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Shinsei Colors Cosmos Cosmos -Autumn Cherry
Here we go again... 😚
Location: Izumiya Okinawa Store, Naha City, Okinawa, Japan
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Aramasaコスモスラベル
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Shinsei Colors Cosmos Cosmos
We had a quick drink for 2 days in a row. ☺️
Place: Izumiya Okinawa Branch, Naha City, Okinawa
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Shinsei Colors Cosmos Cosmos
Location: Izumiya Okinawa Store, Naha City, Okinawa
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＠水橋
YAMAMOTO Junmai Ginjyo Pure Black Nama-zake 720m
Rice used: Akita Sake Komachi
Polishing ratio: Koji rice: 50%, Kake rice: 55
Alcohol content: 16%.
We stopped by Izumiya Okinawa store on this day, too. I told the clerk that I was leaving tomorrow. She said, "Oh, we will have 120 cases in stock tomorrow around 16:00. Unfortunately, I will be in Haneda by then 😭.
The sake I chose was Yamamoto Pure Black.
It's very orthodox except for that.
It is characterized by juicy acidity and sharpness, but it goes down your throat so well that you can't help but gobble it up. It is a sake to be savored slowly 😆.
Photo: Emerald Beach 🏖️
Lunch was Okinawa soba and island tofu TOPU's Okinawa soba set meal with all the ingredients 😋.
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ヒロ
Hi @Mizuhashi 😃
The weather is great, the soba is delicious 😋 and you enjoy drinking ❗️ Okinawa 😆.
I guess my only regret is the contents of the 120 cases. I have to go back 🥹.
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＠水橋
Hi Hiro 😃.
Maybe there is Nabeshima Summer Moon in the 120 case 😭
Also sake goes well with any food 😊.
I would love to revisit again 😃.
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ポンちゃん
@Mizuhashi, here too 😊.
Beautiful sea ✨Okinawa again!
I'm jealous of your Okinawan soba 😻I love it so much I could eat it for 3 meals 😆.
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コタロー
@Mizuhashi, good evening 🌙
This Yamamoto looks delicious 🎶I'm looking forward to it as it's waiting in my fridge 😋.
The beautiful sea all the way out there is a sight I could watch forever 📷✨I'm still most interested in the 120 case face 😂.
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＠水橋
Good morning, Pon-chan 🌞.
This time I learned that tofu and Okinawan soba go well together. The soba broth and tofu juice combine to gently change the flavor 😊.
It's fun to visit soba restaurants 😆.
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＠水橋
Good morning, Kotaro 😃.
I'm looking forward to opening a bottle of Pure Black 😊.
Don't go gulping it down like I did, enjoy the acidity and sharpness 😅.
Maybe next time you should be in Naha on Tuesday or Wednesday 😉.
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＠水橋
Mitsui no Kotobuki Summer Jungin Cicala 720ml
Rice：Yume-Ichikkyo, Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 15
We paired it with raw tuna, mozuku vinegar, and island rakkyo.
It is a summer jungin, with a refreshing, yet rather core flavor.
I stopped by Izumiya again yesterday, and they are selling a lot of sake. The Tasake Yamahai Special that was available yesterday was sold out. Inside the store, you can have a corner and enjoy some snacks, and some customers are having a party 😄.
The third picture is Cape Chinen.
Lunch was tofusoba and shiryu😋 at Shuri Horikawa near Shuri Castle.
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ma-ki-
Good morning, @Mizuhashi!
Cape Chinen is beautiful✨.
I can see the clarity of the sea from the picture too 🐚.
I've only had the odd Mitsui no Kotobuki, so I'd love to try the regular one 😋!
I'd love to try the regular one too 😋🤤.
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マナチー
Hi Mizuhashi 😃Sake is popular in Okinawa too 🥸‼️ somehow I thought only Orion beer and Awamori would sell 🤣.
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＠水橋
Good evening, ma-ki-san!
Soki-soba, or Nakami-soba, or meat is good, but Tofu and Sake go well together😄.
I'd like to try tofu soba with sake too 😋.
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＠水橋
Manachie, of course, I think the basics are Orion beer and Awamori 😁.
I haven't heard why Izumiya in Chiba opened a restaurant in Okinawa, but there were many overseas customers yesterday 😁.
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＠水橋
Izumo Fuji Natsumo Special Junmai Unpasteurized Sake Sakonishiki 720ml
Ingredient rice: 100% Sakonishiki produced in Izumo City (specially contracted rice)
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 16%.
Izumiya Okinawa Store, here I come!
I asked them if they had Nabeshima Summer Moon, but they said that the shipping service had not arrived yet. Too bad 😢.
Well, I got back on track and brought 3 bottles.
We started with Summer Moon.
I paired it with raw tuna, yushi tofu, mimigauro, and shimarakyo.
It is not just a refreshing sake, but a rather strong and punchy sake!
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello @Mizuhashi 😃
Hey there! Are you going to Okinawa again😳
Izumo Fuji for the tastes of Tropical 🏝️! Both the scenery and the drinks seem to go well with summer clouds 🤗.
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＠水橋
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 🌞.
The rainy season is over here😄.
Perfect environment for summer clouds 😉⛱️
I heard that "Japan's Southernmost Sake", the business taken over from Taiseki Brewery, is scheduled for summer 2026 😃.
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ハリー
@Mizuhashi, Naha again? That's nice,
Does it feel good after the rainy season?
I miss Izumiya too, I go to the market and buy some knick-knacks... I'm getting paranoid😅
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＠水橋
Good morning, Harry 😃.
The rainy season is over this time and the high temperature is 33 degrees Celsius, but it's cool and comfortable if you stay in the shade 😄.
If you have Izumiya Okinawa branch, it's fun to drink in Naha too 😀✈️
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Shinsei Colors Cosmos Cosmos
I can't believe I can drink Shinsei in Okinawa! I'm so excited!
Location: Izumiya Okinawa Store, Naha City, Okinawa
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＠水橋
Oroku Izumo Kojiya Junmai 60% Nigori 300ml
Alcohol content 16.5
The bottle was finally opened after opening and closing it about five times. The bubbly and acidic taste makes it quite dry and firm. It has a sense of activity, completely different from the freshness of Toyooka.
The fourth one is Nagosoba Marine Tei's meat soba.
Come to think of it, we did not see Reimei anywhere this time. I asked the clerk at the liquor department of Liubo, and he told me to wait until the new factory is completed😅.
Which is earlier than the scheduled completion of the Shuri Castle main hall in the fall of 2026 😆.
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＠水橋
Houkou Dry Special Junmai Shiboritate Nama
Rice: Hitogokochi
Rice polishing ratio 59
Alcohol 15%.
We received this bottle from Izumiya on Sunday. They said the next shipment would arrive on Tuesday. It will not be here until then, and the refrigerator in the store is running out of it.
It came from Shinshu by boat. It is said to be dry, but the sake is refreshing, crisp, and still delicious 😋.
Yesterday I went to the Motobu Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival...the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan.
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ポンちゃん
Hello @Mizuhashi 🐦.
Beautiful cherry blossoms 🌸 are already cherry blossoms 😳and they look like Kaido cherry blossoms ‼️ early 😆.
It's drunk all over the country, but it's strange to see Toyoka in Okinawa 😊.
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＠水橋
Hi Pon 😃
I'm working on my mileage consumption activity 😅
I found out that they are scarlet cherry blossoms.
The cherry blossom festival starts on the 18th and ends on February 2nd, so this weekend will be the best time to see the cherry blossoms 🌸.
It's true that even in Okinawa, Shinshu sake is 💦.
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＠水橋
Garakudai - Kazahana - Active Nigori Nama 720ml
Rice used: "Ipponshime" from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture
Alcohol content 14.5
I brought this bottle for drinking in the room because it was the first time for me to see this activated nigori.
The hotel fridge didn't allow for vertical placement, so I had it lying on its side and it started leaking through the hole in the cork💦.
So we had to drink it right away.
Slightly light, with a delicious chiri-chiri-chiri taste 😋.
It's rather thick, not light nigori. Slightly fruity and juicy! Nice 😊.
Well, today's weather forecast is cloudy and rainy in the afternoon.
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＠水橋
Oroku 80% Hachimaru 80% Polished Rice Unpasteurized Sake
Izumiya Okinawa Store, set of 3 Kakunouchi
I chose Oroku as the other sake. I wanted to drink something I had never had before, but there are only a limited number of stores that carry Oroku. The store has a large stock of Oroku in the fridge.
It is not fluffy, but has a strong and slow flavor.
I bought another kind of 300ml for drinking in the room.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello @Mizuhashi😃
Eh! When did you write about Okinawa‼️ Oh, by the way, you wrote about... over Toyama Bay 🙄I like it 🥹 Enjoy your drinks and Okinawa 👋.
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＠水橋
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌆.
It's a privilege trip to the hill mylar 😄.
We are enjoying our sake as usual 😊 Thank you 😊.
Mr. Reimei is under new construction and won't be able to see us for a while... 🌃.
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＠水橋
Koshi Junmai Nama-nihonjacu Dai-harakuchi, freshly squeezed new sake
Izumiya Okinawa Store, Kakunouchi 3-set
Koshi was next.
I don't think there was much gasiness left.
Neither Teisho nor Kouko were in the store's fridge. I saw on the instagram that a lot of them had arrived on Tuesday, but the fridge in the store was pretty empty.
Three overseas tourists were drinking more Shinmasa at the table in front of the cash register, so I guess sake is popular in Japan.
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＠水橋
Teisho Toyoso Thanksgiving Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake Tora Label
This is a set of three kinds of sake.
This is the first Teimatsu. It is quite fruity and light. Slightly floral, spreading softly.
I'm not sure what the tiger label means, but is it a new sake? I guess it means 🤔.
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zotti
Whenever I come to Okinawa, I always visit Izumiya Okinawa Store.
This time, I found a Mori-ba-ri Gohyakumangoku sake ^ ^.
It has a mild gaseous taste, a little sweetness, a freshness and a light umami taste that is just perfect during a meal✨.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi zotti 😃
Is it Okinawa? I love it 🥹.
Neither of us have been there 🥲.
We've had this one before and it has a nice light flavor 😋.
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zotti
Jay & Nobby ^ ^
It's so easy to spend winter in Okinawa... I've been going there for the past few years lol.
Izumiya Okinawa store, I always look forward to seeing their lineup of popular sakes like Tasake and Nabeshima✨.
I told them that I thought it would probably be gassy and refreshing, and they were right. I told them I expected it to be gassy and refreshing, and I was right ✨.
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＠水橋
Tenpyo Junmai Ginjo Akaban Omachi Shirotate Nama Shu 720ml
Rice used: Akaban Omachi
Polishing ratio 50%.
Alcohol 15%.
This is the second time I have had Tensuke in a bottle.
This time, this Shushitate Nama Sake is quite refreshing and has a soft and gentle sweetness.
Well, I am going back to snowy Toyama.
Tomorrow, I'll be back to work, but I doubt I'll be able to hand out any Chinsuko at work 💦.
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ヤスベェ
Hi @Mizuhashi 😀
I bet it must have been very comfortable in Okinawa this time of the year 😀
Actually, I haven't been to Okinawa at all yet and I envy you 😀.
I know you drink a lot of good sake, including Tenpyo ❓😅😅
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＠水橋
Good evening, Yasbay🌆.
I came home a little while ago. It is ⛄☃️ cold with snow on the ground. I found Reimei, but passed on it because I couldn't find Junmai sake, although I found Honjozo (...;).
Definitely a rare sake even in Okinawa 😭
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＠水橋
Ohroku ★★★★★ Hachimaru Junmai Shokkumi 720ml 5/390
Rice polishing ratio 80
Alcohol content 17.5
Izumiya Okinawa store had very few Yongo bottles, but they had a wide variety of Oroku.
I gave it 5 because it was so good.
Clear and refreshing! Delicious. It goes perfectly with Okinawan raw tuna.
On Sunday, I went to Shurijo Castle, which is under construction to be restored in 2026. It will be two years from now.
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ポンちゃん
Good morning, @Mizuhashi 🐥.
I see you are visiting Okinawa! I'm so jealous of the warm weather...you really have it all here 😳.
I was shocked to see the fire right after seeing Shuri Castle, but I'm glad to know that the restoration is progressing 😊.
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＠水橋
Hi Pon 😃
Yes, I am here in Okinawa! It's a little chilly today, 21 degrees. I'm going back to the snow country today 😭
I know you might say, "Sake is still popular here in Okinawa?
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＠水橋
Aizu Miyazumi Junmai Ginjo Yamadaho 1800ml
Izumiya Okinawa Store, a set of three kinds of Kakunouchi.
Oh no, this is delicious🤤.
I couldn't help but go looking for the fridge in the store.
I see that they only have one bottle.
I gave up on taking it back to the hotel ( ;) )
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＠水橋
Tenpyo Junmai Ginjo
Izumiya Okinawa store, set of 3 kinds of Kakuchi.
I was really looking forward to trying the Hanamup, but they said it was sold out yesterday ( ;) ).
It is a slightly sweet and well-balanced sake!
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＠水橋
Jikin Kimoto Akaban Oucho Wooden Oke Hi-ire 720ml
Izumiya Okinawa store, Kaku-uchi.
Shinsei and Jikin can be selected from the stock of the day, but Jikin, this was the only one available today.
Of course it was delicious, a moment of bliss.
There was also a Hokuriku region drinking comparison set of three different types. Backward support, I like it.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi @Mizuhashi😃
I see you are going to Okinawa 🤗It's good to drink good sake in Okinawa 😋It's great that there is a Hokuriku drinking comparison set ☺️
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ハリー
@水橋さん、こんにちは😃
沖縄、いいですねー、一昨年教えてもらって
角打ち行ったのを思い出し懐かしいです。
ああ、あったかいでしょうし、ブラブラ国際通り歩きたいです😀
＠水橋
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌆.
I came to Okinawa because I have lots of extra miles 😃.
I found many 1sho bottles like Nabeshima, Nichinichi, Tenpyo, Miyakanume, Miyazumi, etc... But only a few Shugou bottles 😭. But Yongo bottles are scarce after the New Year 😭.
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＠水橋
Good evening, Harry 🌆.
I was related to the Okinawa Bamboo farm 😀.
The Corona disaster has changed a lot since then 🫨.
I saw a lot of Sake izakayas too.
It's really nice to be warm 🙂.
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Shinmasa Cosmos Label Junmai-shu 2022
Izumiya Okinawa Store, Kakunouchi.
One glass is 600 yen. When I asked to take a picture, I was told to look at the bottles and drink.
The refrigerator in the store was quite empty. The next shipment of sake is waiting at the port. He said that a lot of sake would be available on Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately 😢I will be back on Tuesday.
I came here via Haneda, but everything was normal as if nothing had happened.
Let's see, cosmos, fruity and this acidity, delicious. I was sweating so much walking here that I almost guzzled it down, but no, I had to take it slow💦.
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WOM
@Mizuhashi. Good morning here too. I am glad that nothing happened at Haneda. I'm glad nothing happened at Haneda. Have a fulfilling time in Okinawa!
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＠水橋
WOM, here you go too😄.
Thank you. I am going to visit Shuri Castle today. It looks like it is being rebuilt quite well, so I will take a good look at it.
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