The sake dealer Yamada opened a store in the Keio Department Store in Shinjuku, and I stopped by to purchase some items as I was just on my way to the head office for a meeting. The space was about 1.5 Yajima, but the selection was quite good. I had given up on the idea of buying Summer, Winter, and Spring Secret, but I was glad to be able to buy Night.
It has a unique sweetness and sourness that makes it a good stand-alone sake, but I personally think it tastes better as a food sake. I think it would be better to drink it with hot pot as the illustration suggests. I'd like to try other sake if I can find them 🤔.
As announced on the app, the specification of the location search function seems to have changed so that all sake-no-wa users can CI places they have checked in (hereafter CI) regardless of where they are currently located, so I was able to CI the liquor stores in Choshi and Oarai that were too far from my house to CI in the past posts. I was able to edit and CI the liquor stores in Choshi and Oarai.
There were two more in Gunma, so I did the same thing, and they didn't show up in the search, meaning no one has ever CI'd them... I can't even add a new one, which makes it impossible to CI them😓 Can you do something about this?
Sawanoi's Tokyo brewer. The aroma is a little tangy, without a gorgeous flavor. It has a robust flavor with plenty of umami, but the unique characteristics of the sake's traditional sake making process seem to have been well controlled. The mild acidity spreads and a strong astringent taste lingers on the back palate. It is recommended to be served at room temperature, but the temperature was too high for me to drink it cold.
Sawanoi's 100-day aged honjozo sake. Purchased at the Shinjuku Keio Department Store. A special corner was set up for tasting and selling sake by the brewer. I really wanted Sawanoi's recommended sake with soda, but they didn't have it.
The aroma was a bit cucumber-like. It tastes much stronger and has a thick sweet and sour flavor. The strength is high, and it would be delicious on the rocks. A strong honjozo sake that will not lose to yellowtail sashimi.
