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boukenPurchased at Orikuchi Sake Shop, which we visited after the Japanese Sake Festival.
It is slightly floral and juicy on the palate. The second half is quite spicy, but I personally thought it was a sake bursting with Omachi character.
It feels spicy when it is well chilled, but as the temperature rises a little after a while, it becomes sweeter and the flavor profile becomes clearer.
Tochigi Ai for the third time in July ジェイ&ノビィHey bouken, I'm so glad to hear from you 😃.
We have another figurine in our fridge too 🤗 actually, we don't tell you 🤫 but it's our second figurine 😅I'll try my best to love Tochigi! boukenHi Jay & Nobby 😆.
I see you didn't tell me 🫢I'm looking forward to seeing which one you are 😁.
Tochigi has a lot of other good sake so you'll have to wait until later 🤗. boukenI thought Miyamanishiki Nigori was going to sell out early, but I was relieved to see that Origuchi Sake Brewery announced on their Instagram that they had plenty in stock 😊.
It seems they got more than usual.
It's juicy, sweet and juicy.
It is pineapple-like. The bitterness is also quite strong. Personally, I prefer the straight brew that is not nigori. boukenPurchased at the Origuchi Sake Shop when I went to make a reservation for the Risshun morning pressing.
Dark sweetness and strong acidity. The acidity is apple-like. It has a strong sweetness and acidity, but it is light and refreshing and easy to drink.
It is a little dry and has a cider-like atmosphere with no gasiness. boukenOriguchi Sake-ten suddenly started taking reservations for Wakabisu, so I went to make a reservation last week and received it today.
The rice is Kami no Ho.
I didn't feel any gas, but there were lots of bubbles in the glass.
I was told it was a food type wine, but it was more fruity and pineapple-like than I expected. It's not flashy, but it's delicious with a moderate sweetness and flavor.
Wakabisu sake brewery is close to Aoyama-cho station, so you can go there by train 🤔. ポンちゃんbouken, here's another one 😊🙏.
I reacted to the pineapple 🍍😁 Looks delicious ❣️
I'm looking forward to seeing how many bottles you'll drink this year and which brewery you'll review after this one 😊. boukenGood evening, Ponchan 😃.
It was delicious with freshness and 🍍 in a somewhat mature taste 😋I only got 2 breweries this year including Wakabisu 😅 what should I do next year 🤔. 
boukenDrinking for the first time in four years.
Yoohee-san was the first to buy this sake, and the people in Kansai bought it one after another.
I didn't feel much of the scent of the upper part of the bottle. Lots of fine bubbles in the glass 🫧.
Fresh, sweet and sour. Light and very easy to drink. No pungency, which I really like.
I know I've said some subtle things about it in past posts, but it's really good 😊. ゆーへーgood morning bouken!
I'm relieved to hear that everyone seems to be enjoying the drink.
It's the freshest sake in Yokoyama 🫧. Rafa papaGood morning bouken😃
Yoohee's select Yokoyama... 😁I drank it too and it was very good 😋Yoohee is right, the freshness is very good 👍‼️ しぇり〜Hello bouken☆(*´ч`*)
10 is my favorite in Yokoyama! It's sweet, fruity and delicious! ポンちゃんHi bouken 🐦.
Yoohee effect 😁👍The store owner said fruity in order 1814, then 7, then 10, so I went through 💦.
I will buy it next time I see it 😆🎶. boukenHello Yoohee!
Thanks to Yoohee I was able to drink 10 after a long time 😊I think it is better to drink early because the taste changes a lot 🤔. boukenHello Rafa 😃
I can't get enough of the freshness when you open it 😋I'll have to repeat that for Yokoyama 😁. boukenHi Shieri 😃
All the Yokoyama are delicious, but I thought the best 10 was the one that made the biggest impact when it was first opened 😊. boukenHi Ponchan 😃
I don't think you can go wrong with any of them as they are basically sweet and tasty 🤔even the super hot 7 is not gorilla dry and easy to drink 😁. 
boukenTochigi Ai 🥰 in a long time
I flew over to Origuchi Sake Shop after seeing their instagram and was told that not many people come here for this sake 🤣.
Fruity peachy taste and overall gentle and elegant mouthfeel. A little bitter and spicy at the end. I think 1980 yen is a high cosmetic price for this spec.
It tastes round without any corners. ジェイ&ノビィGood morning, bouken 😃.
That's funny 🤔n⁉️ I thought the liquor store was funny, but usually in Kansai, bouken-san is a rare person ❓😆.
Tochigi love 🥰Thank you 👋 ことりbouken-san, hello 😊Flying ⁈🤣The taste of 🍑 is quite fascinating 🤤I'm waiting for my local brand Suginamiki Oikan Shibori 🤗I've received your love 🥰 all the way to Tochigi! アラジンHi bouken 😃
I've always wondered about this from Origuchi-san but have yet to buy it, it looks delicious. The fruity and the bitterness at the end might be my favorite 🤔 I'll try it eventually 🍶. boukenHi Jay & Nobby 😊
I went there with the same feeling, but I didn't have to rush 😅. boukenHi Kotori 😃
It's been in stock for 3-4 days and I was worried they were sold out so I flew over 🤣They tasted elegant, probably because they were bagged 😋.
I'm jealous that you can't buy the local kind here 😆. boukenHi Aladdin 😃
Fruity but not flashy, it's the type of wine that can go well with food 🤔I got the impression that it's more mature in appearance 😊. 
boukenI'll follow Hirupeko's example and have a drink I'm used to at the end of this year 😁.
The sake that got me hooked on sake was this one from Koshi.
The sake used to come with a green label, but it seems the label has been changed and the sake has been renewed.
Fresh and crispy gasiness. It's not too sweet, but it's delicious.
I had a great time meeting many people at the offline meetings this year!
Have a happy new year everyone 🎍. グラbouken-san Good evening. It was a pleasure to meet you this year! I also like Kouji, but I have not found this one yet. I am attracted by the fact that it is not too sweet. I am looking forward to your review next year. マルGood evening, bouken🌖.
bouken your swamp sake was Koshi 😊.
It was a pleasure meeting you this year👍
I look forward to seeing you again next year 🙇.
Have a very drunken New Year 🍶. ひるぺこGood evening, bouken-san. Thank you for starting the year with Chiba Sake 🎉The new label looks like Niidashi Zenshuu. And Kouko is a quintessential legend in the way it comes out so quickly 😆 Please come back next year 🙇. boukenGood evening, Mr. Gura 😃.
It was a pleasure to meet you too 😊.
Kouko is my original sake and I hope to follow it in the future 😁.
I look forward to working with you again this year 🤗 boukenGood evening, Maru 😃.
Yes, it is true! If I hadn't met Koshi, I might not have met all of you 🥺.
It was a pleasure meeting you too 😊.
I look forward to working with you again this year🤗 boukenHi Hirupeko, good evening😊.
I thought it would be lonely without Koshi at the end of the year 😁.
I know it looks like you wrote it slurred with a pen 😄.
I look forward to working with you again this year 🤗. アラジンGood evening, bouken-san😄
I see that your starting point is Koshi😄The starting point of sake is different for each person, but drinking it will take you back to the beginning and make you fall in love with sake again. ☺️ Please continue to enjoy this year 🐲. ジェイ&ノビィHappy New Year, bouken 🌅.
Kouji! We love it too and have it reserved in the fridge 😋This bottle looks good when photographed against a white background! I'll keep that in mind!
We look forward to working with you again this year 🤗. Rafa papabouken Happy New Year 🎍.
I guess it's Kouko that closes 🤣Thank you for all your help last year... 😊Thank you again for your support this year 😃. boukenAladdin, good evening 😃.
If I hadn't met this drink, I might still be drinking wine 🍷 all the time 🤔.
Sometimes I think it's good to go back to my roots 😊I look forward to working with you again this year 🙇. boukenHappy New Year, Jay & Nobby 🎍!
Oh! I see you are on standby at Koshi 😁 looking forward to your review 😆 I think it is better to use flash to take pictures as it is hard to see the letters 😊Let's have a great new year 🤗. boukenRafa Happy New Year 🎍.
I was lost, but I found Koshi there to open it 😏.
I am very grateful to the sake gods for their help last year as I experienced their power to the fullest 🙏 Thank you again for your support in the new year 🤗. boukenIt has been a long time since I have tasted it at the Origuchi Sake Shop.
It was a little cloudy. I got the impression that it was a clear, dry sake.
It has almost no sweetness, but there is no bitterness, so is it easy to drink?
I also tasted Machida Shuzo Ihyakumangoku, Nanada Oyamanishiki, and Yokoyama, and bought Koshi which was not available for tasting 🤣.
I'm glad you remember my daughter even though I haven't seen her in years😊You always like me, you even remember my account 🤣. Rafa papaGood morning bouken 😃
It's amazing that you even remember the account 🤣When I go to the liquor store's instagram, bouken's account is the first one I like, so I recognized it right away 😁... boukenHi Rafa 😃
I guess you remember me because of my comments and DMs to check the stock 🤔.
I follow and like every single liquor store in Kansai 😅 boukenFirst Eagle of Koshi.
Dry, clear and light. A little sweetness and acidity. The last taste is a bit bitter and lactic acidity. The impression is that it is a food sake type.
When you drink it again, it is light and refreshing, but there may be a trace of sweetness like melon or apple.
It seems more pungent when drunk as a food wine than as a stand-alone wine...
On this day, I went to see a manzai and a shinki play at Namba Grand Kagetsu during the daytime, and went to a B'z concert in the evening. pyonpyonHi bouken ❗Tour truck was cool ❗👍️ sake label looks like HINOTORI 🎵I'll look for it next time 🍶I like the B'z gap from Shinkigeki 😆. boukenHi pyonpyon 😃
Inaba and Matsumoto in the back were cool too 😊I noticed a few days before the concert that the label looks like B'z 😁Shinkigeki - B'z is my friend's sense 🤣. boukenIt seems like a lot of things are going wrong with Amezure.
I only knew of a distributor in Nara, but since the Origuchi Sake Shop has started to carry it, I bought it for a long time.
This sake is made from Tsurubara yeast, ancient rice, and Aizan. It is colored light pink because of the ancient rice. It is sweet and sour. Maybe because of the 90% rice polishing ratio, it has a strong sake flavor for a sake with 14 degrees Celsius.
It does not taste like Aizan. ゆーへーThe sweetness and flavor come in smoothly and flow smoothly.
It is much lighter in the mouth than expected, easy to drink, and has a fresh feel.
Personally, I prefer Gohyakumangoku, which is a bit sweeter.
This is one of the bottles I bought at Orikuchi at the end of the year.
I actually went to buy a bottle of Yokoyama, but they didn't have the one I was looking for, so I bought two varieties of Shichida because it was sparkling.
It was a friendly store that I would like to visit again.
720 mL ¥ 2,008 boukenWhen I went to pick up the Chokyu I reserved, they also had Shuten Doji, so I bought it. Huh? I didn't have a reservation for Shuten-doji, did I?
This is the first time I've had a sake lid type sake pressed in the morning of Risshun. Sentori also seems to have a sake lid, but unlike Sentori, the cork didn't fly off😅.
The aroma is fruity in a small amount.
Freshness and juicy flavor. The sweetness and spiciness are well balanced, and the assertiveness is reserved and calm. It can be enjoyed on its own, but I think it's more suitable as an in-between-dinner drink. ポンちゃんHello bouken, ☀️
Is this about your fourth bottle? You've opened a lot! They all have different flavors and are very interesting 😄. boukenGood evening, Ponchan 😃.
Yes, this is my fourth one and I have one more waiting to be posted 😁.
I think it was better than the moon laurel so maybe you can try to book it next year? 😆 
ゆーへーIt is a little sweet and schwarzy, but the aftertaste flows smoothly.
I had an image of a dry, dry, dry Gohyakumangoku from Nanada, but it was very well-balanced and I preferred it to the Yuyamanishiki that I purchased at the same time.
I first bought it at Edion and gave it to a relative who liked it so much that I wanted to drink it myself, so I bought it again at Origuchi.
It was one of the stores recommended by bouken, and his wife was very friendly and easy to talk to.
720 mL ¥ 2,090 boukenGood evening, Mr. Yoohee😃.
I think it's probably the daughter since Origuchi-san is run by a father and son 😊The daughter is rather willing to let me sample her products, but I haven't been able to meet her recently 😅.
The store is very active in new business. ゆーへーGood morning, bouken-san. ☀︎
I was there at the end of the year, and the father was attaching a sacred rope on a stepladder and his daughter was sitting at the cash register.
I see, if I go there regularly, I will be able to discover new brands 💡. 遥瑛チチGood evening, Mr. Yoohee 🌆.
Shichida is very plain but delicious ❗️
I've never had Gohyakumangoku, so I'll look for it 🤗. ゆーへーHaruei Chichi, good morning to you: ☀︎
Both Shichida and Nabeshima are simple but colorful and make you wonder what label to drink next!
Please do compare and see what you can drink👍 boukenI wasn't going to buy Chokyu, but the liquor store called me and I made a reservation 🤣.
I've had it before, but the name has changed from Kinokuniya Bunzaemon.
The rice is Yamadanishiki.
It is fresh and blue. It has an apple-like taste.
It is somewhat light, sweet and spicy. Rafa papaGood evening, bouken.
I can't help but buy when I get a phone call from the liquor store ☎️ 😆It's good that you are buying like bouken 😆I guess you get good information from the liquor store because you take good care of them 🤣. boukenGood evening Rafa 😃.
I didn't think they would call me and I felt bad about refusing so I made a reservation 😅No, I didn't get that great information 🙄. 
boukenVarious sake from Kiku no Tsukasa Sake Brewery.
The only place I know of that sells Kiku no Tsukasa sake, outside of department stores, is the Origuchi Sake Shop.
They are very appealing and have won awards.
It is gorgeous. It is quite sweet and fruity like a melon. I've tasted the raw version of this before, and it's really good. I've never been able to buy it.
According to the official website, it's a raw sake.
I thought it was a bit like Momonosato Junmai Ginjo. boukenI thought it was Hirai Rokuemon, but it's Rokuemon, isn't it? 遥瑛チチGood morning, bouken 😃.
Please forgive me for disturbing your garden a little from today 🙇♂️.
I like this one too, but I heard it will be discontinued after Mr. Hirai retired... boukenHello Haruei Chichi 😀
You finally landed in Kansai 😁 First time off in Kansai! I checked and it looks like Hirai Rokuemon is ending after this season 😢Is it like the Hirai family is going to completely retire and become pachinko shop led 🤔? 
boukenI saw Ponchan's review of Asakayasai and wanted to drink it, so I bought it at the Origuchi Sake Shop.
Is this the first Asakayousei Yamadanishiki? Slightly gassy and heavy on sweetness and umami. A little bitter at the end. The production date is March of this year, so it is a little ripe, but I don't think the sense of maturity is that strong.
The acidity and the peculiarity of Asakayasai are good accents. The acidity and the peculiarity of Asakayo are good accents. It tastes a little like strawberries.
I know there are more and more stores where you can buy it in Osaka and Kyoto, but I wish there would be more distributors in Hyogo. ポンちゃんHi bouken😊
I'm planning to drink this one or Watari next 😄 Is it much different from mizukagami? boukenGood evening, Pon-chan.
I had the impression that MIZUKAGAMI was very gorgeous, partly because it was pure and large, and KOCHIRA was sweet but heavier on the palate 😊. ポンちゃんThank you bouken for letting us know 🙏 It was even easier to understand now that you added your impressions 😊It's not there when it comes to Hyogo. It would be great if you could put it there 😄. boukenThank you for taking the time to read my additional review 🙇. boukenWhen I bought Aki Tora, they sold 300ml and I've never had Honochi so I bought it.
Fruity and fresh. Like muscat. A type of sake that can be enjoyed by all.
Fourth, well, I hadn't had Nabeshima for a long time and it was recommended to me 🤣. tkmtsbouken.
Good morning...
AI recommend all popular sake lol.
That's a good recommendation 🤣. boukenHello tkmts 🖐️
I'd love for you to recommend a drink that I'm completely unfamiliar with 🤔 I've had all of these 🙃. Akitora令和4年 蔵開限定詰 備前雄町100%使用純米大吟醸原酒生酒無濾過 boukenThis is the first time this year for Origuchi Sake Shop. One of the few liquor stores that I know by face. It is a small store, but they carry many famous brands. They don't have a backyard or a warehouse, so all of their stock is on display in the store, so they sell out relatively early. If you go there on weekdays, you will often find that they don't have any.
Brands handled include Saku, Machida Shuzo, Sagata, Omine, Yokoyama, Shichida, Akitora, Minami, Kure, Kiku no Tsukasa, Hakurei, Hokosugi, Shiki, Horaisen, Asakayo, Naraman, and various sake brands from Meimon Shukai.
Fruity and melon-like. Gassy. Fades out with bitterness at the end. Not sweet by any means, but easy to drink and delicious. boukenSmells a little lacquer-y at first. boukenAfter a few days, the lacquer smell kind of disappeared. ヒロやんIt's a shame that there are only a few stores in Kansai that carry this brand. Sugata初すがた おりがらみ純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過おりがらみ 
boukenIt is said that Origarami is rare because it seems to have been put out only in the store which is limited by a special order among the Hatsu-sugata.
It's so clear that you can't tell if it's not called "origarami". There is a little lees mixed in. It is slightly sweet and has a strong flavor. It's the kind of taste that soaks in slowly.
The liquor store here had a shipment of Machida Shuzo's local brand, Seiryo's Ordinary Sake Shiboritate, but it was a blink and you'll miss it😿
It's been a few days, but I think it's sweeter than when it was just opened. I think it's a little less sweet than the others.
The liquor store I bought it from said that some places limit one bottle of this sake per person. I've seen the regular Hatsu-sugata, but not this one.
After all, it tastes sweeter after a few days. It's better to drink it over time. boukenManachie, good evening 😉.
I flew over when I saw the liquor store's instagram...lol...I did a search and it looks like they've had a direct pumping version in the past 😯. RecommendedContentsSectionView.title
