A bottle that you will want to try when you hear it has been awarded a gold medal.

Another day for a quiet solitary drink I didn’t go to the liquor store much today. I tasted a bottle of sake and it was so good that I bought one! Yoshinokawa the best Ginjo The number of times it has been awarded the Gold Prize is 29 times in total. Niigata Prefecture is famous … Read more

Not very famous, but a standard pure sake. However, it won a gold medal in Niigata Prefecture.

Another day for a quiet solitary drink I didn’t go to the liquor store much today. I tasted a bottle of sake and it was so good that I bought one! Yoshinokawa the best Ginjo The number of times it has been awarded the Gold Prize is 29 times in total. Niigata Prefecture is famous … Read more

Late for publication. Summer sake is the sake of the season.

Today’s sake is also a dusty, solitary sake. Shimehari-zuru is a major sake that anyone who is interested in Japanese sake will encounter at some point. As usual, I wandered around the liquor store. The cool design of the sake caught my eye, and I decided to try a famous sake once in a while. … Read more

What is YK 35 on the label? It is Mr. Yamada’s Y.

Following the Nishikigoi, the members of the group continued tasting. Next up…. The Hokusetsu was recommended to us by a shopkeeper at an antenna store in Niigata, and won an award at a sake fair.  Hokusetsu YK35 What is YK35?  In case you are wondering, YK35 is Y of Yamadanishiki, K of Kyokai No. 9 yeast, … Read more

Do you know about chikuwa? With KamosuMori

The sake “Kamosu Mori” , which I’ve been curious about because of its stylish label, was there, and I didn’t hesitate to buy it. That’s why I decided to buy it right away. To be honest, I didn’t have any prior information about it, but I had seen it before. I was just like, “Is … Read more