Higu
Looking back.
Walking in Utsunomiya 🚶 and having a drink 🍶. No point in walking, but for drinking 🤭.
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SakenowaRecord your sake experiences and discover your favorites
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Hououbiden赤判 純米大吟醸 かすみ無濾過生
青赤生姜
Sake with exquisite acidity and flavor. Tochigi sake is exceptional when drunk in Tochigi!
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青赤生姜
Juicy and pineapple-like. In a way, it's great to have this in a buckwheat noodle restaurant.
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Hanging out with Mr. Shinshin SY in Utsunomiya🐾
Part 2
Next up... we had Jikkomai, which we were worried about 😚 We were told it was fire-brewed, but it has a pizzazz like a ramune ‾♪ Clear, light sweetness and a hint of bitterness, with a nice sharpness on the back of the mouth ‾♪
It was a bit slow, wasn't it?
Let's head to the station once 🚌.
Sake tasting and selling at the station is a big success ❕.
Let's just take in the aroma and atmosphere of sake here... and hurry to the LRT station. 🚶➡️🚶♀️➡️
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Shinshin SY stopped by Utsunomiya before the class meeting🐾Thanks for the opportunity to join us 🤭The
We will meet up with J&N later, but for now, we decided to enjoy Sake and Soba 😋.
We both agreed that something fruity would be good, so I chose Genmai💕Waka-Danna said, "Here is the freshly squeezed sake! He poured it into our cups.
It has a sweet and delicious mouthfeel similar to melon or pineapple, with a light and soft mouthfeel and a clean aftertaste.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Kotori 😃.
Great course Utsunomiya guide! Thank you 🤗
Kura-san and your hita-hita phantom dance is a good start👍.
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ことり
Good evening, Jay and Nobby 🐥.
It's nice to get to know other SAKEWA members so well 😚If I hadn't taken the LRT, I would have taken the Megada-san course while strolling around 🤭I was smitten with the delicious sake that was so full of flavor 🤭.
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しんしんSY
What should we have for the second drink?
Sake no Wa Tomo requested Jikin!
I was thinking of Tochigi Shu Ona, but the manager explained that Jikin was Aizan, and that it had just arrived, so I changed my mind to Jikin too!
I'm so glad I made the switch!
It's a fresh, chili-flavored sake!
It is also fruity!
After the first meeting, we went to visit a liquor store before the second meeting!
In the concourse of Utsunomiya station, there was a sake brewery tasting and selling sake!
Sonoike Sake Brewery, which we visited the other day, was also there!
Ununfortunately, I didn't get a chance to see them.
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol content: 15.5
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しんしんSY
It was around midnight last night when I got home from Hakodate due to heavy snow!
Today, I have a class meeting at Moka Junior High School from 6:00 p.m.
Class meeting
Since it's a good opportunity, let's go to Utsunomiya!
I learned about a good restaurant from a friend of mine who is a sake drinker, so I met someone who would like to join us for the first time!
First of all, we had a light drink at a soba noodle restaurant where we could have a lunchtime drink!
My favorite restaurant, Kaygetsu!
cel24
Fruity and very nice!
Sake no Wa Tomo went to Genmai!
The new sake sounded great!
We talked about sake for a while!
drinking sake while sipping buckwheat noodles!
Isn't it nice?
Surprisingly, this was only my third time at Kaygetsu.
extensive knowledge
Rice / Gin-no-Yume or Yamadanishiki (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio / 50%.
Alcohol content/15%.
Sake meter / -4
Acidity／1.4
Amino Acidity／1.0
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The week after the Tochigi Prefectural Meeting, Tsubu-chan told me that her (daughter's) school festival was going to be held at an event hall in town 🎸 and she wanted to sneak out to see it.... We took the opportunity to go with her 😃 and had our long-awaited lunch with Soba noodles and Kamojiru Soba (Soba with duck soup).
Next up was something I'd never had before 😚 My first Kaiun was [Uraiun].
The aroma of koji (malted rice) rises in the air, and it has a mild feeling as if it was aged in cold storage. The aroma of koji aroma and the sweetness of a melon-like drop 😌As a side dish, I had kinpira (daikon radish's peel) with sesame oil and spicy hawk's claw 🤭We left the soba restaurant tipsy...
We were told that we could watch the event in general without being a parent or guardian, so we finally went to the event site 🎸.
Greetings to Tsubu-chan's daughter (Tsubu-mi-chan) 😳Wow ❕I was so excited to see [cool and cute] Tsubu-mi-chan who looked like she came out of a cartoon 😍I guess that's what I mean by "stunning" 🥰The stage was filled with cheers and cheers 🎶I was so impressed by her effort to play with the band 🎉I was so impressed by her performance! I'm so glad you enjoyed the show 🥹.
Tsubu ❕I had a great time 😉.
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ポンちゃん
Hello, Kotori-san 🐦!
I love the feeling of freedom that comes with daytime drinking! And even better if it's with good friends 😊.
I heard that Tsubumi's stage performance was cool too ✨It was a fun day 🎶.
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Good evening, Pon-chan.
I was so happy to see you here. I could taste it 🤭🤩Tsubumi, you were so bright 🤩I'm sure my parents would cry 😭I'm really thankful for the connection of [sake no karma] 🥹.
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つぶちゃん
Good morning, Kotori!
We were getting a lot of glances from the other guests 🤣were you girls out on a weekday afternoon? We were toasting with sake together 🥂✨It was a great feeling 😆.
And then the school festival! Thank you for giving a shout out to Tsubumi with us 💞.
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ことり
Hey there, Tsubu, good morning to you too 🐥.
You're right, every time I toasted you, you glanced at me 👀😆.
Tsubumi 💕I think your beautiful smile when you smile shyly is just like Tsubu-chan's 🤭You'll have to work harder for your graduation!
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The week after the Tochigi Prefectural Meeting, Tsubu-chan told me that her (daughter's) school festival was going to be held at an event hall in town 🎸 and she wanted to sneak out to watch.... We took the opportunity to go with her 😃 and had our long-awaited lunch of drinking and eating Soba noodles with Kamojiru Soba soup.
The freshness of the soba noodles is very pleasant to the taste buds. It has a melon-like fruity taste 😚 and the bitter taste is good too 💕It was so delicious that I wanted to gobble it up!
It's great to have a lunchtime drink with soba noodles with sake friends ❕.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Kotori 😃
Lunchtime drinking with sake friends is the best 🤗
Tsumami, Soba and Tobiroki 😍I can't stand it!
Kura! I wish I could go back 😊.
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Hi Jay & Nobby 🐥.
We were the only ones drinking at the lunch time 🤣 we had a great time, like an extension of the Kenmin-kai ❕ the atmosphere at Kura is great 😌 Someday we will have a Kenmin-kai lunch time at Kura...✨
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つぶちゃん
Good evening, Kotori 😄♪
We had a fun lunch drink & soba lunch ♡♡😆.
The drinks and the soba were both delicious and great😍!
Thanks for inviting me 🥰.
Prefectural party at Kura ✨great 😊.
I want to go back 😘.
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ことり
Good morning, Tsubu-chan 🐥.
I know this post is a bit out of chronological order, but every time you post it, I remember the scenes and conversations and giggle 🤭I think I've never been so happy and happy 💕Let's go back to hanging out in the city or something 😉.
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なのは(名芭）
Tochigi Prefectural Association 0th meeting
It is the 0th meeting with Higu-san, a regular event of the Kenmin-kai.
After walking
We stopped for a little bit to rehydrate.
Soba Kura.
The sake lineup here is also wonderful.
It's been a long time since I've had Tobiroki!
Fruity sweetness and good acidity.
It is so well-balanced that it is too good. The taste is stable without being unpleasant.
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Higu
Indeed, dry~.
We had a little bit of it at the restaurant.
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Higu
I was having a drink in the afternoon.
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Higu
Hanami sake after Hanami.
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Higu
Toast Festa with Tochigi's Sake, the second preparatory event. Although it is a "super karakuchi sake," it is a summer sake with a clean, crisp taste that is perfect with a meal.
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なのは(名芭）
Toast Festa with Local Sake
Warming up
Soba noodle restaurant, a standard lunchtime drink.
Despite the fact that we have a big event coming up at night,
drinking all day long.
It was delicious.... ( ˊIncluding the)
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なのは(名芭）
Toast Festa with Local Sake
Warming up
Soba noodle shop, a staple for lunchtime drinking.
The previous day's Nabeshima was delicious, again.
And the second drink!
Kamo Kanehide!
A summery, crisp flavor.
The flavor is fresh, but the umami spreads out.
It has a nice sharpness, so you can enjoy it easily.
It also has a bit of bitterness.
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AmabukiPINK LADY ROSE SAKE
ジェイ&ノビィ
Drinking out on Saturday ③.
The last thing I ordered was Amabuki's Pink Lady🤗I thought it looked rosé and sweet delicious, but the color of ancient rice made it refreshing and delicious too😋.
When I was about to pay the bill after having curry nanban to finish, they poured me a glass of Kaygetsu CEL24 as a service 🥹No - it was a nice restaurant 😊I would like to come back again ‼️
After that, we decided to go together to the favorite restaurant of the person we became friends with! We were talking after having HI-RIKI lemon and motsu for the first time in a while here, and we were the last customers 😚.
Ahhhh, it was a day of drinking and eating! It was a day of eating and drinking 🤤.
When we looked at the timetable to take the bus 🚌 back home, it was the last bus at 10:00 and there were only 10 minutes left! The three of us were talking while waiting in the cold, but no matter how long we waited, the bus never came ☹️ or rather, not a single bus went by 🤔.
We decided to take a Taxi to go back home! I asked the taxi driver if there was something wrong with the 10:00 bus, and he said, "Sir, it's 11:30, aren't you sure you're on the right time? I looked at my ⁉️ clock and sure enough... that means I was complaining about waiting in the cold for a bus that never came.
I'm sure you're drunk, aren't you? I had a good laugh about it! We had a good time drinking outside 🤣.
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みやび
Hi Jay & Nobby😊.
I didn't know you could do a rosé-like marriage!
This is a great drink that I'm very interested in!
...φ(...) I'll make a note of it!
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ぼうすけ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby!
Good job from walking during the day to waiting for the bus 🚌 at midnight... tough!
Glad you still have the thought to switch to a taxi🚕😆.
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アラジン
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃.
When we think of you two walking, we think of drinking! I know 😁.
I can't wait to see your delicious looking 🍶 and snacks starting with 🥟🍻 🍶 🥟🍻 🍶.
It's perfect with a witty ending 🤣 looking forward to the next J&N Walking Leme 😊.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. You have a great assortment of sake at your buckwheat noodle restaurant with all different tastes. Is maitake mushroom tempura a staple at soba restaurants in Tochigi and Gunma? It's a nice walk with new drinking buddies 😆.
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ことり
Jay & Nobby, good evening 😊I hope you enjoyed your day at the long-awaited Sobagura and the Sake-no-wa Prefecture invitation 🤣I hope you enjoyed your day 🤭I want to go for a lunchtime drink while there is still some Tengabuki left 🚌The boiled leek with egg yolk is also good 🤗.
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ワカ太
Jay & Nobby, Good evening 😃It was a very nice outing 😆👍You drank a lot of different drinks, gave the readers a realistic feeling, and ended with a laugh ✨.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀.
That was a fun drinking session 😀.
You must have sobered up waiting for the bus in the cold after finishing up with the Pink Lady of Amabuki ❓🤣.
I hope you don't catch a cold 🙏.
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さしゅー
Jay & Nobby The pink color of ancient rice really looks like rosé (^o^) I once had a sake made from ancient rice at the local Zao sake brewery, and it was rosé! It's perfect for spring, isn't it? And the last punchline is too funny!
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Rafa papa
Good morning Jay & Nobby😃.
You must have enjoyed the dumplings 🥟 and yakitori 🐓 soba noodles 🍜 motsu nimono 🍖 so much that you lost track of time 🤣 I hope you had a great time 😁.
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遥瑛チチ
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃.
I didn't know that was the way to go.
I'll be careful, I'm about to do that too 😆.
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pyonpyon
Hi Jay & Nobby 👋😃It sounds like a fun weekend of drinking 😁💨💨 Please just take care of your cold ❤️ Junmai Daiginjo is served 🎵Nice place~❤️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Miyabi 😃
It seems that brewing with ancient rice gives it a unique rosé color! It was our first time to drink it, but if you see it, please give it a try 👋.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello, Bousuke 😃.
It's about the usual walk from my house to the station, but walking in the city is weirdly tiring 💦 I didn't drink that much 🤔 I think I drank too much of my last Hi-Liquid and lost sight of time 😅.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Aladdin 😃
You are right! It's walking to put alcohol in your system. I think I'll call it "alu-ku (walking)" for short 🤗Something will happen J&N😅.
Next time "Won't you join us all next time?" Enjoy 👋
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko 😃
I was hoping to see a shot of the sake 😓 but they certainly had a good selection! I was hoping to 😓but there were some sakes that were not on the wall menu and they certainly had a good selection 🤗.
Maitake mushroom tempura is a staple around here! It's fun to see the saké spread 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Kotori 😃
I really wanted to go there so I left on Saturday afternoon! It really turned out to be an unexpectedly rich and enjoyable outing 🤗I would love to revisit to get other dishes like tsumami and soba noodles 😊I'd love to join you next time!
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hey, Mr. Wakata 😃.
No, really! It was too much fun drinking outside 🤗I was still basking in the afterglow the next morning 😚I thought I had to put all three up at once ‼️ 😊I hope you enjoyed it 🤗.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hey Yasbay, I'm with you 😃.
We went to one more after Pink Lady 😅I got pretty cold while waiting for the bus that never came 🥶 but I didn't notice the one hour gap so I wasn't sober 😚.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hey, Sashiu, howdy 😃.
Indeed! The rosé color brewed with ancient rice is perfect for spring 🤗The last punch is a couple of idiots 😆 Sorry for making you wait with the people you got to know 😓.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Rafa papa 😃
I had a great time at the restaurant, from Gyoza & beer to Yakitori & highball, then Soba & Sake for the main course, and finally Motsu & Shochu for the end 😋.
I really lost track of time😅! You are so good 👏!
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Chichi 😃.
Time goes by so fast when you're having fun that you get out of sync with your senses😅.
Don't worry! You've already done it many times 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi pyonpyon😃
We had such a fun Saturday out drinking that I could write three posts at once 🤗Thank you for your concern 😌We didn't step out on Sunday 😊.
It was a really good service buckwheat noodle shop 🥹.
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なのは(名芭）
J&N, good evening! And they are soliciting sake wine! I'm sure you're right, lol.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Nanoha!
I finally made it to Kura 🥹It's a great place to enjoy both day and night 🤗You really lose track of time when you're drinking 😆.
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つぶちゃん
Jay & Nobby, here too!
I was so nervous when I read that you might have ended up walking home too 🤣It was a fun time 😄🎶Kura, I want to go there more and more 🥹.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Tsubu, I'm with you 😃.
It was too cold to go 🥶walking 😱 two people waiting for a bus 🚌 that wasn't supposed to come in that situation... stupid 🤣.
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Nabeshima隠し酒 純米吟醸 生酒
ジェイ&ノビィ
Saturday out for drinks (2)
The dishes we ordered at Soba Restaurant Kura were maitake mushroom tempura, Tochio deep-fried tofu and wasabi (‼️). They were all delicious and perfect with sake 😋!
When I was thinking about what to have next 🤔The owner recommended that I should definitely try the Ura-nabeshima draft 🤗, so I chose it without hesitation 🎵.
I was worried that it would be too sweet after the super spicy 😓, but it was not too sweet but had a fresh sour aftertaste that was surprisingly refreshing and I enjoyed it too 😚.
By the way, before coming to Kura, we were told that the restaurant was full, but it was a restaurant we had visited before, Kabutoage MIYOSHIYA ‼️ There was no one waiting in line outside, but when we went inside, we were told that the restaurant was already full with reservations 😳 Even on the same holiday, it was a rattling place before 😩 This was also the restaurant where Anjash Watabe was waiting for us. I guess it was the effect of Anjush's Watanabe introducing hidden Utsunomiya gourmet foods other than gyoza on YouTube 😊The power of SNS is amazing! But I don't want it to be crowded~☹️
And while I was thinking about what to drink next, the person next to me who was drinking alone talked to me and we hit it off 🤗I introduced him to Sake-no-wa and he registered as a sake lover, so we had a lot of fun talking 😊.
Our time at the brewery continues!
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マル
Hi Jay & Nobby😊.
I didn't know there was such a thing as Ura-nabe-jima😳
The maitake mushroom tempura looks delicious!
And the recruitment of the Tochigi branch of Sake-no-wa! It's growing more and more powerful: ⁉️🤣
It's great to get to know each other over drinks👍
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アルス
Thanks for your hard work. Miyoshiya is a small store, but it has become famous. I can't go there easily 😢.
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ヤスベェ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀
This entrée is too good to be true for Mr. Ura-Nabeshima😅.
Tochi fried tofu is one thing, but maitake mushroom tempura is my favorite😇.
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さしゅー
Jay & Nobby Good evening (^o^) Ura-nabeshima😄This is a really nice handmade soba restaurant! It's perfect with tempura too! And the opportunity to socialize and meet new people! There are no bad people who love sake.
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ポンちゃん
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 🐥.
Maitake Mushrooms look delicious ❣️ I'm glad you were able to have your long awaited buckwheat noodle drink 😊and the fact that you are inviting people you drink and get along with to the sake crocodile is a commendation 😆👍🏆.
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ジャイヴ
Good morning, Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
After Aladdin's, here is another "Ura Nabe Island" 😲 I'm so jealous ✨.
The maitake mushroom tempura looks delicious 😁.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Maru 😃
It was our second time at Ura Nabeshima, although we only have outside drinks! The maitake mushroom tempura is a good entrée and perfect for drinks👍and the solicitation is perfect too 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Ars 😃
It's good to see the city being revitalized 🤔 but it's also a problem for the locals when certain stores get too crowded 😓.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Yasbay 😃.
I thought about having the tempura platter, but I made the right choice with the maitake mushrooms👍The Tochio fried tofu was also very hearty and tasty. Both are perfect for Ura-nabeshima 😋 I think they would definitely go well with the Omote 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Sashiu!
It's nice of the buckwheat noodle shop to recommend Ura-nabeshima to you, isn't it 🤗 Yes, it is! There are no bad people who enjoy drinking sake and you can easily get to know them 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Pon 😃
Yes, I'm glad you found a good place to eat! I achieved my wish in a week 😊The maitake mushrooms were delicious 😋I was already soliciting sake at the start of the conversation 😆 I'm glad I found a good restaurant 🤗.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Gyve 😃
Yes, I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed your visit to the restaurant! I can't believe the back of the house has two on the front of Sakewa on the same day 😊 all the drinks and entrées are delicious 😋 and the owner was soft and kind and nice 🥹.
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しぇり〜
Hi Jay & Nobby☆(*´ч`*)
Ura-nabeshima raw looks so delicious 😌 Soba and sake go well together.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Shiri 😃!
The owner of the restaurant was kind enough to give us a recommendation 😋 Soba and Sake 🍶 was a great adult experience 🤗.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Saturday out for a drink①
Saturday in the middle of 3 consecutive holidays☀️ decided to walk to Utsunomiya station for walking 😊.
Of course, since we were going to the station area, we had a lot of fun on the way 🤗It's about 7 km from my house to the station, so we left around 3:00 p.m., counting backwards from the time of dinner!
It took us about an hour of fast walking while looking at the cityscape💦We decided to go for a light meal of dumplings and beer! I looked in at Karan near the prefectural office, but there was a long line 😓.
I gave up and went to Karan in front of the station! There was a line for a while, but the turnover was fast and we were able to get in right away. We had the same grilled gyoza and sui-gyoza and beer 🍺.
The soba noodles restaurant opened at 6:30, so we decided to stop by one more restaurant in between! The first restaurant we went to was full, so we went to another yakitori restaurant! After adjusting the time with yakitori platter and highballs, we finally arrived at Soba Restaurant Kura, which we had always wanted to visit, just before the restaurant opened👍.
The first sake I chose was Fudo no Choharashi🤗The owner kindly explains about the sake and pours it for me. It was a delicious dry sake with a fruity mouthfeel that we loved 😋.
And the night was long...
to be continued
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ワカ太
Jay & Nobby, here too😃I've been curious about this Fudo because I've been seeing it a lot lately on Sakewa ‼️ If you guys like it, I'm even more curious about it 😆💦.
I'm sure I'll stop by the store that sells Fudo near my work on my way home from work👍.
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さしゅー
Jay & Nobby's Soba noodle shop from Yakitori! The owner is very polite at the soba restaurant! Just looking at your review makes me feel familiar with you! This will be my favorite place to go!
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遥瑛チチ
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃.
Is it a haggle of dumplings🥟, yakitori and soba noodles? ⁉️
That's a lot of food!
I'm jealous of all my favorite foods!
Looking forward to the sequel 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Wakata 😃.
We were also curious about the red fudo ‼️ It was the first thing that jumped out at us in the store and we decided immediately 👍It was fruity and tasty without being super spicy 😋 I highly recommend it 😄.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Sashi 😃
Yes, it was a very nice soba restaurant! Even in a crowded restaurant, the owner was calm and courteous to us ☺️ It was a buckwheat noodle shop that we decided to revisit 🤗.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Chichi 😃
Indeed the flow of Gyoza ➡ Yakitori ➡ Soba is too perfect 😊I got on the momentum and posted three in a row yesterday 🤗.
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つぶちゃん
Jay & Nobby, good morning ☀️ for a lot of walking and drinking 😁 ♫ Gyoza, Yakitori... and Soba noodles ❣️ are great 👍👍!
Kura-san, I heard you are near our sacred place, check it out on the map 😉 Please take me there next time 😄👋.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Tsubu 😃.
In case you're wondering, my main focus is walking 😆.
Yes, I know! Kura-san is a short walk from the sanctuary and I thought it would be a good place to end the prefects' meeting, but it closes at 10pm now 🥲 but it's still possible!
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