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Best Saki 2007/12/7 21:01
Can anyone recommend a very good saki to buy (hot and cold)
by Jayy  

Sake 2007/12/7 23:06
You mean Sake.
by In rate this post as useful

sake 2007/12/8 05:54
Depends on what you like. My favorite is a sweet unfiltered sake from Shirokawaga, served cold.
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ponshu 2007/12/8 15:00
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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shochu 2007/12/9 07:55
sake is often called "nihonshu".


you could also google for "Shochu".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dch%C5%AB

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Mantensei 2007/12/9 08:44
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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Mentensai 2007/12/10 02:15
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
by John Zee rate this post as useful

other locations 2007/12/10 03:13
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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. 2007/12/10 08:15
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.
by Tokyonet rate this post as useful

. 2007/12/10 17:08
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.
by Blanc rate this post as useful

. 2007/12/11 05:36
Yes, they are different. Shochu is usually made from potatoes, thus cheaper than sake which is made from rice.
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to Tokyonet 2007/12/11 11:21
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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... 2007/12/14 15:36
I can recommend the Suehiro Daiginjo. Apparently the royal family enjoys this particular sake.

Check out the story on this brewery here:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7702.html
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Kanpai! 2008/6/9 00:16
I got 3 kinds of sake from Kamotsuru Sake Brewing Co Ltd in Saijo (Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima). My family was very happy with my purchase. I made them try a lightly sweet and sparkling Shinkirou sake which my teens enjoyed so much and then got them to try two other dry sake, the Kamotsuru Tokusei Gold Daiginjo and one sold only at the brewery (with Japanese characters only). The Daiginjo had gold leaf pressed into sakura or cherry blossoms dancing in the bottle. You may check out these links for sake advice -

http://www.sake-world.com/html/best-sake-picks.html
http://winenotebook.blogspot.com/2007/11/best-of-sakes.html
http://www.urbansake.com/about-sake/solid-gold.html
http://www.kamotsuru.jp/
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