SAKE MAP
Kanto / Types: Sake
Six drinks from Chiba, each with a snack that suits it and a short story behind the bottle.
Kangiku
A Sanmu brewery that recently vaulted to nationwide popularity with a gorgeous, juicy taste. Its modern, fruit-sweet brewing has captured younger drinkers, too. The gap with its crisp, dignified name "Kangiku" (winter chrysanthemum) is fun. A spirited bottle embodying a new wave in sake.
Pairs with：Namero (minced fish tartare) / Iwashi maruboshi (whole dried sardines)
Kinoene
An auspicious Sakura bottle bearing "Kinoene," the first sign of the zodiac cycle. Fitting its name that celebrates beginnings, it suits celebratory occasions. Its crisp, poised taste goes well with Boso's seafood. A sake you'll want to open on a day you feel like starting something.
Pairs with：Futomaki-zushi (thick sushi roll) / Hamaguri (clam)
Tokun
A brewery in the waterside town of Sawara, its history layered with an Edo-flavored townscape. The name "Tokun" is said to carry the wish for "a fragrant sake in the east." Its mellow, easy-drinking taste suits a stroll through the old streets. In a waterside town where time flows slowly, tip a quiet cup.
Pairs with：Hamaguri (clam) / Futomaki-zushi (thick sushi roll)
Kidoizumi
A hardcore Isumi brewery that committed early to natural brewing without additives. From its unique high-temperature yamahai method come firm acidity and complex umami. Its individual taste, also suited to long aging, is its hallmark. A bottle unbound by convention that makes connoisseurs sit up.
Pairs with：Namero (minced fish tartare) / Sanga-yaki (grilled minced-fish patty)
Goninmusume
A Terada-Honke bottle from the fermentation town of Kozaki, insisting on pesticide-free rice and natural brewing. True to its endearing name "Five Daughters," its charm is a rustic, deeply savory taste. Its distinctive craft, valuing the power of microbes, yields a wholesome umami. A sake that seeps in, warm with the touch of the earth.
Pairs with：Futomaki-zushi (thick sushi roll) / Hamaguri (clam)
Naruka
A locally rooted bottle brewed in the port town of Katsuura, where ama-diver culture lingers. Read "Naruka," it has recently reinvented itself with a fresh, vivid taste and drawn attention. Pair it with Boso's seafood and its true worth shows. A refreshing fishing-town sake suited to sea breezes.
Pairs with：Namero (minced fish tartare) / Iwashi maruboshi (whole dried sardines)