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★syochu liquor matured in a jar : Tensuiraku★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato farmed by the YM bacteria made in Kagoshima Malted Rice type : Black It is matured in a jar in a stone cellar. The aroma is elegant and it is easy to drink without a strange taste. When it is drunkn, it give an irritation for a moment. But it disappear soon. It has an old taste. It is made a little, and sold at some limited sake shops. And it is difficult to get. * Teb : drink * Sui : get drunk * Raku : enjoy |
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★Yuu no Kokoro★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is cloudy so well that it show the particles. It is strong and hot when it is drunkn with nothing. But the sweet taste stuck in the throat, so it is hard to feel the sweet taste. When it is drunkn with hot water, its aroma is flowery. The harmony of the soft sweet taste and the clear hot taste is perfect. We recommend to drink with hot water. * Kokoro : a heart |
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★Iwakawagou Shiryo Gobantai★ Sweetpotate type : the Vegeta Red sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It was sold only in Kyushu district. It is sold at some limited sake shops now. Its filtration is a little weak. People often say it taste strange but delicious. They sometimes drink over 5 gou (= 900mL). It is sweet. On an online shop, it command a premium, and is sold over 8000 yen. Any sake shop draw lots and sell. * Iwakawagou : a place name * Shiryo : a private land * Goban : 5th * Tai : party |
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★a reprinted edition of Satsumafuji★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato made in Kagoshima Malted Rice type : White It is a limited syochu liquor. The name "Satsumafuji" expresses Mt.Kaimondake. This mountain is said to look like Mt.Fuji most in the mountains which include a word "fuji" in the name. When the brewer made this shochu liqueur, they started to remake the old tools at first. Of course, it is made in a jar, distilled in the wooden cask and matured in a jar. It give a sweet taste of sweetpotato strongly. The reprinted label at the time of first Syowa era looks better. |
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★Tensyouin Atsuhime★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Yellow The smell of sweetpotato is weak, so it is easy to drink. It is suit to drink eith ice. * Tensyouin : a Buddhist name * Atsuhime : a person's name |
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★Orihime★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. It is made from a shochu liqueur "Tanabata". Tanabata is matured for 3 years. It can be called "old Tanabata shochu liqueur". It tastes mild, so it is easy to drink. It is a private brand of a supermarket. It is seldom found out even in Kagoshima. * Orihime : a woman's name written in an old story |
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★Satsuma Nishinoumi★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is reproduced as a hot syochu liqueur sold only in the local place. It has a strong taste as a hot syochu liqueur, but it is cool. The taste disappear soon. It is said to easy to drink. It tastes familiar. * Nishi : west * Umi : a sea |
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★Senyaissui★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is a real sweetpotato syochu liqueur. Many customers say "What nice name it is!" and order it. It has well-regulated taste. It is easy to drink. * Sen : 1,000 * Ya : night * Itsu : 1 * Sui : sleep |
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★Satsuma KuroTanabata★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The brewer have already added water into shochu liqueur under best balance. * Kuro : Black (It shows the kind of malted rice type.) * Ta-na-ba-ta : the Star Festival celebrated on July 7 |
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★Satsuma Tanabata★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is a common shochu liqueur since Tasaki shuzou was established. It prouds of the soft sweetpotato aroma, the matured aroma like nuts and sharp aroma. Don't worry with difficult thing and drink relaxedly. * Ta-na-ba-ta : the Star Festival celebrated on July 7 |
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★Satsuma Tanabata★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is a same shochu liqueur of the above with another label. * Ta-na-ba-ta : the Star Festival celebrated on July 7 |
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★Kin no shizuku★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White & Yellow It is a vary rare shochu liqueur. There is no information enen in the homepages of the brewer "Hinatayama Jyozo. You will be able to boast even you know the name. It is a private brand of a supermarket. It is seldom found out even in Kagoshima. The material water is a spring water at the foot of a mountain in Kirishima where is a spring place. It has a soft aroma and sweet taste. * Kin : gold * Shizuku : a drop |
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★Sassyuyashiki★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The material water is a spring water in Kirishima. It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. It don't be known well. You will be able to proud, if you have been drunkn it. It is a private brand of a supermarket. It is seldom found out even in Kagoshima. It tastes neat and tidy. It has good bitter taste a little. It is a real shochu liqueur. * Sassyu : the state of Satsuma * Yashiki : a residence |
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★Shizukumaitensyou★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The material water is a spring water in Kirishima. It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. Our owner bought it on impulse because of its nice name. It taste strong even drinking with water. It is hard to feel fine taste because od ifs strong taste. We recommend to drink with hot water. * Shizuku : a drop * Mai : dance * Ten : sky * Syou : fly |
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★Satsumaishin★ Sweetpotate type : the Nourin No.2 sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. The Nourin No.2 sweetpotato is an old sweetpotato which made the registration of variety at the first of Syowa era. The words "Wazzeka Imo" on the card is a Kagoshima dialect means the special sweetpotato. The aroma is bright and clear like citrus fruits and jasmine. It don't give a heavy feeling of sweetpotato. It tastes clear like raw sweetpotato not like boiled sweetpotato. Because it is too strong to drink with nothing, we recommend to drink with hot water. * Ishin : a Restoration |
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★Otohime no Tamatebako Satsumaryuguu★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The material water is a natural groundwater. it is a private brand of a small souvenir shop which is at the Nagasakibana on the southern end of Satsuma peninsula in Kagoshima. It is a rare syochu liqueur which is known only among people who have been visit there. It is named from the Ryuguu shrine next to the shop. It taste soft, but give the taste of sweetpotato clearly. It is a little hot. * Otoshime : a goddess's name written in a old Japanese story "Urashimataro" * Tamatebako : a treasure box written in a old Japanese story "Urashimataro" * Ryuguu : a castle's name written in a old Japanese story "Urashimataro" |
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★Unaginonedoko★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is a high concentration body syochu liqueur made by the black malted rice. It is made in a jar which is at the most inner part. * Unagi : an eel * Nedoko : a bed |
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★Kuranoshikon (sweetpotato)★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black * Kura : a brewer * Shi : a teacher * Kon : a soul |
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★Iddamashii★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White & Black It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. The material water is a mysterious blue spring water in Kirishima. The black malted rice give a think taste. The white malted rice give a clear taste. It has both advantages. It is a little unrefined. It has good aroma. It taste a little sweet to drink with nothing. The hot taste appesr to drink with hot water, but it give a thin sweet taste behinde the hot taste. It is clear and hot syochu liqueur. It is suit for advanced people. * Ikiru : live * Tamashii : soul * Iddamashii : Ikiru + Tamashii |
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★ＳＡＴＳＵＭＡ ＳＴＯＲＹ★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black Its label is standard. It has strange taste, so it may be too hard for bigenners to drink with hot water. It is very strong. The end of tongue is tingling on the feeling not on the taste. however the brewer said it was suit for woman, we felt it was for man. It taste think. We recommend to drink with ice or water. |
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★ＳＡＴＳＵＭＡ ＳＴＯＲＹ ＮＩＮＡ★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The label is different from the above syochu liqueur, but the contents is same. Nina designed the star label. The price is more expensive then the above depend on the design price of the label. To those who are not particular about label, to chose above is best. |
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★Syunjikomi★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is very difficult to get. It is a super limited syochu liqueur. Nobody may know the name. It is a private brand of a supermarket. It is seldom found out even in Kagoshima. It is a private brand of a supermarket. It is seldom found out even in Kagoshima. It has a strong Umami. It tastes think. * Syun : a season * Jikomi (shikomi) : make |
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★Kagonmajiman Sendaiootsuna★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture. The label is designed from the Ootsunahiki festival in Sendai. It is hot to drink nothing. It smells a little, but it isn't old. The smell disappear and it taates sweet and hot when it is drunkn with hot water. Its taste isn't like the Koganesengan sweetpotato. We think it must be interesting. * Kagonma : Kagoshima * Jiman : pride * Sendai : a place name * Oo : big * Tsuna : a rope * Sendaiootsuna : a tug-of-war festival hold in Sendai |
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★Shinkaiunagi (Red)★ Sweetpotate type : the Aka sweetpotato Malted Rice type :White It made by an original method. It taste fruity. It give a bright image. The standard Shinkaiunagi (the Koganesengan sweetpotato, Black) has a yellow label, this Shinkaiunagi with the red label make a little because the producing amount of Aka sweetpotato is small. It make 300 bottles a month. It is made in a jar. The label which say "Understand this is Unagi as soon as looking" is lovery. The label is famous for a Japanese paper which the handicappedes handmade. * Shinkai : the deep sea * Unagi : an eel |
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★Marunishi Beniimo-nigori★ Sweetpotate type : the Beni sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is made in a jar. Its aroma is flowery depend on the Beni sweetpotato. The pink label give a feeling of taste well. It is a limited syochu liqueur made 500 bottles a month. The brewer may sell to each sake shop fairly, so every shop have small. It is an unrefined syochu liqueur, but it isn't unrefined a lot because it is a syochu liqueur. The transparent bottle is probably used for an impress the unrefined color. The transparent bottle is rare now. It looks fascinating. * Nigori : unrefined |
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★Moriemon★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is made in a jar. It is matured over a year. So it has a strong Umami. It taste soft. We recommend to drink with ice. It is made only 150 bottles a month. * Moriemon : a person's name |
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★Saigouan★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black at the first time, Yellow at last It is a funny syochu liqueur, because it is sold only in Kagoshima prefecture and Yamagata prefecture. We don't know why, but Yamagata people love Mr.Saigou and the Shimazu clan. There is a department store named "the Yamakataya" in Kagoshima city. It is loved deeply by Kagoshima people. When there was no department store in Kagoshima, Kagoshima people asked Yamagata people to give a know-how and a Yamagata man started the store. Kagoshima people and Yamagata people are good friends. It taste cool. * Saigou : a person's name who is most famous in Japan * An : a hermitage |
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★炎舞★ 芋：＊＊（薩摩半島産） 麹：＊＊ ほまい。桜島の火山灰で色々な焼き物を作っている窯元さんのＰＢ商品。一升瓶１本につき１個ついてくるおまけの陶器ビーズを集めるのも楽しみの一つ。 |
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★Hitotsukihanmuroka★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White, Black It is sold only in Hitotsukihan (45 days) from making. It looks like Beaujolais nouveau of wine. It isn't percolated, so it become an unrefined syochu liqueur, but it isn't unrefined a lot because it is a syochu liqueur. Because it is sold soon from making, it is sold only at the end of the year. People think it will taste coarse and young, but it has a sweet taste in fact. * Muroka : no filter |
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★Tenshi no Utatane★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black It is made in a jar. It is distilled in a wooden cask. * Tenshi : an angel * Utatane : a doze |
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★Yamatomorizou★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black ＊＊ * Morizou : a person's name |
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★Tankodon★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is distilled in a wooden still. There is only one workman to make the wooden still. Tankodon in Kagoshima dialect means the wooden cask (still). It taste strong very much, and clear. The aroma is funny. It is a syochu liqueur for the enthusiasts. |
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★千亀女 舞★ 芋：＊＊（大隅産） 麹：＊＊ 季節限定。荒ろ過。木樽蒸留、甕仕込み。 |
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★Kin-gesa★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White, Black, Yellow It is a limited syochu liqueur. It is made in a jar. It is distilled in the wooden cask and the tin tube. It needs more thime and cost. It is made under the traditional method. It give a strong sweet taste as sonn as peple drink with nothing, after that it give a strong taste next. The sweet taste is clear, it is just like a confetti or granulated sugar not like a sweetpotato. The fiber of sweetpotato give a sweet pleasure to the palate like sugar. It is more sweet to drink with hot water. The sweet taste is cool and desappers soon. * Kin : gold |
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★Ookane-no-tsuyu★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato made in Oosumi peninsula Malted Rice type : White, Black, Yellow It is made in the pot. It don't select how to drink. But especially, we recommend to drink with water or ice. * Oo : big * kane : gold * tsuyu : drop |
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★あすぱる★ 芋：＊＊ 麹：＊＊ 鹿児島県大隅半島の曽於市大崎町にある道の駅・あずぱる大崎限定の焼酎。 |
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★Gohyakunengura★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato Malted Rice type : White It is a memorial shochu liqueur celebrated 500years sice shochu liqueur came. It is stored for a long time. It is made in the pot. Its shochu bottle, no, its shochu pot looks nice. The pot looks small but it has 1.8L. There is a dipper as an attachment. The common Gohyakunengura is in a common bottle, but we love this limited Gohyakunengura. * Gohyakunen : 500 years * kura (gura) : cask |
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★Denen★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato made in Kagoshima prefecture Malted Rice type : White The name is same as the brewer. It is a common shochu liqueur. We recommend to drink with hot water, because its aroma rise up well. |
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★Rukawa★ Sweetpotate type : the Beniimo sweetpotato Malted Rice type : Black The brewer use the Beniimo sweetpotato rich which is rare sweetpotato. Because the material sweetpotato is produced too little, the shochu liqueur is very few. It is hard to get the limited Rukawa. |
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★Shimadsuhan★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato made in Kagoshima prefecture Malted Sweetpotato type : White All of material are sweetpotato. As far as I know it is the only limited sweetpotato shochu liqueur whose koji is made from sweetpotato. The brewer love the material produced in Kagoshima prefecture. Its taste is a little hot. * Shimadsuhan : Shimadsu clan (To be precise, the Satsuma clan is an old mane of Kagoshima prefecture. Shimadsu is a family name ruled the Satsuma clan.) |
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★Mitake★ Sweetpotate type : ＊＊ Malted Rice type : White It is a famous shochu liqueur produced in Yakushima island. It is spread by word of mouth. Now it is hard to get. It is easy for beginners to drink. * Mitake : Yakushima three mountains (Mt.Miyanouradake, Mt.Nagatadake and Mt.kuromidake) |
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★Aiko★ Sweetpotate type : ＊＊ made in Yakushima island Malted Rice type : ＊ It is given the name from Mt.Aikodake in Yakushima island. Mt.Aikodake is loved as a holy place where people pray to be in sound health. When Aiko imperial princess was born, the shochu liqueur became famous because of the same name. It becames more difficult to get than Mitake recently. It is easy for beginners to drink. It is distilled under decompression. |
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★HakutenHouzan★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan made in Kagoshima prefecture Malted Rice type : White How delicious this shochu liqueur is! We think it is the most delicious shochu liqueur among the Houzan series. It tastes deep and soft. It is good for both of beginners and lovers. It is sold twice a year at the special agents only. So it is hard to get comparatively. |
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★SashuuHouzan★ Sweetpotate type : the Koganesengan sweetpotato made in the Satsuma peninsula Malted Rice type : Black It has soft sweet taste and thickness. * Sashuu : the Satsuma clan area |
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★HouzanAyamurasakijirushi★ Sweetpotate type : the Ayamurasaki sweetpotato made in Kagoshima prefecture Malted Rice type : White It shows the gorgeous aroma of the Ayamurasaki sweetpotato and the rich body. The brewer try for the aroma like a wine. The limited shochu liqueur is sold once a year only. |