When You Can’t Pick the Right Sake for Dinner, There’s Hakurakusei Founded in 1874 in Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Niizawa Brewery is the producer of the sake I want to introduce today, Hakurakusei. Now led by its fifth generation, the brewery has a clear philosophy. They describe their sake as aiming to become the “ultimate […]
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Beau Michelle, from Tomono Shuzo in Saku City (佐久市).
Location: Nagano Prefecture
Among all the sake I drank in June 2025, Beau Michelle was the most impressive.
And when winter came, the Snow White I drank was also outstanding.
About two years ago, I graduated from sneakers and started
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DASSAI, Unforgettable Nihonshu If someone were to ask me which sake I will never forget,last year, this year, next year, and even the year after that,my answer would always be the same: Dassai. Today, I want to tell the story of why Dassai has remained so deeply etched in my memory.And through this story, I
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Whenever my wife, Midori, and I visit a sake shop or a sake izakaya, there are a few bottles we always look for first.
One of them is the sake I’m introducing today—a true representative of Miyagi Prefecture’s local sake, brewed by a husband-and-wife-run brewery.
It’s Miyakanbai.
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Chapter 1. A Whim That Decides Tonight’s Dinner Nihonshu is made from rice.Wine is made from grapes. Try eating a single grain of rice at home.And when you get the chance, buy some grapes at the supermarket and eat just one. You’ve already done that?Then this gets easier. Which one is sweeter and more stimulating?Most
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There’s a nihonshu bar in Fukuoka that I visit often. It’s extremely well known among both tourists and locals, especially for its strong lineup of premium sake—Jikon, Aramasa, Juyondai, Shinshu Kirei, and the like. At the bar, I often see tourists showing photos of Aramasa, Jikon, or Juyondai on their phones and asking the staff,
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