Very close to Asakusa tourist area. Old-fashioned conveyor-belt sushi bar. A long-established sushi restaurant. Edomae sushi.

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I went there as a sushi-sake fanatic. Popular sushi restaurant in Asakusa.

Hinatomaru sushi bar

Hinatomaru sushi bar
Hinatomaru sushi bar

This restaurant is located in Asakusa, about a 10-minute walk from a temple called Senso-ji.

Old-fashioned conveyor-belt sushi bar

Hinatomaru sushi bar

Inside the Restaurant and Menu

The best sushi of the season is written on the sign! It’s in Japanese.

menu
menu
menu

Regular menu is also available

store interior
store interior
store interior

This is a standard set of sushi eats.

ginger

This “ginger” is served at the beginning.
I will tell you how to use it.
It is there to cleanse the palate.
When you eat a variety of sushi, your mouth gets greasy and your taste buds do not taste right. The ginger is there to reset your palate.

beer

Let’s start with a toast.

Let’s eat.

sushi with white meat

This restaurant offers a variety of sushi sets.

I ordered a set of white fish.

mackerel
salmon
Tuna hand roll
tuna brain meat

This sushi is a rare tuna head.
It was too fatty for me and did not taste good.

sake

I also enjoyed the sake. There were not many varieties of sake, but there were some famous ones.

It was another good day.

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Store Information

📍111-0032 1-20-10 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo




Monday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday
11:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Saturday
11:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Sunday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM

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It comes in a box, but it’s affordable, not expensive.”Kuzuryu Daiginyo”

Asia/Tokyo7

Today, too, I’m drinking alone in the dust. Today, too, I go to a liquor store to see if I can find some good sake. The weather is nice today, so I’m already in a good spirit after drinking a beer from noon! At a liquor store I visited, there was a strong-looking “龍(dragon)” on the label.

  1. Kuzuryu Daiginyo
  2. Kuzuryu Daiginyo Taste Evaluation
  3. I tried heating it up
  4. Today’s snack

Kuzuryu Daiginyo

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

Moreover, when I purchased the product, they put it in a luxury-looking box.

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

The text recommends hot sake.

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

Masato Mizuno, the 7th generation brewer, was deeply interested in wine, which is also a brewed sake, and visited France and Germany.
He visited France and Germany to see if sake could be aged in the same way as wine, and through trial and error, he continued to pursue only high quality sake in small quantities.
He continued to pursue the creation of high quality sake in small quantities.
The result is “Kuroryu Daiginjo Ryu”
The result was “Kuroryu Daiginjo Ryu,” the first daiginjo in Japan to be produced on a commercial basis.
It was the first daiginjo-shu to be commercialized in Japan.

Official WEB site

October 04, 2022
Godiva collaborated with the 50th anniversary collection of Godiva in Japan.

September 26, 2022
Won the Gold Medal at the National Sake Competition.

I see they won a gold award this year.　They also seem to be collaborating with Godiva.

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

It is a screw cap.

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

New! QR code on the stopper!

Opening

Kuzuryu Daiginyo
Kuzuryu Daiginyo

Slightly fragrant ginjo aroma, which is very popular nowadays

First of all, it’s cold, and then it’s gulp!

Kuzuryu Daiginyo Taste Evaluation　

Taste Evaluation

The first sip is a ginjo aroma, which is very popular nowadays. From there, it transforms into the acidic taste of Showa-era sake. It has a unique flavor that makes you want to put something in your mouth. It is a mellow sake. A food sake. Very interesting taste change. At first it tastes like pear and then it changes. It seems to go well with meat and cheese.

I tried heating it up

I tried heating it up. The taste is remarkably clear. They recommend hot sake for this sake, and they are right. The sweetness is considerably reduced and only moderately aromatic, making it very easy to drink. It is a taste that sake lovers can drink all the time. Delicious. I can understand why it won an award.

Today’s snack
hamburger (on a bun)
hamburger

I bought a hamburger thinking it would go surprisingly well with it.　We met for drinks this time. If you drink sake and then eat hamburger, the acidity of the sake is neutralized and it becomes even easier to drink!

Another good day.

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Traditional Japanese Izakaya. Cheap and tasty yakitori restaurant.

Asia/Tokyo7

I wanted to eat yakitori, so I went to a yakitori restaurant. Here are some yakitori restaurants in Japan. The way of ordering is unique, so please learn from this and try it when you come to Japan.

yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya

I visited “Yamatoya” this time. It is a yakitori restaurant where you eat standing up. There are two areas: one is for a large group of people and the other is a counter area where you can eat alone.

yamatoya
yamatoya

yamatoya
yamatoya

At the counter, you talk to the waiter in front of you and place your order. In the large group area, please talk to the waiter who is hanging around.

Most yakitori restaurants will ask about seasoning. Many yakitori restaurants will ask for seasoning, either tare or shio. Tare is sweet and spicy. Shio (salt) is a refreshing seasoning with Japanese poppy seeds.　The restaurant is crowded, so please speak loudly.

menu
menu

Yakitori is cooked to order, so expect it to take some time.

beer
beer
sake
sake
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yamatoya
yakitori
yamatoya
yakitori

This is a unique place to start. Originally, the bill is paid at once after you have ordered, but at this restaurant, you pay in cash for each order. So please have cash ready.

When you are ready, put the food in a colander. The change will be returned to the colander.

The kitchen is always busy. The washed glasses are immediately filled with drinks again and served.

This method is not often seen. Japanese people understand this system somewhat by looking at it. But foreigners who are not accustomed to this system may be confused. Please learn from this and try the authentic and tasty yakitori.

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Not famous but poor quality. Some unique sushi. Medium sized sushi bar

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Sake alone in the dust today.

Today I am in Omiya, Saitama. It takes about 30 minutes from Tokyo Station by train.

Visited a conveyor-belt sushi bar called Uobei. There is a conveyor-belt sushi bar in Tokyo, but I had to go to Omiya for an appointment.

Appearance of the store

It is not easy to find, but there is a conveyor belt sushi bar on the fourth floor of the building.

Most sushi bars are located on the first floor facing the street in order to stand out from the crowd, but this one is tucked away on the fourth floor of a building! The restaurant is located on the fourth floor of a building.

reception machine

When the elevator opens, an automatic reception desk is right in front of you.

reception machine
reception machine

A seat number will be issued.

store interior
store interior
store interior

Tea and water are self-serve and can be picked up by yourself.

ordering machinery
ordering machinery
ordering machinery
ordering machinery

The menu is a touch panel system. English is also available.

Seasonal sushi promotion
Seasonal sushi promotion

Seasonal fairs are also very well advertised!

promptly order

Toro and Salmon Set
Toro and Salmon Set

It came on a conveyor belt on the lower level.

Wasabi
Wasabi
Wasabi
Wasabi

The basic product does not contain wasabi. Take wasabi from the table and put it on yourself.

beer
beer

Cheers!

shrimp tempura

I came on a train from the upper level.

I came on a train from the upper level. It is shrimp tempura.

shrimp tempura
cuttlefish tempura
cuttlefish tempura
Tuna
Tuna and natto
Tuna and natto

Uobei to my surprise, the fish was fresher and tastier than at any sushi bar I have ever been to. Some sushi bars have fish that is dry and not sweet, but at Uobei you can feel the freshness of the fish.

automatic teller machine
automatic teller machine

Checkout is automatic, and you can pay by taking the receipt you received at the reception desk and having the machine scan it.

That was a delicious meal

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The famous “Tenbi” is made by a female brewer, a rarity in Japan.

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Today, too, I am enjoying sake by myself. Perhaps it is because I have been drinking a lot of major sake recently, but it is getting harder and harder to find sake that I haven’t tried. I simply don’t have enough information about sake. And then there is the sake that I see so often on social networking sites.

  1. Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai
  2. The brewery is famous
  3. Amami Tokubetsu Junmai Taste evaluation
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Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai
Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai
Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

The brewery is famous,
The first is that it is headed by a female toji. (Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), a manufacturer of solar power generation systems, bought a local sake brewery that was about to close down and built a brand new brewery from a vacant lot. In short, they started from scratch.

(Sanyo Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), a manufacturer of solar power generation systems and other products, purchased a local sake brewery that was about to close down and announced that it would build a brand new brewery from a vacant lot. The sake has been well received and is off to a good start, quickly running out of stock. The female toji, Miki Fujioka, spearheaded this new entry into the sake market by a company that had absolutely nothing to do with sake. We trace the background of her involvement in the project and the hard work that led to the birth of the new brewery.


Sake Street

Tenbi’s official website was re-established in 2020.

Such history is important to the drinker, though. It’s the taste, the taste.

Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

What is it? Most of the breweries that make direct claims have a design that looks like a family crest.

Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

Old type. Open the bottle to avoid cutting your hand.

Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

White shimmering gas feeling.

Tenbi Tokubestu jyunmai

Sweet, sweet aroma wafts through the air.

Gulp.

Amami Tokubetsu Junmai Taste evaluation

Amami Tokubetsu Junmai Taste evaluation

Sweet as the aroma. Carbonated and suitable for beginners. It is sweet for the drinker. Easy to drink, especially for those with no miscellaneous tastes. The sweetness of the rice stands out extremely. If it is chilled to a crisp, as if it is treated like white wine, the sweetness will be reduced and it will be just as easy to drink. It seems to go well with light soup stock dishes rather than salty dishes.

Today’s snack

crushed tofu

This time I felt it was not a good match because it is sweeter, and every time I have no prior information, so it is a one-shot deal. However, as I gradually get used to the taste of the sake, it is surprisingly not bad. However, there must be more dishes that go well with it.

It was another good day.

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Precious sake obtained at the brewery.

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When I visited the Shichiken brewery in Yamanashi Prefecture the other day, I found that I was still susceptible to limited edition sake.

  1. Sichiken Shoshu
  2. Shichiken taste evaluation
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It is a precious sake available only at the brewery. Mukohide I can’t read. How do you read it?

Sichiken shoshu label
Sichiken shoshu label

Seven Sages of Takebayashi” series

Seven types of “nama-shu” ranging from junmai-daiginjo to honjozo, named after the “Seven Wise Men of the Takebayashi Forest”.
The new sake is freshly squeezed and bottled without heat treatment, and can only be enjoyed at the brewery.
These are limited-edition nama-zake that can only be tasted at the brewery.

Shichiken Official Website

There is no way to read it, and it appears to be Chinese. The name is said to be named after a real-life outstanding Chinese person.

Sichiken shoshu cap2
Sichiken shoshu cap2

There is a family crest firmly on the cap.

Sichiken shoshu cap2
Sichiken shoshu cap2

Old Cap. Don’t cut your hand.

Open the bottle.

Sichiken shoshu liquid
Sichiken shoshu liquid

The aroma is a kid-type ginjo aroma that is popular nowadays.

Gobit!

Japan Ranking 70th
Yamanashi Prefecture Ranking 1st

Shichiken taste evaluation

Shoshu junmai
Shoshu junmai

The aroma is not that strong and the finish is sharp. It is easy to drink without any unpleasant taste. It is suitable for beginners. It is a light and dry sake, which is the current trend. It seems to go well with light fish rather than meat-based dishes. You may drink this sake alone as an aperitif. It is very easy to drink and worth going to the brewery to buy. It may not be suitable for those who like old-fashioned sake.

Today’s snack

Sichiken shoshu
Sichiken shoshu
jigaliko2
jigaliko2

I thought salt and sesame might go together. They met. Jagariko might go well with sake.

It was another good day.

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