On the recommendation of a neighbor from Japan, I went to Akebono in Granite Bay. I started out with a sake tasting set consisting of small glasses of three kinds of craft sake, a junmai, a ginjo and a daiginjo. The set was about...

through and through. However...I found the quality of fish at KurumaZushi slightly superior. I liked the junmai daiginyo Hokusetsu at Nobu better, and I found Sushi of Gari to be more innovative and enlightening in terms of...

I fell in love last night. With this sake —> http://www.urbansake.com/sake/masumi-arabashiri-junmai-ginjo-nama-genshu.html My friend got the bottle in NYC and I’m willing to drive, but would like to know if there are...

surprising. There should be other information on the label, such as the type of sake — Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo, Junmai Daiginjo, Namazake, etc. This will help you find out more about the bottle in question. I wish I could...

is sipped directly from the glass before the glass is picked up. Picking up the glass before the first sip is super bad luck! Also for the junmai ginjo/ dai-ginjo(super-premium) the last sip is best served room temperature to...

At SAKAYA we carry two plum sake, Ginkobai and Kakurei Junmai Ginjo Umeshu (a well-balanced, not-so-sweet, high quality small production plum-flavored sake from Niigata). In addition to Yuki no Bosha Nigori and Chikurin Hana Hou...

. I loved the sake sampler which was a glass of 4 different sakes. The lightest, junmai ginjo, was very tasty. It is also much easier to park near Live than Umi.

carafe of a junmai daiginjo. $60 with tax and tip. Cheap plane ticket.

) junmaishu, then a yamahai ginjo. Of the two, I prefer the former, as it’s got a little more acidity and kick. The third sake was from Kariho (Akita Pref.), a yamahai junmai genshu that ranks a +23 on the Nihonshu...

including nigorizake, junmai, ginjo, and daiginjo. Ideally some sparkling sake as well. Arigato in advance!

Olympic Miyagi Oysters, with components from the sea – Mr CF said this was fabulous Laurent Perier First: Hamachi Carpaccio – my favorite appetizer! Star Filled Sky Junmai Daiginjo Sake – this is the first sake I...

. With two large carafes of junmai daiginjo and a few teas thrown in, the bill came out to be 70 a piece, not including tax. Service was unremarkable either way. Decor is little helter skelter. I keep finding myself back here...

, and our mood was not quite as cheerful as when we had walked in the door. We were $372.44 poorer ...... we had consumed a modest amount of mediocre sushi, a few lackluster fusion dishes and a carafe of junmai sake, and we felt...

of ingrediends, great presentation, and a terrific match with the server-recommended sake (the junmai daiginjo “demon slayer”). Should have ordered a whole flask, as I slurped down my 5oz glass with abandon. It was...

name). The wasabi was oh so fresh and the soy sauce was on the light side so as not to hide the flavor of the fish. They asked if my Saki was cold and reminded me of the $5 corkage. We brought a bottle of Shimeharizuru Junmai...