ShinshinSY has left for a class reunion 🚌 J&N and Kotori are going to have a few more drinks ⤴️ in Utsunomiya🐾 Part 7
I'm interested in [Sake made exclusively for Sushi under the supervision of Sushi chefs in Hokkaido] 🙄.
It has a soft, modern, slightly dry and refreshing taste. It's perfect as a food sake 😋 It's also a nice contrast to Toyo Bijin 😋.
...Now that the 4-gouge bottle given to us by Shinshin-san is empty, it's time for us to go home, right?
A little drink in Utsunomiya🐾 with Shinshin SY, J&N and Kotori
Part 6
We had a lot to talk about with the sake stores recommended by Shinshin and the members of Sake-no-wa, but Shinshin said, "I'm going to stop now..." and he pulled out a bottle of Toyo Bijin Sake Mirai from his backpack 😍what a thoughtful gesture❕ Cheers again🥂!
The fruity, melting, ephemeral, sweet and savory taste made my cup runneth over 😚 (I've already told the restaurant not to serve it)
The time for the bus was approaching and it was time to say goodbye 🥲 Next, my backpack presented me with a gift of Ichigen Ramen 😳He said he found out that I like sake and ramen and prepared it for me 🥹 I was very grateful and took one box each from J&N ❕.
I saw him off to the bus stop ❕ and 👋🏻
Good evening, Kotori-san. Thank you very much for joining us on such short notice. It started with the preliminary inspection of the izakaya (Japanese-style pub) where the Tochigi Prefectural Citizens' Meeting was to be held, followed by soba noodles and sake, and the LRT test ride that I had wanted to try. Thanks for the many memories!
Shinshin SY senpai 🤭Good morning 🤭We were only planning to have a quick drink before the class meeting...but thank you so much for your time here and there and for your thoughtful gift 🥹We hope to see you again when you are available 🍶.
A little drink in Utsunomiya🐾 with Shinshin SY, J&N and Kotori
Part 5
Omakase sake 3 sake comparison...Sentori Mukaku!
It is a rich and delicious sake with a sweet and sour taste with a hint of whey.
It went well with maitake tempura.
A little drink in Utsunomiya🐾 with Shinshin SY, J&N and Kotori
Part 4
After meeting up with J&N, it was a friendly chatting session with the sakewa members, as if we were reminiscing over a reunion with friends we haven't seen in a long time 😌.
3 local sake sake comparison...Shikizakura!
It has a smooth mouthfeel with a molasses-like sweetness and a classical sake-like flavor. It also has a rich umami flavor that would go well with sweet and spicy cooked dishes and grilled fish 😚.
Good morning, Kotori 😃.
It's really fun to have a party with friends of sake. ☺️
For those of you who use Tohoku Shinkansen, you can get off at Utsunomiya and have a party with your friends! I recommend it 🤗
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 🐥I don't feel like we've met for the first time since I see Sake no Wa repo on a daily basis 🤭.
(Seriously, please be careful about the conditions of the stopover.) I recommend you to have a quick drink near the station 🤗.
A little drink in Utsunomiya🐾 with Shinshin SY, J&N and Kotori
Part 3
We still had a little time before meeting up with J&N, so we decided to take the LRT to a sake store near the station while enjoying the changing scenery of the city. The design is stylish with Oyaishi, a specialty of Utsunomiya, decorating some of the stops and the interior of the train 😃.
I was informed that Mr. J&N had started to drink 🍶 in the station, so I went back to the station to join him. We returned to the station and met up with J&N ❕ for the first time 🥹🤝.
Shinshin-san and I ordered the omakase jizake (local sake) 3 types for comparison... Souhyo!
It had an aroma slightly reminiscent of apples, with a full-bodied, acidic spread and a clean, medium to slightly dry aftertaste 😚.
I received a call from Shinshin SY in the middle of last month, and he said he would stop by Utsunomiya before the class meeting ‼️, so I asked him to join us and we actually met yesterday!
First of all, Kotori-san took the role of an attendant for the lunchtime drinking course 🤗.
First, we went to Kura, a buckwheat noodle restaurant that is often visited by residents of Utsunomiya! From there, they went to Utsunomiya Station, Light Line, Hitomi Sake Shop and so on! That's just like Kotori-san 👏!
We arrived at Utsunomiya station around 2:00pm after running errands until mid-afternoon 🚌 and had a quick drink of Otokoyama at Sushikatei while we waited for them to arrive 😙 They appeared and joined us after about 30 minutes! The party was about to start 🤗.
We had a bottle of Snowball ⛄️, which we haven't had this year, and they had a local sake set 🍶.
Kotori-san told us that this year's Snowball was good, and it was indeed delicious without any roughness 😋.
After that, while we were drinking shichimizu, Shinshin-san brought in a bottle of Toyo Bijin (a Japanese beauty). ‼️
It was a very enjoyable meeting and chatting with him.
Afterwards, the three of us drank and talked, and I worried about what to do if there was too much left over. We were worried about what to do if we had too much to drink, but the bottle was empty before we knew it and we were on our way to the second 👋.
Hello, Jay & Nobby.
Your review of the sake review with the people you met at Sake no Wa always really shows the excitement 🎵.
Sushi and sake at noon - fun sake friends - great sake time 😊.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃.
A colleague of mine who is a Sake lover couldn't get Snowball in his prefecture this year, so he got it in a neighboring prefecture.
I heard that this year's snowball is pretty good including the supernatant part, and I envy those who could drink it ✨✨.
Hello Dr. Jay & Dr. Nobby 🍶.
It's ☃️☃️☃️ snowman🍶 outside this morning ‼️
Looks like a lot of fun and I am so jealous 🥺💕.
How did the second house go...
I'm hoping for the best 😆❣️
Good evening, Jay & Nobby!
It's a good meeting to have a party in Sake no Wa with a circle of drinking friends 😍.
And the snowman ⛄ that was hard to find!
I acted immediately after seeing this post and was able to get it 🙇.
Jay & Nobby Good evening😊The spread of this Sake no Wa is really wonderful! And I am also amazed at the energy of everyone in Tochigi who can get together right away. And the snowballs are really tasty 😄 they are good every year, but this year even more so!
Good evening, Jay & Nobby😄.
Looks like you had a great time yesterday🤗.
Kotori's attendance is quintessential 😉👍.
We hope to see you and Shinshin-san at the next opportunity 😊 Looking forward to your post on the second house 😆♪
Good morning, Jay & Nobby. I cannot thank you enough for warmly welcoming a former resident of Tochigi Prefecture (I lived in Moka for 3 years in the Showa era). I am sorry to have bothered you, Kotori-san. I would like to come to the Tochigi Prefectural Association someday.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃
Sakewa, that's a really good connection.
It's very touching to be able to connect over drinks like this. I'd love to join the Tochigi Kenmin Kai someday 😆 I guess I have to be a Kenmin 💦.
Hello, Tsubu-chan 😃!
If either of the Tochigi two-top, Tsubu-chan or Tori-san ‼️ could attend the event, the place would surely be warmed up 😁Next time please 👋
Hi Sasuyuu 😃
I'm sure we could have had a great conversation with any kind of sake and otsumami 😆 but it's even more exciting when you have good sake 🤗.
Hi Hina Hana Mama 😃.
Really! The power of sake🍶 is great 🥹.
You don't have to be a resident of Tochigi to love Tochigi sake 👍you are more than welcome 🤗.
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good evening 😍.
The sake harmony is getting denser at Sake no Wa 😍.
Tochigi Prefectural Association is like a two-party with Kansai Association 🤣.
Mr. Jay & Mr. Nobby
Good morning ^_^
I have been unable to go to the store that handles the snowman recently, so I wondered 🤔 what I should do with the snowman, but I requested to place a hold on it.
I'm waiting with bated breath for it 😊.
I'm also interested in Sushi 😁.
Hi Koizo 😃
I'm secretly a member of the sakewa community 😆.
I would like to merge with various political parties as there is no distinction between the ruling and opposition parties in the sake world 🤗.
Hi Manta 😃
Oh! Snowman☃️ secured 👍That's what I'm looking forward to going to the liquor store 🤗Thanks for the nibbles 🍶, as the name implies, it was a cuikui drink 😙.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby ☀☀☀☀!
What a great idea to attend a delicious restaurant, the hottest light line and even a liquor store 😲.
Utsunomiya, there are so many other delicious restaurants besides gyoza 😁.
I'm looking forward to your future posts ✨
Hi Jive 😃.
Kotori-san's attending skills were quintessential👍.
Utsunomiya is a delightful place to live! I will do my best to attend to you when you come to Utsunomiya 👋.
Less than 30 minutes left!
Let's drink together the sake I brought from Hakodate 🍶 around here.
My favorite brand, Toyo Bijin.
Comparing the acidity of Sengoku and the sweetness of Toyo Bijin!
We received compliments that we are the future of sake!
It's a shame we only had a limited time, but let's meet again and have a drink together 🍶.
From here, we were seen off by our sakewa friends and headed for the class meeting venue on the bus!
It was a really fun trip to Utsunomiya 🚃!
Sketch of Utsunomiya
Rice used: Koji rice : Yamadanishiki/Kake rice : Sake Mirai
Polishing: Koji rice : 40% / Kake rice : 50
Specified name sake, etc. Junmai Ginjo/Hiirei-shu
Degree of alcohol content 16
Hello, Shinshin SY 😃
It was nice to meet you for a short time and it was a lot of fun 🤗I also got a souvenir from you and it was so good that it was gone soon after that 😙.
I'm having shrimp soba for lunch today 🦐😋.
J&N, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with us. We were grateful for the information you gave us about stores in Utsunomiya, but we are also very grateful for the company you shared with us. Let's meet again sometime.
The last of the three types of sake to be compared is Senkou, the number one Tochigi sake.
Enjoy the acidity
According to Sake-no-wa, the acidity of Sentori has calmed down a bit compared to the past.
We slowed down a little to compare with the next sake!
Knowledge
Ingredients : 50% Domaine Sakura Yamadanishiki (Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture)
Kake Rice: 60% Domaine Sakura Yamadanishiki (Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture)
Alcohol 15%.
Sake meter degree -3
Acidity 2.0
Yeast used: Tochigi Prefecture yeast
Kinugawa River subsoil water
The second is the first Shikizakura
Junmai Ginjo
But it's pretty robust.
Almond-like sweetness as it goes down your throat.
We had a lot of fun talking about the Tochigi Kenmin Kai!
I hope to join one day!
Before the after-party, we visited a liquor store.
We found a lot of delicious sake!
I'll have to come back next time!
extensive knowledge
Alcohol 16 degrees
Rice: Yamadanishiki produced in Hyogo Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 58
Sake degree +3.0
Acidity 1.9
Yeast: Koro yeast
I wanted to tag the location first.
Before going to the after-party, we passed by Utsunomiya station and took the new mode of transportation, LRT, to a liquor store!
There were so many delicious Tochigi sake to choose from that it was hard to keep my eyes open 🤭.
We boarded the LRT again and headed back to Utsunomiya station to meet up with our friends who were waiting for us.
I greeted the two people who had been waiting for me.
They welcomed us warmly!
Let's have a drink together!
I don't know what we're going to drink, but we're going to compare three kinds of Tochigi sake!
The Souhyo we had heard so much about came out!
The start is full of apple🍎 feeling!
It seems to be similar to Tasake
We greeted everyone and chatted while enjoying our drinks 😊.
Utsunomiya, who thought it was going to be a one-person drinking session, thanks to the three of us who gathered together 🥲.
a great deal of information about Utsunomiya
Raw material rice: Yamada-Nishiki from District A
Polishing ratio/60
Sake degree/+4
Alcohol content/15
Utsunomiya Lunchtime Drinking (2)
We decided to drink the same sake from the second bottle, and the next one chosen was Kurumasaka, which was described as "a ginjo sake that goes well with fish", so we had to try this one 😊.
This was our second bottle of Wakayama sake, as we had only had Kido in Wakayama! It was a drink that made the fish taste even better 😋.
We finished off fresh with Imadaiji Tsubakuro! Three light afternoon drinks for two people was probably just right, just not enough to drink!
Before leaving the restaurant and moving on, I took another peek at the event plaza, and this time I saw a two-shot of Hollimon and Miyasako! Nobby took a bunch of pictures and sent them to my daughter and she asked, "What if I don't like either of them?" I got the reply 🤣.
After that, we walked to Futarasan Shrine to eat, and saw a Tochigi Pro Wrestling match at the outdoor plaza! I watched the match for a while!
Furthermore, the Korea 🇰🇷 festival was held at the plaza on Orion Street! It was a day when I felt the excitement of Utsunomiya with so many events and people gathered in various places 😊.
I decided to take it easy and walk the 7km to home. However, I was a little tired with 2km to go 💦I decided to take a break at a yakitori restaurant that I had been curious about for a while 😚 but to my surprise it was fully booked even though it was Sunday 😳I will try again someday 😤.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
Last summer, after walking the Kumano Kodo trail in Wakayama Prefecture, I had a bottle of Kurumazaka at an izakaya in front of the station 😀.
At the time, I didn't know anything about sake and the owner recommended it to me and I remember it was delicious 😀.
Hello, Jay & Nobby ^^^^!
I see that you are enjoying Utsunomiya to the fullest! I wish I could enjoy Utsunomiya as well. At any rate, I have plans to meet friends in Utsunomiya this month, so I will learn from your example.
Hi Yasbaye 😃.
We haven't been to Wakayama yet😅Kumano Kodo is one of the places we would like to visit 😌, as the name suggests it was a great one for sushi drinking 🤗.
Hello, first generation freelancer 😃!
I've been enjoying drinking out every other weekend 😚oh! If you're coming to Utsunomiya this month ‼️ please enjoy yourself and bring back lots of souvenirs 👋
Hi Jay & Nobby 🐦.
I'm so glad you had a great day at the event 😳Utsunomiya is so much more urban than my home town 👊👊 I got punched in the face 😆.
Happy to drink while the sun is high 😊.
Good morning, Pon 😃.
Yes, it was! I went out to hang out without knowing anything 😅I felt Utsunomiya's effort for such a vibrant event 😊I couldn't finish my drink 😚 in the middle of it 🥲 but it was a fun day 🥲 ☺️
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good morning 🤩.
I like the idea of having a lunchtime drink at a festival 🤩.
I've been to Oktoberfest, but never sake 😅It's fun to discover bars and events on a walk 😅...
Utsunomiya Lunchtime Drinking (1)
Sunday morning was sunny and we talked about going out somewhere 😄, but there was no specific place to go 😅! We took a bus to Utsunomiya station for the time being.
We arrived at the station a little after 11:00 a.m. and headed to the east exit to check out a liquor store or something 😁.
I went down to the plaza and looked around the stalls and found Mr. Miyasako at the Beef Miyagi stall ‼️ but he had no aura at all 😑I thought he was a mimic at first 😆.
After that, I went inside the building to take a look around, and then Hollimon appeared ‼️. This guy had more presence!
In the end, we didn't eat anything at the stall, but decided to have a light lunch at Sushikatei, which we had visited before🤗.
We started off with a half a bottle each of Jay's Gazanryu and Nobby's Kaygetsu Super Dry! It was the first time for both of us to drink J&N👍.
Gazanryu is a mouthful! The Gazanryu is a fresh and delicious bottle that is gentle on the palate 😋 The Katsuraguchi is crisp and clean 😋 Definitely one for the sushi bar 😚.
We ordered a side dish of soaked rape blossoms, sashimi, tempura, rolls, and nigiri😊Drinking sake from noon with a freshly made side dish is a great treat. ☺️
To be continued
Good evening, Jay & Nobby: ☺️
Wow, what a wonderful holiday!
Lunch only is so special and great because you can't do it every day 🥰🍺🍶.
Tempura and sashimi are also great snacks 🤤!
Good morning Jay & Nobby 😃
Drinking alcohol from noon on Sunday... that's the best 🤣My Sundays are patterned after going to the field... shopping... making soba noodles... drinking alcohol... and going to bed 😅.
Hi Rafa papa 😃
Sunday afternoon" has a nice ring to it 😄but I don't feel immoral because everyone around me is drinking 😆Rafa you have a nice way of spending your time 👍.
SAKE to SAKE Lunchtime drinking before
At Sushi Hana-tei.
The tuna dish was too delicious!
Sushi is too good with sake. A true encounter!
Ryoseki Sake Brewery
Suitama", the second product after "Hanayuup", created with technical support from the Takagi Brewery of Jyushiyo.
I never thought I would drink it before Hanayuup.
I have high expectations for it.
It has a gentle sweetness and a firm umami flavor.
It is sweet, but goes surprisingly well with sushi.
Nanoha-san, good evening 🌙
Sushi Hatei 🍣 from LRT 🍣 lunch drinking model course 🤣good idea 😆tuna dishes look so delicious 🤤.
I've been drinking Hana Yuu but not Suitama yet.
I'd love to drink it with sushi 🍶😋.
SAKE to SAKE
I was looking forward to this sake festival! I wanted to go last time but I couldn't make it.
I had been checking the instagram and all, but....
What a surprise,
I thought it was from 10:00 a.m. (x﹏×) ding!
It was from 3pm.
I was shocked to find out after meeting with Mr. Higu. I was so shocked to find out after meeting Mr. Higu. LOL. That's terrible.
We were supposed to arrive at Utsunomiya station at 9:30...
I thought, "Let's switch over and go to the liquor store! I went to Higu-san, Nyss ̈⑅Saito-san, and got Hana-eup! I'm so happy~!
After that, we had some time to kill, so let's take the LRT! I was so excited to ride it for the first time!
My first ride - so nervous - n~ train - lol lol!
Then, we went to Utsunomiya East Exit Plaza. We still have some time left. I was hungry, so I decided to go to an izakaya on the 3rd floor and a sushi restaurant on the 2nd floor. I got lost,
Oh, J&N had been to Sushikatei, too!
Okay, I'm going to copy him! Let's copy him! I decided to go to Sushi Hwatei.
And the first drink we had was Senkou. Local love ❤︎
Nothing to say, too delicious.
Good evening, Nanoha 😃.
I left early but I'm glad you could go to Saito-san as a result 🤗and Sushi Katei from LRT ‼️ model course for lunchtime drinking 😆I knew Sushi and Sake is unbeatable 😋Nice tochigi love🥰 for the start of Senkyoku👍.
