Minakuchi sake brewery, Sake “Ichiyoku Ippai” (一浴一杯) : The sake reminds the great Haiku artist.

Dogo, Matsuyama city Ehime, is the place where the great Haiku artist, TANEDA Santoka, died. He loved sake deeply, the sake is essential to talk about Santoka.

NPO “Matsuyama Santoka Club” and a sake brewery in Matsuyama city “Minakuchi Shuzo” developed the sake “Ichiyoku Ippai” to commemorate Santoka. The sake is priced at 1,000 Yen for 720ml, it is a very affordable price of about 10USD. They fix the price in memory of the poor life of Santoka.
In spite of the low price, the sake is superior in quality. It is made of only local sake rice using the traditional way of brewing sake.

The sake named from a line of Santoka’s diary. “Ichiyoku Ippai” means “Every time I take a bath, I have a drink.” Santoka loved warmed sake very much, so they developed a good sake to drink warm. It has a refreshing flavor. It is good to drink warm of course, but cold is also good. The taste of this sake is so elegant that you can’t believe it is sold for such a low price.

I recommend it as the sake which you can relax and enjoy. It is suitable for sake beginners.

URL: http://www.dogobeer.co.jp/ETC2SAKE.html (Japanese)
Price: 1,050 JPY / 720ml, 2,100 JPY / 1,800ml
Rice: Matsuyama-Mitsui (local sake rice in Matsuyama)
Water: Nikitatsu, local high-class water in Matsuyama
Alcohol : 15.5%

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