You can taste Hokusetsu, Hokusetsu Shuzo, from Niigata prefecture, and Kozaemon, Nakashima Sake Brewery from Gifu prefecture.   Hokusetsu (Hokusetsu Shuzo) The Hokuetsu Sake Brewery’s Daiginjo sake is handmade with traditional methods and is made using 65% polished Yamada Nishiki rice grown on Sado island, which is the best kind of rice for use in sake brewing. Hokusetsu Shuzo Sake Brewery was established in 1872. Hokusetsu is a dry, smooth sake, which evokes images of heavy snow in the northern provinces. Committed in their passion to Sado’s water, rice, climate and people, Hokusetsu wholeheartedly makes sake which can only be made by Hokusetsu, and explores the various possibilities of sake with … Continue reading “Hokusetsu” & “Kozaemon” In-store tasting event @ Ikebukuro