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2023-01-29

I’d like to introduce a special sake called, “Yawara Sanman-goku Kassei Gensyu”.

“Yawara Sanman-goku” is a sake that I drink regularly. It is a local sake brewed in Tsukubamirai City, which is in Ibaraki Prefecture. Though it isn’t famous at all, it is delicious and inexpensive. So I love it. Last year, I received some information about a special edition of this sake would go on sale for a limited time every...

Food

2021-12-26

Winter is the perfect time for enjoying “Hirezake”

I would like to introduce an interesting way of drinking sake. It is called, Hirezake. It is hot sake into which a grilled fin of a fish is put. This photo is a Hirezake using a fin of a blowfish. It is the representative Hirezake. It has a very distinctive taste and smell. The flavor of the blowfish permeates into...

Food

2020-12-27

The night of the winter solstice is a special time

The night of the winter solstice is a special time for Japanese people. The winter solstice is the shortest day in the year, and people in old times set it as a turning point of the year aside from New Year’s Eve. Some customs relating to the winter solstice began out of a desire for a long and healthy life....

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I’d like to introduce a special sake called, “Yawara Sanman-goku Kassei Gensyu”.

Winter is the perfect time for enjoying “Hirezake”

The night of the winter solstice is a special time