This is the fist post of the our new “sake of the week” series. I guess I’m starting off with something a bit silly.

sake for home spa

This is a bottle of Yokuyo Seishu. Yes, it’s sake for bathing or for your home spa treatment. The label reads 15.0+ alcohol and the ingredients are rice, water, and distilled alcohol.

I do not know how many people actually pour sake in their bath, but it’s not uncommon to hear about sakaburo or sakeburo. In the same way bath gel works, a sake bath is supposed to be good for relaxation, a really good moisturizer, and some say good for detox.

I could not help myself and sipped a bit to see how it tastes. It tastes like absolutely characterless sake. It reminded me a base sake they used for a tasting class at the Brewing Society of Japan. There’s no acidity, no nigami, no umami–nothing.

This particular bottle is made by a very fine brewer whose other sake I really enjoy sipping at, not soaking in. I do not think this bottle is even available to purchase. It seems they did this just for fun and gave out these bottles to ladies as a gift at the end of one of their recent events.

I don’t know how much you are supposed to pour in, though. The more the better? One whole 300 ml bottle for a one time experience?