Housen Nami no Oto Junmai Sake (Koshu)

Nami no Oto Junmai Sake (Koshu) is produced by the Sasaki Sake Brewery in Natori in Miyagi Prefecture. The brewery was established in 1871. Miyagi sake is considered to be one of the highest quality in Japan and has also won many awards. Unfortunately, the devastating tsunami in 2011 hit the prefecture hard and the Sasaki Brewery was almost completely destroyed. However, in the following winter of 2012, Sasaki set up a temporary brewery and resumed production. Sake Kura has since been completely rebuilt in its old location. Now, 150 years of experience meet state-of-the-art technology at Sasaki, making sake more exciting than ever before. Housen Nami No Oto Junmai is an intense and complex sake. You can taste an intense rice aroma as well as notes of wood, hazelnut and mushrooms. There is a hint of caramel on the finish.

Housen Nami No Oto Junmai sake goes very well with spicy and intense dishes, such as Chinese food or curry dishes. Incidentally, "Housen" means treasure ship and "Nami no Oto" means the sound of the waves.

Tasting notes:
Nose: Spicy, nutty, woody.

Taste: Nutty, earthy, wild mushroom, spicy. Caramel, slightly citrus.

Character: Complex, long finish, medium astringency, hardly any fruit.

This sake is best enjoyed well chilled. We recommend a special sake glass or alternatively a white wine glass.

Sasaki Shuzo was founded in 1871 in Natori in the Yuriage district of Miyagi Prefecture. Sake Kura is run by two brothers in the fifth generation. While the younger brother, Toji, is responsible for sake production, the older brother takes care of the overall management and administration of the brewery. Like almost every sake brewery in Miyagi, the devastating tsunami in 2011 hit the Sasaki brewery very hard. The company headquarters building, which was a registered tangible cultural asset of Japan, was completely destroyed. Fortunately, the production warehouse, located on a slightly elevated area, was spared by the tsunami. The two brothers received support from all over the country to rebuild the brewery. First, a temporary brewery was built in the Natori City Reconstruction Industrial Park to resume production. In 2019, a new sake brewery was built at the old site. The new brewery now combines state-of-the-art technology with five generations of experience, making Sasaki sake more exciting than ever before. The town of Natori is blessed with the best water from the river of the same name and the Abukuba River. Sasaki uses almost exclusively local rice from Miyagi Prefecture for its sake.