SAKE MAP
Kyushu & Okinawa / Types: Sake
Six drinks from Saga, each with a snack that suits it and a short story behind the bottle.
Nabeshima
A Kashima bottle that stood at the top of a world competition. Its gorgeous aroma and clear umami are a taste the world has recognized. It also bears the proud name of the Saga feudal lord. As a special cup, you'll want to savor it slowly.
Pairs with：Yobuko ika (live squid sashimi) / Saga beef
Azumaichi
An Ureshino powerhouse named with the wish for "the best sake in the east." Handling everything from growing Yamada-Nishiki, its hallmark is a taste that uses the umami of rice. Its charm is a clear dignity born of careful craft. You'll want to savor it with the hot springs of Ureshino.
Pairs with：Saga beef / Ariake nori (dried seaweed)
Shichida
A popular Ogi label bearing the brewery family's surname. With a good balance of umami and sharpness, it's loved nationwide as a food sake. The clear water of the Tenzan range gives the sake a clear taste. A bottle where unadorned honesty shows right in the taste.
Pairs with：Yobuko ika (live squid sashimi) / Mutsugoro (grilled mudskipper)
Tenzan
An Ogi bottle brewed with spring water of the famed Mt. Tenzan. Its full, savory taste conveys a Kyushu-style satisfying drink. It's known as an approachable staple long loved locally. A sake to honestly savor the mountain's blessing of water.
Pairs with：Saga beef / Ganzuke (fermented crab paste)
Koeigiku
A buzzed-about new star of Ogi that revived a once-defunct brewery. Its hallmark is a fresh, refreshing taste of unfiltered undiluted sake. Together with its comeback story, it's drawing sake lovers' attention. A fresh bottle that lets you feel a new wind in Saga.
Pairs with：Yobuko ika (live squid sashimi) / Ariake nori (dried seaweed)
Kihotsuru
A powerhouse bottle brewed carefully as a family in Tosu. Crisp yet with umami, its hallmark is a well-balanced taste. In recent years it's known as a rising talent whose young makers are lifting its reputation. A refreshing sake wearing the good fortune of the crane.
Pairs with：Saga beef / Mutsugoro (grilled mudskipper)