. When you put it in your mouth, the aroma is like cemedine (in a good way). It has a sweet and sour taste at first, but later you can feel the spiciness, which is hard to describe. I like the aftertaste. It's like AKABU, but AKABU. It is no less than delicious.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, AAJI 😃. It's good to have your son back home to enjoy the gifted 🍶 with you 🤗. I bet it's delicious ‼️ because it's akabu 🥰.
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. I gave him a variety of sake for about 10 years, starting with a 20 year old Daiginjo from Kikusui or something like that. I'm glad that you thought of the sake gift for me 😊.
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Kozaemon大吟醸　　あさひの夢
Nakajima JozoGifu
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Touring the sake corner of a drugstore (Cosmos), I found this sake for 1,106 yen with a 30% discount. I looked it up on the Internet and found that it was from a brewery that has a good reputation in Gifu Prefecture. The name "Asahi" was the same as my grandson's name. I had no choice but to buy it. So we drank it. The rice used is rice rice to keep costs down. It has a mild aroma of pineapple and feels soft. The internet says it is characterized by sweetness, but it does not seem so sweet. It is sold by a major sake brewer (more like a sake manufacturer?). The sake is not comparable to the daiginjos sold by major breweries (more like sake makers?) that are sold with unknown rice. The cosmos I go to has a changeover and last year's crop was on sale, so it will continue to be a target for my patrol. 😊
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Amber 8 days after opening. Surprisingly, only half full, but when I opened the cork, I heard a "pop" The light, gentle flavor is still there. Melon type aroma. The aftertaste, yappari, AKABU is wonderful. Today we are having Chinu (black sea bream) with aqua pazza.
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ちぇすたー
Good evening AAJI🌝. It is a delicious sake, isn't it? The taste is a little bit subdued for AKABU, but it has a good balance of sweetness, flavor, and acidity.
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Good evening, Mr. Chesta. The delicious Amber is empty, so Monster is waiting for me next. The superb Nozan that I bought for the celebration is also sitting in the refrigerator. I can't stop being excited. 😊
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Masaaki　Sapporo
Good evening, AAJI 😃Amber, I couldn't buy it this year because of the stock, but it still looks delicious 😋I'm interested in both Monster and the very best Nozan 😆.
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Masaaki Sapporo-san Good morning. I was lucky this year. I started going to this sake shop last year and I am happy to see that they have a wide variety of sake such as AKABU, Sohno-Kangiku, Kawanakajima, Tasake, Ohroku, and many more. I'm glad they have a good selection of sake 😊.
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Gasanryu影の伝説　無濾過純米原酒　山田錦
Shindo ShuzotenYamagata
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It is said that this brand is only available at a few liquor stores, even among special distributors. This liquor store is particularly strong in Yamagata Prefecture, so it was possible to buy it. It had just arrived. My "sense of smell" for sake led me to this sake shop today 😅 Reasonably priced sake made in the tanks after the bag hanging for the sake competition. (Less than half the price of a Daiginjo) Good naming too.　　　　The melon aroma fills the mouth. The lingering aftertaste is also very pleasant. Slightly dry. The white ratio is 60, so it is actually a junmai ginjo. Today, there are 13 breweries and 30 brands in Yamagata Prefecture, but this was the first time for Shindo Sake Brewery. The level of Yamagata Prefecture is amazing. Today we enjoyed it with sashimi of shibi tuna and chinu (bluefin bream in eastern Japan).　4-goupe bottle: 2,090 yen
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello AAJI 😃 A "sense of smell" for alcohol and liquor stores is one of the necessary skills for the inhabitants of the sake world 🤗. Legend of shadows...it's so rare!
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Jay & Nobby Good evening. My favorite liquor stores? I have four favorite liquor stores, each of which has its own unique flavor, so I make the rounds. I enjoy the conversation and new information when I say "that was delicious". Thank you very much!
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This is the first Hirotogawa Special Junmai in a while.　It is brewed with 55% polished Yumenokou rice, which is a rice suitable for sake brewing produced in Fukushima Prefecture, and TM-1 yeast, which was developed in Fukushima Prefecture. The aroma in the mouth is soft and gentle, with a banana-like flavor. It has a refreshing taste, and the deliciousness of the rice spreads in the mouth. Today, I served it with a side dish of satsuma-age (fried fish cake) given to me by my sister, which was delicious and inexpensive.　　　It is delicious and inexpensive: 1,650 yen for a 4-goupe bottle. Hirotogawa Tokubetsu Junmai is the best in terms of cost!
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Koimari Sakiすみやま　純米吟醸
Koimari ShuzoSaga
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Sumiyama Sumiyama Junmai Ginjo, opened 40 days ago, is made from local contract sake rice, "Saganohana" from the Sumiyama district. It seems to have become drier than when we first drank it. The sweet and sour aroma is still there. The gassy feeling is gone. It seems to have changed to something else, but this may be a good thing. We are rearranging the fridge to secure new sake...
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Today is the 16th night of the year, and I opened a bottle of Sentoku three months ago. There are only two sake breweries in Miyazaki Prefecture: Sentoku Shuzo and Unkai Shuzo, which mainly produces shochu. It tasted like the sake of 40 years ago. It is subtle, but it is good for remembering nostalgia. It is not bad, but it is not tasty either, so I am sorry to say that I will use it as a cooking sake. Shuubai, which I chose for the sake comparison, retains the traditional flavor, but is dry and goes in easily.
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I'm working today, coughing from pneumonia, to finish the interim closing. (I didn't feel like it had been that long.) I opened a 32-day-old samorosugi and an 11-day-old Atago no matsu, both of which have a melon aroma. The samorosugi is a modern type with a melon type aroma that spreads and is not hectolithic. I have been putting it off because I thought it was too good to be true. All of them are delicious. Atago no Matsumatsu Junmai Daiginjo Hakutsuru Nishiki is more acidic and has a classical aroma like Yamadanishiki. It is not a "moon-viewing cup of sake," but it was enjoyable.
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AKABU琥珀 　純米吟醸
赤武酒造Iwate
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Today was a good day. I went to buy weekend liquor and found Amber and Monster. I bought both. I will drink the Amber today.　I went to buy some snacks and found a natural sea bream for sashimi for some reason for less than 700 yen. The soft taste spreads on the palate. The lingering aftertaste seems to disappear with a sense of regret. It is a sake with a somewhat autumnal flavor.　　　　　　　　Confidence in calling it junmai ginjo even though the white ratio is 50%? My wife also liked it.　AKABU is one of my favorite breweries. There are two more AKABUs in the fridge waiting for their turn. It is still delicious.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening AAJI 😃. You can buy 2 bottles of Mr. Akabu! You can also get ate for less ‼️ it's a good day 🤗 I'm glad you still have 2 bottles left ☺️ to feel the autumn🍂 with the deliciousness of the amber 😃.
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Jay & Nobby Good evening, Monster seems to have a fixed price, but it was not a hurdle for me at all, as I could buy it after buying another bottle of AKABU. I have 5 liquor stores where I can buy local sake from other prefectures, so I am making the rounds 😊.
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Worked until 10pm (interim closing), had a glass of Chiyozono Shuubai (Junmai-shu) opened 4 days ago, served with ham loin. It seems to be spicier than 4 days ago. It has a gentle hint of aroma and a nice lingering aftertaste. It reminded me of the Shuubai sake I had 40 years ago. I feel that this brewery has the same "core spirit" even if the owner and toji have changed. It never blurs 😊.
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The second volume. At the time of this book, I liked Umeshiki from Ehime, Tasake from Aomori, Eikofuji from Yamagata, Urakasumi from Miyagi, Wakatake Onikoroshi from Shizuoka, Kamoizumi from Hiroshima, Window Plum from Saga, Koroh and Chiyoen Shubai from Kumamoto.
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I am not drinking sake today. This is the book that got me into sake 42 years ago. It was my "Sake Textbook. Sake breweries that are still popular. Some breweries are not so popular today, but they still exist. There are many kinds of sake breweries. I know the picture is not so good, but if you have time, it is for your reference. I could upload only 4 photos. The first one
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Kumamoto Sake Reflection #2: Soinier from Tongjun Shuzo. Mild and full, this one is a modern type, unlike the more classic Chiyozonoen. This one is also perfect with Hwang Hata. I would like to try this one warmed up. 300ml 671yen
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Recently, I had been drinking only sake produced in Kumamoto Prefecture by the Hananoka Shuzo brewery. It was the first sake produced in Japan after World War II that was made with junmai (pure rice) sake. It is the representative brand of Chiyozonoen. Chiyozonoen's Shuubai refers to Junmai sake. Several decades ago, Mr. Tadahiko Hozumi (brother of Takanobu Hozumi of "Seki Kuzushi" fame and sake critic) and I happened to meet the predecessors of the couple at a small restaurant, where I told them I always read their articles and received a 2-goupe bottle. I remember reading your articles all the time and remember getting a two-pack of it. It was perfect with yellow grouper sashimi. 300ml 642yen
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening AAJI 😃. We too have Kumamoto sake 🍶 almost exclusively from our birthplace 😅. But there is a sake brewery with such a long history! And with a memory of awesome encounters 🤗 I'd like to try it 😋.
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AAJI
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. I borrowed Tadahiko Hozumi's notebook and asked him if I could have his autograph. 😅 Some of the breweries have good food.
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Atagonomatsu純米大吟醸　白鶴錦
Niizawa JozotenMiyagi
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It was the first "Atago no Matsu". The rice is Hakutsuru Shuzo Hakutsuru Nishiki, which seems to have increased recently. It is more mature than my favorite Hakurakusei. It is drier than Hakurakusei, with a lingering acidity. （The comparison is San-do 2024 Homasu Shi-no-Sozo, which was opened about two weeks ago but still has a gaseous feel to it. The taste is alternating. I enjoy it with flounder mignonette as a snack. Hakutsuru-nishiki" may not be a good sake rice for me, but it goes well with yogurt.　But it is amazing that it goes well with yogurt.
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Ohhhh... Synchronized 🤣🍶✨✨
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Buried in the fridge?　Shikizakura Junmai Ginjo It had been 5 months since I opened the bottle because there were too many first time sakes to drink. To be honest, some of them were a little different from my taste. I found it to be a slightly dry and mellow type of sake. It still had a refreshing taste with a good acidity. This sake tasted good enough, but I bought too many sake that I was interested in at the Hananoka Sake Brewery's festival. 😅
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