I’ve been drinking less and less sake lately, and I’m thinking of wandering around drinking again.

1. Hitakami Super dry Junmai-shu
2. Taste Hitakami Super dry Junmai-shu
3. Today’s snack is Potato Salmon Cheese Baked

Hitakami Super dry Junmai-shu

Hitakami is the representative brand of sake from Hirataka Shuzo, located in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. It is made with the theme of pairing with seafood, and is characterized by its soft, clear, and crisp aftertaste.

Labels are very simple.

The bottle caps are black, too.

Opening.

Fragrance is light and sweet.

Characteristics
This brand name is derived from Ishinomaki City’s strong connection with “Hidakami-no-kuni” mentioned in the Chronicles of Japan.
The fifth-generation brewer, Takahiro Hirai, is a sushi lover who is known locally as the “Sushi Prince.
Hitomebore” is polished up to 60% and is a very dry Junmai sake.
It can be served cold or warmed up.

Gulp

Taste Hitakami Super dry Junmai-shu

Fruity, drier and easier to drink than I expected. Taste that can be drunk for a long time. Suitable for intermediate drinkers. Dry to finish.

Today’s snack is Potato Salmon Cheese Baked

Potatoes Salmon Cheese Baked on Sale at Supermarket. Not a Japanese dish, but a Western snack with cheese. This time, the cheese and sake fought with each other and failed to extend the flavor in sync.

Introducing this brewery

The company was founded in the first year of Bunku era (1868) and started sake brewing in Ishinomaki City.
Ishinomaki City is a port town that opens at the mouth of the Kitakami River, which cuts through the Pacific Ocean and the northeastern part of Japan, and is famous as one of the three major fishing grounds in the world where warm and cold currents meet off the coast of Kinkasan.
Delicious seafood is landed here, and visitors can enjoy the bounty of the sea in each of the four seasons. In the Edo period (1603-1867), the area flourished as a rice depot for the Date and Nanbu clans, and goods were transported to Edo and Osaka from as far away as Tokyo. At that time, sake breweries were allowed to operate only one inn and one sake brewery under the permission of the clan, and it is said that there were as many as 16 sake breweries in Ishinomaki. This makes us imagine that Ishinomaki is not only one of the best port towns in Japan, but also has a very long history in the history of sake brewing in Miyagi Prefecture. Our representative brand is “Hitakami”. Hitakami” was developed in 1990 with the goal of creating a sake that would be accepted on a national level. The name “Hitakami” comes from an old legend that the legendary Land of Hitakami, a land blessed by the sun, which is mentioned in the Chronicles of Japan, existed in this region.
Hidakami” has won the gold medal at the National New Sake Competition a total of 18 times. We believe that the difference in taste and quality is the result of our commitment to the most important process in sake brewing, from the top layer to the shipping stage.