How convenient that one of the best restoration projects post-earthquake they could show us was at a sake brewery. Much to the amazement of many friends and family, I have never tried sake before. I kinda thought I didn't know enough about it to choose a good one to try and all that... but my first lesson in the world of sake was "there is no such thing as good or bad sake; only sake you like or don't like". I like it already.
Sake (酒) is an alcoholic beverage made from rice (also called nihonshu 日本酒 here which translates to Japanese alcoholic beverage). It is often called rice wine, but the informative presentation I watched tells me the production process is slightly closer to beer than wine.
I bought some sake, tried some sake, bought some more sake, and also bought some Shōchū, which is more like a spirit than a wine. Apparently you can get kumara Shōchū - I must hunt this out! but as you might guess I am rather sleepy right now...
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