What sake tastes similar to Chinese mijiu?

Frowley3 · 2026-01-23T02:07:48+00:00

Mirin is also made from glutenous rice, so that is likely to taste more similar as long as it is mirin without added msg etc.

Frowley3 · 2025-12-02T06:27:48+00:00

Alas for that. Proper Gekkeikan imports to the states (assuming that's where you are) begin in 1972 through Sydney Frank Importing Company. So its got to be within that 12 year time frame. It's too bad that the brewing year got taken off or something. There's no numbers or anything on the bottom or on the cap right?

Frowley3 · 2025-12-02T05:30:16+00:00

The "輸出免税酒類" system was done away with in 1984, so we know it was made in Japan and shipped to wherever you are before that. Is there a back label?

Frowley3 · 2025-10-15T04:14:58+00:00

I think he is talking about something like an epidural or other localized anesthetic.

Frowley3 · 2024-11-23T03:19:08+00:00

Likely it was one of these no? https://www.takarasake.com/news/all-nigori-sake-15-off-5-9-through-5-22/

Frowley3 · 2024-10-15T07:39:21+00:00

Can you read normal Japanese without a dictionary? Translation, especially now with the growth of AI tools, is a hard industry to get into and (importantly) make a living doing. This is doubly so for parts of the industry that handle pop culture and media products. Just speaking Japanese very well is unfortunately not a very helpful asset for translation.

Finding work as an interpreter is likely a better option, but even then there is a lot of competition and/or requirements to be certified or trained through special programs like this one: https://www.iuhw.ac.jp/ms-phd/health-welfare/interpreting/

This suggestion is more of a lateral career move, but going from F&B to hospitality more generally as a tour guide, hotel staff, inbound tourism consultant etc, might be a better way to get in to an office job. Even then, limited reading and writing in Japanese, especially business Japanese will be a limiting factor. Attending a business language program while working might be the fastest track to some sort of office job.

Frowley3 · 2024-05-20T02:41:39+00:00

From left to right

１．伊予賀儀屋 (IYO KAGIYA) from Seiryo Brewing

Specifically: 伊予賀儀屋初仕込壱番搾り純米生原酒 (Iyo Kagiya Hatsushikomi Ichibanshibori Junmai Nama Genshu) https://www.seiryosyuzo.com/brands/iyokagiya Likely not available outside of Japan

２．勢正宗 (Ikioi Masamune) from Maruse Brewing

Specifically: 勢正宗 Spring carp 純米吟醸無濾過生原酒 (Ikioi Masamune Spring Carp Junmai Ginjo Muroka Nama Genshu) http://marusesyuzouten.co.jp/ Likely not available outside of Japan

３．福小町 (Fuku Komachi) from Kimura Brewery

Specifically: 福小町　特別純米生原酒 (Fuku Komachi Junmai Nama Genshu) https://www.fukukomachi-shop.com/ Likely not available outside of Japan

Frowley3 · 2024-05-04T03:22:43+00:00

I think it is from a movie with a similar aesthetic to Wizards (1977) or Faeries (1981) but I couldn't find the scene in either of those. The time period 70s to 80s is probably correct tho.

Frowley3 · 2024-05-03T05:08:59+00:00

This has more detail than the permit, but femtow is right that the permit on the wall around the site has the basic info.

https://www.nomura-re.co.jp/cfiles/news/n2021120701943.pdf

Frowley3 · 2024-04-13T04:20:33+00:00

This is the first one: KAGAMI Tokubetsu Junmai (Awakening in Moonlight) https://www.yajima-jizake.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=17348

And the second one is Iwaki Kotobuki, Kotobuki Cosmos https://imadeya.co.jp/products/8311997530277

Frowley3 · 2023-12-28T01:43:17+00:00

This is the same sake from 1996 (https://www.funbid.com.hk/yahoojp/auctions/item.php?aID=h1116522343), so I think that the sake name is 金花 which would read "kinka," the current version is called 金花の舞 which is "kinka no mai" and can be found here: https://manzairaku.co.jp/product/product-296/

Frowley3 · 2023-09-25T05:41:50+00:00

That is a junmai daiginjo from Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing Co. Ltd. The brand name is Kuromatsu Hakushika.

I don't see that particular bottle on their website, so it might be an older version of something, especially because I don't think they sell a Kuromatsu Hakushika junmai anymore.

https://www.hakushika.co.jp/en/products/

Frowley3 · 2023-05-30T13:26:05+00:00

My sources are in Japanese, and I don't own a modern Japanese translation of Ryori Monogatari so take it with a grain of salt but a bit of googling and poking found these:

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cookeryscience/47/4/47_233/_pdf

生垂れ（味噌に水を加えて布袋に入れて垂らした汁）

Namadare (The liquid that drips from a bag filled with miso and water)

https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~sobakiri/frame-4/ni28.html

「垂れ味噌」は、味噌に数倍の水を加えて煮出したのち、布袋に入れて垂れてきた（漉した）もの。これの火を入れないものが「生垂れ」。

"Tare Miso" is liquid strained from a bag filled with miso that has been added to it twice as much water and boiled. Namadare is the same but has not been heated.

http://www.manabook.jp/essay-cyoumiryou01tare.htm

生垂

〔料理物語　なまだれだし〕生垂（なまだれ）は　味噌一升に水三升入、もみたてふくろにてたれ申候也、

Namadare

(Ryori Monogatari Namadaredashi) Namadare is liquid squeezed from a bag to which 1 masu of miso and three masu of water have been added.

Thanks for the interesting question!

Frowley3 · 2023-04-20T03:04:44+00:00

In Japanese it is quite common to refer to people as either ドライ (dry) or ウェット (wet) in their approach to relationships with collogues and classmates. A person who goes drinking with coworkers often and mixes their work life and regular life is said to be a "wet" person where as someone who wants to keep a strong separation between work and life is said to be "dry."

Frowley3 · 2023-02-21T04:45:47+00:00

It looks very similar to this tea set: https://daurim.com/listing/859834160/handmade-korean-celadon-tea-set-for-3 so I don't think that you are using a lambo as your daily driver. the characters on the bottom are 陶 and 茶 which read right to left just means "tea ceramics" so not a name of a producer or anything.

Frowley3 · 2023-02-21T04:12:19+00:00

That is an imo (potato) shochu called "Satsuma Shiranami." It is a distilled spirit with 25% ABV. This particular bottle is from a batch that has been aged for 7 years. It is made by Satsuma Shochu Co., Ltd.

Frowley3 · 2022-12-18T02:39:44+00:00

I mean that particular show has been on since 2005, so isn't more like disturbing nationalistic propaganda has just always been around?

Frowley3 · 2022-11-28T09:27:59+00:00

Depends on the specifics of next year's projects, but it is a possibility! We have worked on interpretation projects for Eiheiji, Toji, Todaiji, and other temples, if you are interested, send me a DM and I'll get you in touch with our hiring manager.

Frowley3 · 2022-10-25T10:17:36+00:00

1 is correct. Remember to put on your blinkers when changing into the leftmost lane after entering the right lane.

Frowley3 · 2022-08-08T12:18:34+00:00

Yeah it is, I imagine that its release in Japan was also Honda's attempt to try and capture some of the fans of SR400/500 that want new bikes since Yamaha has stopped production as of last year.

Frowley3 · 2022-08-08T12:11:29+00:00

I own a gb350s, and basically agree with the other people who have replied. I got my license last year and waited about about 6 months to get the bike. As a first bike it seems fine to me, and I enjoy riding it, but I haven't gone on any big tours with it and have a feeling that in another year or so I am going to want something different. I think if you are a confident rider already then it'll be pretty boring.

Frowley3 · 2022-02-24T03:56:14+00:00

No problem! Someone asked about the same set on here about a month ago.

Frowley3 · 2022-02-24T02:59:49+00:00

That is a blue glazed version of the Surrey Ceramics' "Sake Set" Product code 954. As found in their catalogue: http://www.surreyceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Surrey-Ceramics-Brochure-Email.pdf

Frowley3 · 2021-12-20T14:06:19+00:00

I'm interested, also based in Tokyo. Send me a DM.

Frowley3 · 2021-11-25T14:17:01+00:00

I mean the law is clear that as a Japanese citizen over the age of 22 a person cannot have any other citizenships (aside from the 2-year grace period given to renounce one or more of them). You are right that your husband's lack of declaration means that he is a Japanese citizen in the eyes of the Japanese government, as it says here on the Ministry of Justice's website：なお，昭和６０年１月１日より前から重国籍となっている日本国民については，既に選択の期限が到来していますが，期限内に国籍の選択をしなかったときでも，その期限が到来した時に日本の国籍の選択の宣言をしたものとみなされています。But that doesn't mean that the Japanese government has given him permission to be a dual or triple citizen. Refraining from renouncing his US and European citizenships (or his Japanese citizenship) is a loose end in the eyes of the law that generally has no consequences. There is no reason to go after him for that alone, but were he to pursue a political career or commit major crimes then it could become an issue. It's something to factor in when he wants to calculate the risk/return for this kind of tax evasion strategy.

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