SAKE MAP
Tokai / Types: Sake
Six drinks from Aichi, each with a snack that suits it and a short story behind the bottle.
Kamoshibitokuheiji
A globally popular Nagoya-born label served even at a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Paris. Its gorgeous, elegant, wine-like taste lightly overturned the conventions of sake. Its creed is a sincere craft, even taking on rice-growing itself. A bottle to feel the caliber of Aichi that took wing to the world.
Pairs with：Miso-katsu (pork cutlet with sweet miso) / Tebasaki (fried chicken wings)
Horaisen
A distinguished name of mellow, soft taste, brewed in the mountains of Oku-Mikawa. Its phantom sake "Kuu" especially is known as a hard-to-get popular label. Its calm, deep umami sinks in the more you savor it. A fine bottle evoking the stillness of a mountain village.
Pairs with：Dote-ni (miso-simmered beef tendon) / Miso-katsu (pork cutlet with sweet miso)
Gikyo
A hardcore Aisai brewery with the name "chivalrous spirit." Insisting on the finest sake rice, Yamada-Nishiki, it pursues a rich, powerful taste. Ageing brings out its true worth, a satisfying bottle. Sturdy, uncompromising craft, the name truly fits the substance.
Pairs with：Hitsumabushi (grilled eel over rice) / Dote-ni (miso-simmered beef tendon)
Nito
An Okazaki bottle that deliberately aims to balance opposing elements, like sweetness and acidity, "chasing two hares." That knack for balance yields a clear, refined taste. In recent years it's a rising talent gathering high marks from younger drinkers. The playful spirit of a challenging maker works in every cup.
Pairs with：Dote-ni (miso-simmered beef tendon) / Miso-katsu (pork cutlet with sweet miso)
Chochin
An earnest Tsushima brewery named with the wish to be "long treasured." Honestly drawing out the umami of rice, its hallmark is a satisfying taste. Chasing no trends, it has quietly honed its worth as a food sake. Nothing flashy, but a bottle you trust the more you drink.
Pairs with：Hitsumabushi (grilled eel over rice) / Tebasaki (fried chicken wings)
Hakuro
A brewery long loved by locals in Tokoname, the town of pottery. It has an auspicious name, "long life like a white-haired elder." Its full, savory umami and settled taste go well with miso-rich Nagoya food. A bottle to tip slowly from a Tokoname-ware cup.
Pairs with：Dote-ni (miso-simmered beef tendon) / Hitsumabushi (grilled eel over rice)