Timeline
しんしんSYThe day after drinking at Fukurokuju, a major earthquake hit the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Tsunami warning was issued and Hokkaido was in turmoil.
Fortunately, I was in Sapporo that day, so I was not affected by the tsunami.
But the temperature rose to 35 degrees Celsius in Sapporo on that day. ⤴️
Can't you do something about it?
Mutsu Hachisen's summer dobrokku, a summer tradition
This was the fourth year in a row!
Shuwatchi and Summer Doburokku were also active nigori!
We enjoyed Ori!
at my favorite toro-taku (restaurant)!
I bought a summer sake bible at a bookstore that day!
Let's get through the still hot summer in Japan with refreshing summer sake. 🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶
knowledge of how to make a good summer drink
Koji rice: Aomori prefecture rice
Kake rice: Aomori prefecture rice
Rice polishing ratio 55/60
Alcohol content 13 Jokigen酒和地（しゅわっち） 純米吟醸活性にごり生酒純米吟醸生酒にごり酒 しんしんSYThis drink reminds me of it.
It's been 3 years ago now!
I received a comment from honda, a legend of Sake-no-wa, when she drank this!
I was drinking this on our wedding anniversary, so I told him to call his wife as soon as possible instead of playing "shwatch".
I will never forget it!
I won't be able to see you at Sake-no-wa anymore, but I will visit you at riki-san in Kumamoto this fall!
This sake was a crisp nigori summer sake!
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Alcohol content: 16
Sake meter rating: +3
Acidity: 1.5
Rice used: Yamadanishiki and others
Rice polishing ratio: 50 川鶴KAWATSURU Olive LIGHT 純米吟醸生原酒 さぬきオリーブ酵母仕込み純米吟醸原酒生酒 しんしんSYThe last of the three drinks is yellow-green with letters of the alphabet.
I've certainly had this one in the past.
Kawatsuru's debut was at Takotsubo, a long-established restaurant in Takamatsu.
I didn't have much of an image of this brand, but recently I've been seeing Kawatsuru transformed in many places!
Olive 🫒.
It's a sake like that 🍶.
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Alcohol content 12
Variety used: Sanukiyoimai from Kagawa Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 60
When we drank it for the first time 2 years ago, it had 11% alcohol by volume and 50% polished rice. しんしんSYThe manager said this is a prototype sake.
A test brew using Hokkaido's "Kitashizuku" sake.
He said he hopes we will see it again next year.
He seems to have left the last of it for us in the back!
Thank you for always taking care of us 😊.
extensive knowledge
Hokkaido sake rice
1998 ➤ "Hatsushizuku
2000 ➤ "Ginpu
2006 ➤ "Comet
2014 ➤ "Kitashizuku
Rice used: KITASHIZUKU (grown in Hokkaido)
Rice polishing ratio / 60
Sake meter / -3
Acidity / 1.5
Alcohol / 13
Condition / Nama-filling (once fired) Junsei愛山 生酛 純米吟醸 おりがらみ 生 Galaxy Labelラベル純米吟醸生酛生酒おりがらみ しんしんSYFirst visit to Fukurokuju in about a month
Again, the manager left the selections to me!
Three bottles came out!
Galaxy of the season!
Junsei is a brand I've never encountered anywhere else but Fukurokuju!
This was my 10th visit.
This is the 4th time for Galaxy label!
I didn't drink it last year, but it's a Tanabata sake 🎋 that I come across almost every year.
Slightly cloudy, this is delicious 😋!
The assistant chef came up to us and said he would debut this as a standard menu item from now on and served it to us!
I love dim sum!
Dumplings, Yaki-sai, and Shoronpo!
Thank you very much!
The assistant manager looked like Tsuyoshi Matsumoto of the Nippon Ham Fighters!
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Rice used: Aizan from Kasai City
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 16 KoeigikuSUN BURST（サンバースト） 無濾過生原酒（令和6醸造年度）原酒生酒無濾過 しんしんSYKoei Kiku Drinking Comparison
Summer Sake Sunburst
This year it was described as melon-like, but I don't remember anything like that.
But a refreshing summer sake?
The sweetness of Gekko Rendezvous and the sweetness and acidity of Sunburst
It was a comparison of two extremes!
My sake, Shinsei vs Koei Kiku, a fierce battle for the top!
I can't take my eyes off of them in the future!
knowledge of sake brewing
Rice used as raw material Domestic rice
Rice Polishing Ratio Not disclosed
Alcohol content 15 しんしんSYDid you drink this?
The manager asked me.
I was wondering about it on social media, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.
I left some for you.
I'm so glad 😃.
Comparison with Sunburst
First, the new Moonlight Rendezvous
The sweetness is outstanding!
I've never tasted anything like it in Kouei Chrysanthemum before!
This kind of sweetness goes well with dry bean curd 🍶.
Be careful not to drink too much as it is low in alcohol!
Skills and Knowledge
Rice : Hachitan-Nishiki produced in Hiroshima
Rice Polishing Ratio : Not disclosed
Alcohol content : 12 ZakuIMPRESSION(インプレッション)-H 純米原酒純米原酒発泡 しんしんSYIMPRESSION - H Junmai Harazake
In fact, this was the most fresh and tasty of the day's three consecutive brews.
Personally, it was my favorite of the day!
Atchachi Seafood Bean-curd soup with Bean-curd
I was so excited when this came out!
Pour it into your mouth with a lotus flower and eat it while huffing and puffing, then cool your mouth down with a cold sake 👄.
It's bliss!
Knowing the secrets of this dish
Alcohol 16%.
Sake degree
Rice used: Kami no Ho, Ikuhikari, Mie Nishiki, etc.
Polishing ratio 60 ZakuIMPRESSION-M純米吟醸原酒無濾過発泡 しんしんSYThree consecutive crops on this day
IMPRESSION-M also opened its mouth.
Actually, I thought it was the most calming sake of the three of the day!
Sashimi is service stuff as always 🈂️
Thank you 😊
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Alcohol 16%.
Sake degree -
Rice used: Mienoyume, etc.
Rice polishing ratio 60
The yeast used differs according to the type of yeast used, with "N" and "M" being in-house preserved yeast, "G" being Kyokai No. 7 yeast, and "H" being Kyokai No. 14 yeast. しんしんSYOn this day, you also hid these in the back of the cold storage room!
Thank you so much!
Saku, three in a row, and the first one to open the mouth!
First, Junmai Ginjo Omachi!
A fruity sake with a calm atmosphere!
Delicious!
It's been a while since we've had snow crab!
Chibichibi, chibi, chibi!
Hot Zangi!
The secrets of the art of zangi
Rice used: Omachi from Okayama Prefecture
Polishing 55
Specified name sake, etc. Junmai Ginjo/Hiirei-shu
Degree of alcohol content 16 HakurakuseiDATE SEVEN SEASON2 Episode4 伯楽星 style -大地の進化- 新澤醸造店純米大吟醸 しんしんSYThis green label is brewed by Hakurakusei.
The aroma and taste are similar, but the final taste is a bit alcoholic.
I guess that's the difference.
I think I like this year's DATE SEVEN better than Urakasumi.
We took turns comparing the two and enjoyed it!
Thank you very much for opening my mouth 😊.
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15% alcohol by volume
Rice used: Yamadanishiki (from special A district in Hyogo Prefecture)
Polishing ratio 48
The design incorporates contour lines to express the height of the mountains, inspired by the innovative Hakurakusei sake brewing process and the town of Kawasaki in Miyagi Prefecture, where the Niisawa Brewery brews its sake. UrakasumiDATE SEVEN SEASON2 Episode4 浦霞 style -伝説の海- 佐浦純米大吟醸 しんしんSYDATE SEVEN is to be drunk on July 7, Tanabata day.
This year, we had a hard time finding it, so we asked Fukurokuju to keep it for us.
And I didn't even open it!
DATE SEVEN, which I have been drinking every year recently!
We started with the blue label Urakasumi.
The aroma of both are aromatic!
Oaji is refreshing!
Urakasumi has a very pineapple-like sweetness.
Delicious 😋!
The appetizer was also summery!
pickled eggplant 🍆 good soaking 🆗.
Looking forward to another Hakurakusei 😌.
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15% alcohol by volume
Rice used: Yamadanishiki (Hyogo Prefecture, special A district)
Polishing ratio 48
The design incorporates elements of contour lines to create the flow of water and the shape of an island, inspired by the traditional Urakasumi sake brewing process and the "sea" of Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture, where Saura brews its sake. しんしんSYThe last drink of the day was Nanamizu, which I had drunk the previous month.
It was a summer sake.
It was a delicious sake, as dry as it was crisp and tight!
Mr. Vice-President appeared on a big advertisement in the underground passageway of Sapporo!
He was embarrassed 🤫.
The hotel was soaring again, and we headed back to Nakajima Park, soaking up the afterglow of the delicious sake and food!
extensive knowledge
Alcohol 16%.
Rice used: 100% Omachi
Polishing ratio 55
Sake degree -2.0 Yanma特純 中採り直詰 無濾過原酒特別純米原酒中取り無濾過 しんしんSYYamama is a brand often seen here at Fukurokuju.
I guess it's a bit expensive since it's a special pure sake.
That's right!
The other one in the last drink comparison is also dry, so let's enjoy a crisp dry one to finish off the meal 😌.
Knowledge
Rice : Gohyakumangoku, Koiibuki
Rice polishing ratio : 60
Alcohol content : 16 しんしんSYThe last of the three coolest drinks in the Cool 2 series is Koei Chrysanthemum.
I've been drinking Halcyon every year recently.
The first year I was a little disappointed, but this year it is delicious!
The acidity is outstanding!
Last year, Harujion was 14 degrees Celsius, this year it is 13 degrees Celsius!
The low al goes down well!
We also ordered an additional dish of fried white liver with chives!
It goes well with sake 🍶!
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Rice used: Shunyo (Niigata Prefecture)
Rice polishing ratio: unknown
Alcohol content: 13%. しんしんSYIt was close to the last order, so we ordered a lot of entrées!
My favorite Torotaku also came!
Sake was Genmai Jungin!
This one is a bit dry!
We also had a sake with a different image to compare!
It's fresh because it's the first saké of the season!
knowledge of this sake
Rice: 49% Kinmon-Nishiki
Sake degree +3
Acidity 1.4
Alcohol 15 degrees Celsius しんしんSYThey told me they had some good sake, so I went to look in the cold storage.
I brought a bottle of Genmai Harmonic Emotion and Koei Kiku to the table.
The manager said there was another bottle of Genmai, and the first Genmai arrived!
We started with the Harmonic Emotion!
Fresh and tasty like pineapple 🍍.
Deeply flavored!
I've had this every year since 2021, and every year I drink it at a different time: October, August, October, and July.
This year was the earliest, June!
Glad to get it early 😃.
I can't wait to drink it with Mapo Tofu and Zangi!
Skills and Knowledge of the restaurant
Alcohol 16%.
Rice: Miyamanishiki, Yamadanishiki
Polishing ratio 49%, 35 ZakuIMPRESSION(インプレッション)-N 純米大吟醸原酒 2025 無濾過直汲純米大吟醸無濾過 しんしんSYThe last one is Impression N.
I had this last time, and this time I was allowed to drink it for the last time!
The sweetness is the best!
More beautiful than Impression H!
Kami no Ho is a clear sake
This is my impression of this comparison!
I skipped the comparison right from the start, but the manager told us that there were more sakes he was interested in that day 🤓.
(the manager said 🤓) with his extensive knowledge
Rice: Yamadanishiki produced in Mie Prefecture
Polishing ratio: 50
■Alcohol content: 16 しんしんSYOn this day, we were late for our appointment at the restaurant.
The sashimi had already finished cooking, but the chef offered us a plate of sashimi to go with it, saying that he had already released his stock!
Oh, that's great!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The next sake was Jungin no Kami no Ho!
It was different from the image I had when I drank it the previous month, it seemed a little thin after Impression H!
But easy to drink!
Sashimi tastes good and the sake is easy to drink!
The Skills of Sake
Rice used: All of Kami no Ho from Mie Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 15%. ZakuIMPRESSION-H 無濾過直汲純米無濾過 しんしんSYIt's been a while since I've visited Fukurokuju because I've been so busy these days.
I had promised to be there by 8:00 p.m., but I was running late due to a long day at work!
But everyone greeted me with smiles, thank goodness!
From the start, the manager brought us three glasses!
He said, "We have three glasses today, don't we?
Let's start with Impression H!
I had never had anything from the Impression series before!
Fruity sake that spreads in the mouth
It goes down your throat, it's so crisp!
Oh, it will blow away your tiredness!
Let's compare it with the other two
knowledge of this wine
Ingredients 60% domestic rice
Alcoholic strength 16
Water used for brewing: Water from the underground streams of the Suzuka Mountains RecommendedContentsSectionView.title
