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Valentine’s Day – Sweet Sake Brewery Trip to Shichiken in Yamanashi
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We are well into the sake brewing season and it is time to enjoy new sake! I just spotted this fun and educational opportunity visit Shichiken in Yamanashi. [...]
Nagomi
… Finally, I think it is the people that makes this tagine ryori and nihonshu place so comfortable. Shimada-san and Ichikawa-san behind the counter are perfect professionals, but their passion for nihonshu kind of rubs off. It’s just fun to sit at the counter and watch them and chat about sake when they have a moment. They do not have an English menu, but don’t worry. If you have nihongo-phobia, Shimada-san and Ichikawa-san can guide you through their menu and drinks in English.
Sake of the Week #040: Aramasa Tokubetsu Junmai Rokugo Hatsu-shibori Nama Genshu
This bottle was the first one we tried for the evening with an assortment of sashimi. It had a very soft, gentle “nama” feel with a very pleasant fruity taste in the middle.
Sake of the week #038: SakéOne Moonstone Raspberry
“It’s all clear, just like regular nihonshu!” I was totally caught by surprise since I was expecting a trace of reddish raspberry color in the brew as I poured it into a beer mug. [Beautiful picture of berries CC @calliope on Flickr]
Please join the Sake World Sake Brewery Tour to San-in!
The destinations are totally off the beaten track, but I am sure you will find the slow pace of life there, the welcoming people, and the green scenery dotted with red gorgeous roof tiles very heartwarming. On our tour, you will experience the San-in region through sake, by going right to the best sources and by really getting an understanding of the brew from the world’s best expert!
Sake of the week #036: Ippaku Suisei Junmai Ginjo Muroka Nama Genshu Nigori
Ippaku Suisei is brewed by Fukurokuju Shuzo from Akita. I always enjoy their sake, but this just-brewed bottle was especially good; with a full, heavy feel in the middle, then finishing very clean.
San’in Trip: Day Five-Yubaaba in Yunotsu
A tale from Yunotsu … Somehow, one of the ladies started to tell me stories from her childhood–how she thinks of her father who died from over-working and how she wanted to give back to her mom great things her mom had given her, but her mom passed away a long time ago. I still have a vivid picture of this lady with totally gray hair bundled up soaking in the tub, sitting in front the frog as hot water dripped down with a soothing sound. When she broke into tears, I felt empathy, but at the same time my mind drifted off to a kind of ‘Spirited Away’ feeling as if I was being put under a spell by Yubaaba!
Sake of the week #035: Tatsuriki Junmai Daiginjo Nihon no Sakura
No wonder Tatsuriki never lets me down…
Sake of the week #034: Shosetsu Daiginjo
Last weekend was the big Shizuoka Sake Tasting Events at the JALT2009 conference at Granship in Shizuoka where over 1,700 language specialists and academics from all over Japan met for a long weekend. Some participants even traveled internationally to join in. To wind down a bit at the end of the long days at the conference, I was asked to organize Shizuoka sake events for participants two evenings at the conference.
Sake of the week #033: Wakatake Daiginjo Onikoroshi
In which Et-chan goes all the way to San Jose for sake from Shizuoka!
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