2025-06

Japanese Sake 日本酒

DaiShinShu Te-Ippai NamaSake / 大信州 手いっぱい 生

We select the highest quality rice, polish the rice in-house with great care over a long period of time, and brew this sake with all the skill and wisdom of the Daishinshu tradition, from brewing to storage and bottling. From brewing to storage and bottling, this sake is brewed with all the skill and wisdom of Daishinshu tradition. All of the sake rice used by Daishinshu is contract grown in Nagano Prefecture and is suitable for sake brewing. (Label information)Daishinshu's Junmai Daiginjo Nama-Sake is shipped only once a year. Daishinshu "Te-Ippai" is a sake brewed with all the technology available at the brewery during that brewing year. What we do know is that it uses “Kinmon-nishiki,” a fantastic rice from Shinshu. The only other information we have is that the brewing process is the same as that used to make sake for the sake competition, which takes a lot of time and effort. "Te-Ippai" is a sake selected from among the Junmai Daiginjo that is brewed in Daishinshu to the best of our ability, from rice polishing to brewing and storage, after further rice selection and grading of the incoming brown rice. It is brewed in the same way as the sake entered in the sake competition, and we dare not describe the specifications of the sake. The raw type is limited to once a year.
Japanese Sake 日本酒

Yamma No.12 Junmai-Daiginjo Muroka Genshu / 山間 12号 純米大吟醸 無濾過原酒 中採り直詰め

Yamma No. 12 is a special sake brewed by Niigata Daiichi Shuzo. This sake is a Junmai Daiginjo Nakadori direct-filling, unfiltered, unrefined sake, produced in very limited quantities. Characteristically, the sake rice called “Koshitanrei” harvested in the local terraced rice fields is polished to 50%, and only the “Nakadori” portion, which is said to have the most stable aroma, is used by direct filling from the Kameguchi. As a result, it has a very gorgeous aroma and smooth mouthfeel, with a concentrated rich sweet flavor. In addition, after being fired in the bottle once, it is aged in ice-cold storage for about six months, which gives it a very refined and noble flavor.
Japanese Sake 日本酒

Houmei Ichigo-Ichie series -G yeast- / 豊明 一期一会シリーズ -G yeast-

This Junmai Daiginjo follows the concept of “I Gnition”, the first in Houmei Ichigo-Ichie  (once-in-a-lifetime encounter) series started 3 years ago, and was brewed this year using “Sake Musashi” and “Saitama G Yeast”. (Sake Brewery) This sake is recommended by the owner of James' favorite liquor store. This sake is made with G yeast, which is said to be used at Hanaabi. G yeast is difficult to ferment on its own and is often combined with other yeasts. However, this sake is brewed only with G yeast, and the sales quantity is small. Sake Musashi“ produced in Saitama Prefecture is refined to 50% and ”Saitama G yeast" is used to make this all-Saitama sake.