[SMV +2] Mogamigawa Special Junmai (720ml) / 最上川 特別純米酒

It’s a Special Junmai Sake made from “Haenuki” which is the most popular kind of rice in Yamagata prefecture.

How is it special? It’s because the rice polishing rate is 55% which is higher than daiginjo and junmai daiginjo. As a result of this high polishing rate, it tastes like the original taste of rice.

The oldest brewery in Tohoku region, Japan

Their Sake brewing has continued for more than 400 years for 26 generations.

They are committed to passing on the cultivating sake culture and its tradition to future generations.

It's the First “Dry” Sake selling on J Passport Selection!

The reason Mr. Ohta-san chose Mogamigawa over other kinds of Sake was because it was the driest, lightest with a cleanest finish flavour when he compared all the varieties.

Ohta-san with the 26th generation head of Koya Syuzou sake brewery.

Up until now, most of the sake at J Passport Selection have been fruity, sweet, and mellow, but this is the first sake with a "dry" and "light" tasting to it!
*The “dry” in sake refers to non-sweet sake.

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Check out Mogamigawa and Kinu sake bundle

Specially for our lovely customer!  Get exclusive sake masu (cup) from Mogamigawa with this bundle. Kinu, is also a sake produced by the same brewery from Mogamigawa, with a silky soft taste.

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History of Koya Sake Brewery

Commitment by Brewery

Their motto is “keeping cherishing old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new” 
They value not only just preserving tradition, but also keep challenging themselves.
The ultimate Ideal sake for Koya Sake Brewery is that you can drink lightly and never feel bored of its taste. 

Along with the change of food culture, their brewing is progressing day by day in order to bring out the food that has been transforming. As brewing sake consists of rice, water, Jiuqu, and yeast, they particularly value these 3 factors.

1. Rice
They use different types of rice from their local community that are exclusively selected according to each brand. 

Especially, this Special Junmai Sake is made from “Haenuki” which is the most popular kind of rice in Yamagata prefecture.

2. Water
They use water from the thaw of spring that flows through the mountains with abundant trees and flows to the Mogami River in Okura Village, Yamagata. 

3.  Skill
Yamagata is known as Ginjo Kingdom and their outstanding technique had been inherited for generations for about 400 years.

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