How to find a sake specialty store where you can buy delicious sake in Japan.

This article is aimed at people who are old enough to drink alcohol.
This is an introduction to how to find a sake specialty store where you can buy delicious sake in a town you don’t know, which I practice.
It works for me, but it doesn’t work for everyone.

This article is for English-speaking people staying in Japan.

We aim to write articles that will help you find a sake specialty store that sells delicious sake in a town you don’t know.

Basic knowledge for finding delicious sake

Even if you say sake in one word, there are various types.

Here, I have organized the types of sake that I would especially like to recommend.

“Nama” sake

There are two types of sake, “Hiire”, which is heat-treated for preservation, and “Nama”, which is not heat-treated.

Both “Hiire” and “raw” are delicious, but there is a reason why “Nama” is recommended.

“Nama” needs to be refrigerated, so transportation costs are high, so we recommend buying it in Japan where you can get it cheaply.

Japanese sake scent

One of the ways to enjoy Japanese sake is its “scent”.

“Ginjo” and “Daiginjo” are recommended because they are sake that is slowly fermented at a low temperature to bring out the scent.

Although the price is relatively high, there are many daiginjo that are cheap and have a nice scent.

“Junmai” sake

Junmai is a type of Japanese sake made only with rice, koji and water.

Even if it is not “pure rice”, there are many delicious sake, so it is not the decisive factor for taste.

However, since most of the sake that the sake breweries are particular about is “Junmai”, we believe that choosing “Junmai” will increase the probability of being delicious.

How to find a sake specialty store that sells delicious sake

I will introduce how to find a sake specialty store that sells delicious sake in a town I do not know.

STEP 1 “search on googlemap”

Display the place where you are staying on googlemap and enter “Sake store” to search.