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Best Saki
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2007/12/7 21:01
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Can anyone recommend a very good saki to buy (hot and cold)
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by Jayy
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Depends on what you like. My favorite is a sweet unfiltered sake from Shirokawaga, served cold.
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by cf
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Helo *Kubota Junmai Dai-Ginjo (Nigata) dry&fruity taste *Hakkaisan Junmai Ginjo (forgot where from) *Uragasumi Junmai (Miyagi) *Masumi@Junmai Okudenkanzukuri (Nagano)
these my favorite Nihonshu sake
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by hodad
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Mantensei
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2007/12/9 08:44
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Whenever I return to Japan to visit family, I always pick up some bottles of Mantensei (Star-Filled Sky) from Tottori prefecture. It is simply the best sake I've ever had (and I've had my fair share). Mantensei notably won the Gold Prize in the 2002 U.S. National Sake Competition too.
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by chan_konabe
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Mentensai
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2007/12/10 02:15
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chan_konabe san, I was so told that many of the rural prefectures have their own brew, with local water. Is this Mantensai only available in Totori? Or you can get it in stores in Tokyo. Thanks
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by John Zee
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other locations
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2007/12/10 03:13
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Sake from the rural prefectures is always better, in my opinion, as the quality of the local water and rice is of a higher purity.
Mantensei can be found all over Tottori prefecture. However, I've seen it for sale in Osaka at a large specialty sake store in the Namba Walks area. The store is divided into prefectures, so just simply go to the Tottori prefecture section.
As for Tokyo, I rarely visit there, so the only advice I can give is to find similar specialty sake stores like the one in Osaka.
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by chan_konabe
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Isetan department in Shinjuku has a huge selection of sake from all over Japan. Mitsukoshi, Daimaru, and Takashimaya also have good selection in Tokyo. Check it out.
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by Tokyonet
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From the wikipedia link above:
"Shōchū should not be confused with sake, a brewed rice wine."
So sake and shochu or nihon-shu are different things apparently.
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by Blanc
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Yes, they are different. Shochu is usually made from potatoes, thus cheaper than sake which is made from rice.
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by Tokyonet
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to Tokyonet
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2007/12/11 11:21
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You still don't understand the difference between sake and shochu. Sake is brewed, shochu is distilled. The difference is not the material (there's shochu made of rice too) but the process and alcholic percentage.
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