Nakano Tokusen Kunizakari Junmai Ginjō Handagō Yeast 1801 (特撰國盛 純米吟醸 半田郷 酵母1801) is made by polishing Wakamizu, an Aichi sake rice variety, to 55% and slowly brewing it at low temperatures. It has a gorgeous aroma unique to ginjō-brewing and the rich flavour of junmai.
Handagō uses Wakamizu, a...
Nakano Tokusen Kunizakari Saika Daiginjō (特撰國盛 彩華 大吟醸) is carefully brewed using Ginpu rice from Hokkaido polished to 50%. It has a refreshing fruity ginjō aroma and a gentle and pleasant mouthfeel. It is slightly dry with a rich, smooth flavour that goes well with various dishes. Please enjoy...
Kuheiji Sauvage 2022 Junmai Daiginjō (醸し人九平次 雄町 SAUVAGE 純米大吟醸) is 100% made of Ōmachi rice. It is an emblematic cuvee honouring that rice variety. The Sauvage is worked according to the same principles as Eau du Désir using a higher-temperature fermentation allowing primary aroma extraction. The...
Aichi Prefecture's education board has announced plans to open what it says is Japan's first combined public junior and senior high school for students with foreign roots who require Japanese language training.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230330/p2a/00m/0na/010000c
Visitors posting photos of themselves groping figures of underage film characters have caused significant controversy at Ghibli Park in Aichi. The Twitter photos showed visitors touching the chest of the character statues and pretending to take underskirt photos with their smartphones. Aichi...
Iwakura Castle (岩倉城 Iwakura-jō) was a flat castle (平城 hirajiro) located in Iwakura, north of Nagoya.
The Oda clan, which held power in Owari during the Warring States period, was divided into two lines, the Iwakura Oda clan (岩倉織田氏, also known as the Ise no Kami 伊勢守家), which ruled the four...
Nakano Kunizakari Junmai Doburoku (國盛 純米どぶろく) is made from 100% contract-grown rice and is bottled as-is without filtering. Best served cold.
Doburoku means "home-brewed sake". Bootlegging was outlawed in the Meiji period. Nowadays, doburoku refers to sake with a lower volume of alcohol and a...
Gakuden Castle (楽田城 Gakuden-jō) is a flatland castle (平城 hirajiro) located in the eastern part of the Nobi Plain, south of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, and most importantly, close to the Kiso Highway (木曽街道). It is located halfway between Inuyama Castle (犬山城) and Komakiyama Castle (小牧山城).
Oda...
Kuheiji Eau du Désir 2021 Junmai Daiginjō (山田錦 EAU DU DÉSIR) is what the brewery calls "the style of the house". It is made of Yamadanishiki rice produced by Kuheiji at "Domaine Kurodashō" (黒田庄) in Hyōgo, milled to 50%.
Kuheiji describes the Eau du Désir as follows:
This sake is the first to...
Ito's Shikishima Junmai Daiginjō Muroka Namagenshu (敷嶋 純米大吟醸 無濾過生原酒) is what the brewery calls a "high-specced" sake, made of Yamadanishiki rice milled to 40%. Just like its Tokubetsu Junmai, it is a muroka, an unfiltered sake. The elegant finish is both floral and powerful. It is recommended to...
Itō Shikishima Tokubetsu Junmai Muroka Genshu "Step 001" (敷嶋 1歩目 特別純米 無濾過原酒) is an unfiltered, undiluted sake representing the brewery's first step in the revival of the Shikishima label. It is made of Yamada Nishiki rice milled down to 60%. As the original brewery had been in the process of...
Highway archaeology at its finest: Nagashino Shitaragahara Parking Area along Shin Tomei Highway cuts across a historic battlefield scattered with countless sites commemorating one of the most momentous Sengoku-era battles, the Battle of Nagashino (1575).
View of the location where the final...
Nigorizake (濁り酒) is made of coarsely pressed sake mash. It retains much of the rice solids in the moromi (fermented sake mash), resulting in sake of cloudy or milky colour. Nigori means "turpid' or "unclear". Kunizakari Nigorizake (國盛 にごり酒) is characterised by the velvety, creamy flavour...
Nōhime no Sato Kakushi Ginjō (濃姫の里 隠し吟醸) is made of domestic rice that was milled down to 60%. "Kakushi Ginjō" translates to 'hidden sake"; it is characterised by a gorgeous, sweet ginjō aroma and a light, refreshing taste.
The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private museum that opened its gates in 1935 and displays a large collection of artefacts of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. Many of these family treasures dated back to Tokugawa Ieyasu and were completed by the collection of his...
Officially called Kitanosan Shinpuku-ji Hōshō-in (北野山真福寺宝生院), Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Naka Ward, central Nagoya. It was initially constructed in the early 14th century by order of Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō, 1288-1339) in the village of...
Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮 Atsuta-jingū) is one of the most sacred Shinto shrines in Japan, purportedly second only to Ise-jingū in Mie Prefecture. It is said to hold the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three imperial regalia of Japan. According to tradition, the shrine was built by the...
Meiji-Mura Museum (博物館明治村 Hakubutsukan Meiji-mura) is an open-air museum located in Inuyama City, north of Nagoya, overlooking picturesque Lake Iruka.
It comprises sixty-seven buildings and structures dating mainly from the Meiji era (1868-1912): Western-inspired buildings such the main...
Okazaki City is located southeast of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture and prospered in the Edo period (1600-1868) as a castle town and an important post-station along the Tōkaidō Road.History
In the Sengoku period (1467-1568), the area of modern-day Aichi Prefecture was controlled by the Matsudaira...
Okazaki Castle (岡崎城 Okazaki-jō) is located in Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture. It is famous for being the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. The current edifice, a hilltop castle, is a reconstruction of the original donjon with its annexe and well-house...
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