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This is a unique sake-based liqueur.

This liqueur is based on “Aimai Fascination I MY ME Golden Junmai Sake,” a pure sake made from 100% ancient rice without using sake rice. Liqueurs based on sake are very rare and will be the talk of the town.

The flavors include yuzu, strawberry, white peach, blueberry, and mandarin orange. The sake has a clean taste and the fruit flavors are very pleasant. It has a sweet mouthfeel that is easy for women to drink. It is recommended to drink it cold.

Yuzu becomes a typical Japanese citrus fruit, sweeter and more aromatic than lemon. Mikan is less acidic and sweeter than orange. Yuzu, mandarin oranges, and other citrus fruits can be enjoyed with oily meals. Berries are recommended as after-dinner drinks.

Nishibori Sake Brewery, Tochigi Prefecture

Tochigi Prefecture is blessed with hard water, which is very suitable for sake brewing, and the Nikko Toshogu Shrine was built by the 3rd Shogun Iemitsu (1623 – 1651). As the number of visitors to Nikko Kaido increased, the demand for sake increased along the Nikko Kaido. In addition, the Omi merchant network was formed as brewing companies that made sake, miso, and soy sauce came and went from the west, originating from the Omi merchants (Omi Province: present-day Shiga Prefecture). Genjiro Nishibori (Sanzaemon), the founder, also relied on this network when he came to this area from Shiga Prefecture to start a sake brewery. In 1872, he established a sake brewery.

The brewery is located along the “Old Nikko Highway” in the southern part of Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture. The brewery’s appeal is that it continues to take on the challenge of brewing sake with an innovative approach, “protecting what should be preserved as a traditional technique and at the same time continuing to challenge new things in response to the modern world. Today, the brewery produces a wide variety of sake, including Japanese sake, shochu, liqueurs, spirits, and whiskey.