This May, the "Tokujun" nama-zume is released every year as a summer sake. Now, I had to decide whether to buy this year's freshly brewed or the one-year aged one on the line!

The long-established Niigata brewery, whose style has become old-fashioned and declining, has recently introduced Blue Bottle's Kawafui and Green Bottle's Kawafui to meet modern taste preferences.

What a great deal, a Junmai Ginjo-shu for 700 yen including tax. Purchased at the Apita Kameda store in Niigata Prefecture. The rice polishing ratio is an ambitious 58%, and this sake is from Fukui Prefecture. Detailed specs

Purchased at Muikamachi Aeon. It is a sake from the Tamagawa Sake Brewery in the neighboring city of Uonuma, but I had never seen the label before. When I looked at the distributor, it was Takano Sohonten K.K. of Nagano Prefecture.

Hakkai Brewery's summer sake is now ready. It is the season of "Summer Jun" again this year. Delivered right from our directly-managed stores. This year's rice is hidari and hard

This will be a lineup of modern acceptable sake from the Ishimoto Sake Brewery, which has dominated Niigata Prefecture, or Japan in the past. No longer classified as Tokkyu or First Class sake.

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