Everyone knows that March is the most beautiful and lively day in Japan. This is the annual cherry blossom season. So, where else can we go to play besides cherry blossoms? Bian Xiao told you that you can go to Japanese sake bar. Come and see the recommendation!

KurandSakeMarket

Address, Tel:

Ikebukuro: 3-27-3 SKF (81-3-6912-6686), Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Shinjuku Store: 4/F, Shinjuku, Tokyo (81-3-9

Shibuya Store: 3rd Floor, Matsumoto, No.2-9-1, Daogenban, Shibuya District, Tokyo (81-3-6455-277)

Ueno Store: basement 1, 3-36-7, Dongshueno, Taitung District, Tokyo (81-3-5846-8774)

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business hours (only roughly, each store is slightly different):

noon: 12:~16: (there will be noon on Saturdays only); Evening: 17:~23:3 (open daily).

how much is the admission fee?

half an hour /18 yen; 9 minutes /216 yen; Unlimited time /324 yen (all prices do not include any food).

if you choose the highest grade, you can taste all the nearly 1 kinds of wines for less than 2 RMB. If you can drink it.

The store provides all kinds of wine glasses, and suggests what wine to drink with different glasses, just help yourself. In addition, you make your own wine and pour it. If you are interested in tasting many kinds of wine, even all 1 kinds of wine in one night, you must be restrained when pouring your own wine. Only half a glass of each wine is enough.

the wine in the store is changed regularly. All wines are divided into several themes, including "the first cup in the store" (it seems to be the main product), seasonal wine, new wine (that is, the latest bottled wine in the winery, the wine of the year), new products in the winery, regular popular products, the recommendation of the manager, fruit liqueur and so on.

I have never seen such circulation products as authentic chrysanthemum, laurel view and pine, bamboo and plum, which can be distributed to all corners of the country, and there are no such top brands as 14th generation, Rex Festival and Kubota. Even famous brands, such as Daqi, Jiuping Chicken and Rocky Zilan, which are very popular in lovers' circles, are not worthy. It can be said that they are basically carefully selected local wines from all over the world. They are not famous yet, and some even I don't know.

after all, this is a buffet and the price is not expensive, so don't expect lobster and shark's fin bird's nest.

however, cheap never means poor quality. In recent years, the Japanese sake market is still shrinking, so all wineries are trying their best to improve the quality and make their products more popular. Moreover, the brewing technology of sake has been improving.

after drinking, say to eat: bring your own food, no extra charge! We also provide cookers such as microwave ovens and induction cookers. Because all the shops are downtown and there are many good restaurants around, you can pack your things in other restaurants and bring them to Kurant to eat and drink (in fact, all the guests in the store do so).

tell the clerk if you are not full, and you can also go out to buy food on the way. If only the Japanese take-out industry were as developed as China. But many young people are not so particular about it, and come with bags of chips and biscuits bought from the supermarket.

in addition, there are more than 2 kinds of side dishes for drinking, and the cheapest one costs 2 yen.

Because of its abundant storage and reasonable price, this shop can be said to be a must-see for sake lovers. For ordinary tourists, as long as you want to experience the latest sake culture, I also recommend it here. As for the local tyrants who want to drink for fourteen generations, the Red Ghost and Chuanju, which have many famous wines, will be more suitable for you.

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Address: Floor 1, Wall 4-2-4, Ximabu, Tokyo Port Area

Postal code: 16-31

Tel: 81-3-685-764

Business hours:

Dinner time: 2: ~ 2: . Drinking time: after 21: (the end time is uncertain); Closed on Sundays and Japanese legal holidays.

If the above one is the most popular and recommended sake bar, then this one is probably the most fashionable and pretentious sake bar in Tokyo.

the process of finding this store is very difficult. The navigation shows that it is on the negative floor of a building, but there is only one staircase leading to the negative floor, but there is no negative floor. There are no signs around.

Later, it was discovered that there was a small black door next to the stairs leading to the second floor, but there was no house number at the door.

the sign on the stairs is a shop on the second floor, and the stairs go directly down, while twelv. There is no signboard on the first floor, and the door is simply inconspicuous, so it is easy to miss it. I tried to push it open, only to find that it was really the store door.

it took me a while to realize that it was an underground bar!

The so-called underground bar was born during the prohibition in America. The underground bar disguises its facade as a drugstore or bookstore, and visitors have to tell the secret code or press the key to open the secret door and enter the bar.

There are still many cocktail bars playing this game, disguising the facade as a telephone booth or bookstore or fire escape. But this is the first time I have seen you in a bar like this.

The store is dimly lit with soft pop music, which doesn't look like a bar.

I didn't know until I sat down. There is no wine list here. It's entirely up to the clerk to arrange the kind and order of drinks. Of course, you can also talk about your needs and favorite fragrance first, and he will match it according to the requirements. Just like sake Omakase, it is a new way of playing.

of course, this is not a traditional pub. The boss also said that local guests only account for about 2%. He also proudly said that the design of the store was completed by two Japanese designers, King Alexander and Prada.

sit down. The first cup is sparkling sake fermented twice in a bottle. The wine was commissioned by a winery in Chiba Prefecture (the light was too dim to see the name of the winery clearly, which seemed to be "Yongjing Wine Making"). The standard bottled secondary fermentation method has high acidity and is now a pleasant taste.

The second one is the "true color label" of the New Deal, the third one is "ID39-1" of Wu Ze, and the last one is the expensive wine full of hand springs.

the first two brands are the hottest brands in recent years. Choosing them shows the store's sense of the sake trend. Especially in the third paragraph, Savaja's "Continue to Break Free" series is already very popular, and this series is still rare. Yamada Brocade, the best producing area of Yamada Brocade in Hyogo Prefecture, is used, and it is rice from a single village (the number after the ID corresponds to the farmland address), but the village name is "Okamoto" for people to play with.

However, it is really hard not to think of Burgundy in a single village, good rice in a single year, and then bottle it in a winery after 22 months. The flavor of the wine is very good, maintaining a slight carbonic acid taste, and the flavor is also very active. The flavor of melon and fruit is very impactful, and entry-level drinkers would never imagine that sake could have such a flavor.

finally, the boss used a wide and flat cup with a closed mouth. This exaggerated cup shape is designed and made by himself, and it also has a patent.

This expensive wine is really suitable for drinking in a brandy glass with a big belly. The wider belly and mouth make the wine taste better.

the last four glasses of wine cost more than 7 yen, 4 RMB. The price is definitely expensive, but it is worthwhile to come once in such a special environment and experience. After all, you can boast that you have been to the most pretentious pub when you go back.

in addition, if you make an appointment in advance, you can also taste the set meal and wine in the store. The store will use organic ingredients and make all kinds of snacks with wine. The regular supply is organic seasonal vegetable salad and Tuscan cheese platter in Onengdon area, and the other is seasonal wine dishes. The sommelier from Russia will explain the knowledge of sake and catering skills in detail.

akaoni

Address: 2-15-3, San Xuan Teahouse, Shitaigu District, Tokyo

Postal code: 154-24

Tel: 81-3-341-9918 (Reservations for no more than 4 people are only accepted, and reservations can be made in English)

Business hours. The next day (Saturday) from 7: to : 3; 7:~11: (Sundays and other holidays)

RedGhost, which has been in business since 1983, is probably the most famous pub in Tokyo. Its initial stage happened to be a period when the market share of sake in Japan dropped sharply. As the main force, cheap and inferior sake was squeezed out of the market by wine and beer, and a large number of wineries closed down. Red Ghost survived by selecting and recommending high-quality sake from all over Japan for customers, and then became the forefront of brand promotion of high-quality small and medium-sized sake.

In addition to a wide variety of sake, Red Ghost is also known as the 14th generation "King of Sake" in the store, and its inventory is the highest in the industry.

at the peak, you can even drink a full range of 14th generations in the store, including the 14th generation Longquan, which is the treasure of other factories, and all of them are sold in a single cup. What is even more embarrassing is that this store has 14 generations of its exclusive customized products-"Red Ghost PB14th Generation".

the specifications of this kind of wine are different every year, but in recent years, it is mostly made of pure rice or original wine, which can be said to be a must, because it is not available elsewhere.

However, with the increasing fame of the 14th generation, the demand exceeds supply. Even the Red Ghost can't provide as many 14th generations as it did. But you can still keep more than ten models.

entry-level 14th-generation Bento Bun Brews and pure rice Yin Brews are all well-supplied, but high-level works like 14th-generation Yue Long, Double Rainbow, Seven Vertical and Twenty Penetrations are not available for a long time, so we have to take a chance. "Red Ghost PB14th Generation" is generally purchased in early summer and will be sold out within a few months.

But in addition, Red Ghost still keeps hundreds of kinds of sake from all over the country, and those local rookies with small black horns are also worth a try. New works such as Song Zhishou and Yu et al. Those who have recently become popular among wine lovers can also get a personal opinion here. For sake lovers, these are more worthy of attention than the 14th generation. Moreover, many of these brands also provide limited works for Red Ghost, which is naturally worth a try.

in terms of meals, drinks are the main food, but the selection of materials is absolutely unambiguous. Sashimi sushi materials are freshly purchased in Tsukiji market every day, and wasabi is also freshly ground. Even the tofu in the appetizer snacks is made by ourselves. Although they are all prepared to set off Japanese sake, the meticulous spirit is also very admirable.

(Pay attention to follow the navigation, the shop under this sign is not a red ghost. You must turn right and then turn to another one. )

What you need to pay attention to when you go to this store is that you can follow the navigation direction when you get out of the subway station. In the end, you will see a brand that says "Red Ghost", but! That's not a red ghost under the sign! Turn to the back of the sign and you will find the real store.

izakaya (Kushikoma)

Address: 1-33-25 Kitazawa, Toyota District, Tokyo

Postal code: 17-4

Tel: 81-3-3917-6657 (reservation can be made in English)

Business hours: 18: p.m. Then, the most famous izakaya among the sake industry practitioners is this Chuanju.

Mr. Dalinzhen, the founder of Sichuan Opera, is a man named "Brewmaster". He started Sichuan Opera in 198. At first, it was just an ordinary izakaya. Once, he tried the "unfiltered original wine" that was not popular at that time in another liquor store, and was shocked by its fresh fruit aroma, so he plunged into the world of sake.

unfiltered raw wine can retain the freshness and full flavor of the wine body to the maximum extent without pasteurization, but it must be preserved at low temperature, so it was not popular in the 198s. To this end, Mr. Dalinzhen made a special refrigerator for sake in the store to store the original wine. Nowadays, almost all Japanese hotels in izakaya and Platycodon use sake refrigerators to store the original wine, which is actually the atmosphere of Sichuan residence.

Teacher Dalin Town seized every opportunity to learn the knowledge of sake. It is said that as long as he hears which winery can make good wine, he can leave for a visit and study the next day. Then, you will purchase goods and convey the winemaking concept and experience of the winery and your own experience in the winery to the guests.

At that time, there was no Internet, information dissemination was not smooth, and there was a lack of wine merchants to promote local wines. He traveled all over the country on his own legs, went to many good wineries and made a name for himself in the industry.

There are many legends about Chuanju, but one of them is-,which must be told. In the early 199s, a young man opened the door of Chuanju's shop with a bottle of 18ml sake and asked Mr. Dalinzhen, "Can you help me try this wine?"

When he took the first sip, Dalin was really amazed, because at that time, Japanese sake with light and easy-to-eat style like "Kubota Wanshou" and "Bataishan" was popular. And this young man's product is full of fruit and flowers.

he was convinced that this product would sell well, so he not only decided to buy it immediately, but also recommended this wine to all customers, colleagues and even TV and magazine reporters, making it become a leader in the industry from obscurity.

The sake he wants to hold is the 14th generation, and the young man who visited him is the 14th generation winemaker Takagi Jiantong.

This also explains why the Fourteenth Generation Collection of Chuanju is also rich, and there are many limited works. On the second floor of Chuanju, there is a message and autograph left by Takagi Jiantong.

After the death of Mr. Dalinzhen, his widow and employees inherited his idea, and continued to run Chuanju, and continued to flatter all kinds of high-quality wines. Now the "New Deal", which holds up half the sky, has their help.

in terms of food, the main dish of this shop is fried skewers, but the homepage thinks this is not suitable for sake rich in fruit, so every time I come, I will pay more attention to the dishes written on the blackboard. Roast duck with tin foil and oil-soaked oysters, which often appear, are better snacks.

_(Kiura)

Address: 2-14-21, San Xuan Teahouse, Shibuya District, Tokyo

Tel: 81-3-5779-3338 (reservation can be made in English)

Business hours: 17: 3 to 2: the next day (Monday to Saturday); From 17: 3 to 1: the next day (Sunday and other holidays)

"Qi 1252

" Qi "is located in the teahouse just like" Red Ghost ". If you go to Red Ghost without an appointment, you will have to wait in line for 2-3 hours in most cases. If you don't want to go to Colt by subway for another half an hour, it's an excellent choice to go to the nearby "Qi" for the first round of drinking while drinking.

when you come to the door of the store, you will find two rows of sake refrigerators in front. There are not only all kinds of famous wines here, but one of them also specializes in displaying all kinds of seasonal sake in the season. When you see a refrigerator like this, you will know that you have not come to the wrong place.

But in fact, it's a bit unfair to regard this store as a spare tire for Red Ghost, because from the wine list alone, Qi's lineup is no less than Red Ghost's. For example, on the day I visited San Xuan Teahouse, Red Ghost failed to supply the 14th generation Longquan. Qi not only included Longquan, but also two top works of Black Dragon: Ishida House and Two Saemon.