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BUY RARE AND DELICIOUS SAKES FROM JAPAN Sake, like wine, comes with different flavor, quality, grade but also rarity. Just like wine, some of them are only produced in little quantity, a few hundreds for some, and they are only made available within the region where its produced. The master brewers who don’t mass produce their sakes have better control in their brewery, and often, they have a higher quality than the bigger brands.      At The Nihonshu, we are collaborating directly with some of the local producers, who brew sake annually from a few hundreds to a few thousands bottles every year.They were carefully selected and their little… Read More »Buy Sake Directly From Japan

SAKE IN JAPAN For those who are not familiar with Japanese sake, called Nihonshu in Japan, it is an alcoholic beverage made from rice, koji mold, and water. For thousands of years,  Japanese brewers have been making this alcoholic beverage with fermentation and maturation techniques distinct to the nation. It used to be drunk by most people over 30 years old but nowadays, it’s also popular among younger people. Thanks to social networks, more and more people are discovering and enjoying sake with their meals. Many varieties and flavors of sake are produced as well and it’s very popular among women.    You will find sake inside most Japanese restaurants… Read More »Sake Popularity In The World

Nagayao, a Prince from NARA PERIOD (684 – 729) The Prince Nagaya, called Nagayaō in Japanese, was a Prince in Japan from more than 1300 years ago. In the 1980s, a wooden tablet with six recipes for making sake were excavated from the site of Prince Nagaya’s residence in Nara City. The sake recipes have more koji than it is today, has a strong sweetness, and is golden. Nakamoto brewery is using one of this millennium recipe and has recreated perfectly one of the sake that was drank by the Prince. Nagayao is a golden colored sake, extremely sweet (smv -48), easy to drink and we recommend you to drink… Read More »Nagayao – A Millennium Sake Recipe From Nara

KIKIZAKE – SAKE TASTING Kikizake – or sake tasting – is the term for tasting sake, from its colour to the final after-taste. Usually when you go to a sake bar, you will have the choice to choose your sake by region and they often serve it at room temperature, but sometimes you can also find sake tasting with chilled sake (reishu kiki) or warmed up sake (kanshu kiki).  Sake bartenders will serve you a set of sake into tasting cups (kiki choko). It is visually very interesting and good for taking pictures! You can first see the different colours inside each cup.  Now it’s time to check the colour… Read More »Kikizake – The Art of Tasting Sake