Hi from Takayama

I'm Sanae. I have lived in Takayama for 4 and a half years starting Oct. 2014 till March 2019. I enjoyed living in such a beautiful city surrounded by mountains. Here is a blog that shares the happy times I had in Takayama.

My new place is Anjo, Aichi, but I'm too much in love with Takayama, I will continue adding some more infos about Takayama, plus I will be adding some updates about my new place as well.

Also, my life has been about "moving" everywhere!! Believe it or not, this was my 14th time to move and I thought there are a lot to share about my "moving life." There are some special things that I see and experience by living in different cities not just in Japan but in other countries as well!!

Cheers to new findings!!

さなえです。2014年10月~2019年3月まで岐阜県高山市で過ごしました。山に囲まれた美しいこの町が大好きです。

実はすでに高山を出てしまいました。が、この先も時々高山インフォメーションをアップしつつ、近辺(愛知)の様子もお伝えしていこうと思います。

そうそう、それと
何を隠そう、今回の引越は人生で14度目の引越!あちこちと動き回ったものです。遠距離への引越はもちろん、同じ市内の引越であっても、違う角度から見る空は、全然違っていて、人生をがらっと変えてしまうことすらあります。「当たり前」の明日が来ない生活、大変なことも多いけど、学ぶこともたくさん!そんな「引っ越しあるある」も時々シェアしていきますね。

11/20/15

純米酒 Junmai Sake

There are a lot to explain about
when talking about sake.

The sake we had tonight is
the "Junmai-ginjyo-shu (sake)" which is made purely from rice.
That means no alcohol has been added
and they've polished the rice to at least 60 percent of the whole grain.

I perhaps have to go on explain about the polishing of the rice
but I'll do that on my other post.

The pure rice sake (junmai-shu) tend to have a sweet and mild taste
and this one from Funasaka brewery is one of those.

We used both the "masu (the wooden cup)"
and the "ochoko (the tiny ceramic cup) to drink the sake.

Usually, the ochoko is used when the sake is warmed
but who cares, we enjoyed sipping and pouring the sake to each other!!

Actually we bought these ochokos at the antique shop in the old town.
It was great fun to choose a couple from the whole bunch!!

AND it was a lot of fun to actually drink the delicious sake using
these beautiful utensils!!

お酒は奥が深く
語りだすと
何時間も必要になります。

今日は「純米吟醸酒」をいただきました。

純米酒、
醸造酒、
米の精米歩合について、
語ることはたくさんあります。
それにはまた別の記事を書かないといけないですね。

今回は船坂酒造のものをいただきました。
純米酒は
味の特徴として
甘めに感じるものが多いのではないでしょうか。

今回は「枡」と「おちょこ」で味わいました。

おちょこは通常
熱燗で頂く場合に使うことが多いのでしょうが、
まぁいいか、
何度もついだり、つがれたり、
を楽しみましたよ。

この、おちょこたちは
以前、町並みの骨董屋で購入したものです。
たくさんあるおちょこの中から、
お気に入りのものを探す楽しさといったらありません。

そして、これらを使って実際にいただくお酒は
また格別なのでした。








5 comments:

  1. Good day!Hase ne.Your ochoko is very nice.
    I become want to drink Sake.
    Last week I went to Japan together my friends of ffice.But we didn't drink Sake. Becase everyone don't like drink a Sake.
    But I see your photos so I thinked if I drink Sake with Thai friends in japan more enjoy.
    ちょっと後悔、、

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    1. Hi Tomo,
      thank you for your comment!! I love my new ochokos, too!! You were in Japan last week, that's great!! I hope you had a wonderful time. Too bad you missed "sake." Perhaps you haven't found out the right sake yet. I'm sure you will find several here :D Don't miss it the next time!! I believe that your Thai friends will love some as well!!

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  2. Those ochoko look so nice! I'm looking forward to visiting Takayama this winter.

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    1. Hi Ben,
      Can't believe you will be here in 3 weeks!! We're doing a brewery tour for sure. Be ready!!

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  3. Hi Sanae,
    Yes, I'm so excited to visit a sake brewery!
    -Ben

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