Everyone knows Japan in March, which is the most beautiful and lively. It is the annual cherry blossom season. So, where can you go to play here besides seeing cherry blossoms? Xiaobian comes to tell you that you can go to the sake bar in Japan. Come and see the recommendation! KurandSakeMarket

Address, Tel:

Ikebukuro Store: 3-27-3S, Xichibao, Kyoto _ _&; K ビ125234f (+81-3-6912-6686)

Shinjuku Store: _ 3-9-9 Shinjuku, Shinjuku District, Kyoto ワタセタマビマビ

Ueno Store: 1 _ (+81-3-5846-8774), G/F, Ueno 3-36-7, Kyoto Station

(In addition, there are Tokyo Xinqiao Store, Yokohama Store, _ Yudian Store and Chiba Store, but the above four stores are all in the center of Tokyo, close to shopping areas or sightseeing areas, which are not suitable for tourists. )

business hours (only approximate, slightly different from each store):

noon: 12: ~ 16: (there will be a noon show only on Saturdays); 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 (the price does 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 offers a variety of wine glasses, and suggests what wine to drink with different glasses. Just take it for yourself. In addition, taking wine and pouring wine are all done by yourself. If you are interested in tasting many kinds of wine in one night, or even all 1 kinds of wine, you must exercise restraint when pouring your own wine, and at most half a glass of each kind is enough.

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

I haven't seen such circulation products as Chrysanthemum Authentic, Yueguiguan, Matsuzaka Plum, which can spread goods to every corner of the country, and there are no top brands such as 14th Generation, Rex Festival and Kubota, which are well-known all over the country. Even famous brands such as Daqi, Jiupingji, and Zici Slow are not available. It can be said that all of them are carefully selected, from all over the world, and have not yet become famous, and some of them 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 does not mean bad quality. In recent years, the market of sake in Japan is still shrinking, so in order to survive, all wineries are trying their best to improve the quality and make their products more widely loved. Moreover, the brewing technology of sake has been improving.

after the wine, let's talk about food: you are allowed to bring your own food here without extra charge! But also provide cookers such as microwave ovens and induction cookers. Because the shops are located in downtown areas and there are a lot of 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 this).

if you don't have enough to eat, just tell the clerk, or you can go out halfway and buy food. It would be nice if the Japanese take-out industry is as developed as China. However, many young people are not so particular about it, and they come with big bags of potato chips and biscuits bought from the supermarket.

In addition, there are more than 2 kinds of side dishes here, and the cheapest one is 2 yen.

For sake lovers, this store can be said to be a must-visit, because of its abundant storage capacity and reasonable price. 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 ghosts and string ponies introduced later in this article, which have a lot of famous wines, will be more suitable for you. Twelve.

Address: 1_

Postal code: _16-31

Tel: +81-3-685-764

Business hours:

Dinner and wine matching time: 2: . Drinking time: after 21: (the end time is uncertain); The shop is 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 first floor of a building, but there is only one staircase leading to the second floor without the first 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 stairway is a shop on the second floor, and the stairs go straight down. However, the twelv on the first floor has no sign itself, and the door is inconspicuous at all, so it is easy to miss it. I tried to push it, only to find that it was really the store door.

it took only a moment to react: it turned out to be a Speakeasy sake bar!

the so-called Speakeasy bar was born during the prohibition period in America. The underground bar disguises the facade as a drugstore or bookstore, and visitors have to say a secret code or press an organ button 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 it's the first time I've seen a sake bar like this.

The store is dimly lit, playing soft pop music, and there is nothing like a bar.

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

Of course, this is not a traditional sake bar, and 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 from AlexanderWang and Prada respectively.

Sit down, and the first cup is served with sparkling sake which is fermented twice in a bottle. The wine was brewed by a winery in Chiba Prefecture (the name of the winery was not clear because the light was too dim, and it seemed to be "made by Yongjing Wine"). The standard secondary fermentation method in bottles has a relatively high acidity, which is a pleasing taste now.

the second wine served at the back is "EcruLabel”218 of the New Deal, the third is" ID39-1 "of Zewu's" keep breaking away ",and the last wine is your wine from Manshouquan.

the first two brands are hot brands in recent years. Choosing them shows the store's sense of the sake trend. Especially in the third paragraph, Zewu's "Defending Breaking Away" series is already very popular, but this series is still very rare. It uses Yamada Brocade, the best producing place of "King of Rice"-the special A area of Hyogo Prefecture, and it is also rice from a single village (the number after the ID corresponds to the farmland address), but the name of the village is "Okamoto", which makes people play < P > but it is good for a single village and a single year. The flavor of the wine is good, maintaining a slightly carbonated taste, and the flavor is also very active. The flavor of melons and fruits is very impactful, and entry-level drinkers can never imagine that sake can have such a flavor.

In the end, the boss used a cup with a very wide and flat belly and a closed mouth-this exaggerated cup shape was designed and produced by himself and patented.

-this kind of expensive wine is really suitable for drinking in a brandy glass with a big belly, and the wider belly and mouth of the glass make the wine smell better.

finally, the bill was paid. Four glasses of wine cost more than 7, yen, and 4 RMB was in the early stage. The price is definitely expensive, but with such a special environment and experience, it is worthwhile to come once. After all, you can boast that you have been to the most pretentious sake bar when you go back.

In addition, if you make an appointment in advance, you can also taste the set meal with wine in the store. The store will make all kinds of wine snacks with organic ingredients, and the organic seasonal vegetable salad and Tuscan cheese platter in Onenden area are regularly supplied, and the other is seasonal wine and dishes. The sommelier from Russia will explain the sake knowledge and catering skills in detail. Akaoni (izakaya)

Address: 2-15-3

Postcode: _154-24

Tel: +81-3-341-9918 (Reservations can be made in English only for no more than 4 people)

Business. 17: ~ :3 the next day (Saturday); 17: ~ 11: (Sundays and other holidays)

Akagi, which started its business in 1983, is probably the most famous sake bar in Tokyo. Its initial period happened to be the period when the market share of Japanese sake declined greatly. Cheap and inferior sake, which was the main position, was squeezed out 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 the promotion of high-quality small and medium-sized sake brands.

In addition to a wide variety of sake products, Red Ghost is also famous for its 14th generation of "King of Sake", which is the highest in the industry.

at its peak, you can even drink a full range of 14th generations in the store, including the 14th generation "Longquan" which is the treasure of its town and factory, and all of them are sold in a single cup. What's more, this store also has fourteen generations of its exclusive customized products-"Red Ghost PB Fourteenth Generation".

The specifications of this wine vary from year to year, but in recent years, it is mostly pure rice Dayin brewed raw wine or original wine. Because it is not available elsewhere, it can be said that it is a must.

However, as the reputation of the Fourteen Generations grows, the demand exceeds supply. Even the Red Ghost can't provide as many Fourteen Generations as it did in those years-however, it is still possible to keep more than ten generations.

There are plenty of entry-level 14-generation Benwan special edition brewing and pure rice brewing, but high-level works such as 14-generation Longyue, Double Rainbow, Seven-vertical and Twenty-penetration are not available for a long time, so we can only take a chance. "Red Ghost PB Fourteenth Generation" is generally purchased in early summer and will be sold out within a few months.

But in addition, Red Ghost still has hundreds of kinds of sake from all over the country, and those local rookies whose Xiao He just showed sharp corners are also worth trying. Some cutting-edge works, such as Song Zhishou, Syaraku and Huayang Bath, which have recently become popular in the circle of drinkers, can also be tried here-privately, for sake lovers, these are more worthy of attention than the 14th generation. Moreover, many brands have also launched limited works for Red Ghost, which is naturally worth trying.

In terms of meals, the following tables and drinks are the main ingredients, but the materials for sashimi sushi are definitely unambiguous. The materials for sashimi sushi are freshly purchased in Tsukiji market every day, and the wasabi is freshly ground. Even the tofu in the appetizer snacks is homemade. Although they are all prepared to set off Japanese sake, the meticulous spirit is also very admirable.

(Note, follow the navigation to get here. The shop under this signboard is not a ghost. You have to turn right and turn to that one. )

When you go to this store, you should also pay attention to the fact that after you leave the subway station, you can follow the navigation direction, and when you get to the end, you will see a sign that says "Red Ghost"-but! The one under the signboard is not a red ghost! Turn to the back of the signboard, and you will find our real izakaya

Address: Peking University _1-33-25

Postal code: _17-4

Tel: +81-3-3917-6657 (reservation can be made in English) < p Then, the most famous izakaya among the sake industry practitioners is this Chuanju.

Mr. Dalin _, the late founder of Chuanju, was called "Brewmaster". In 198, he opened a string pony, which started as an ordinary izakaya. Once, he tried the "unfiltered raw wine" that was not popular at that time in another wine shop, and was shocked by the fresh and fruity flavor, so he plunged into the world of sake.

unfiltered raw wine is not pasteurized, so it can retain the freshness and full flavor of the wine body to the maximum extent, but it must be stored at low temperature, so it has not been popular in the 198s. Mr. Dalin _ made a special refrigerator for sake in the store for storing raw wine. Today, almost all Japanese izakaya and Qing hotels will use sake refrigerators to store raw wine, which is actually the trend of string ponies.

Mr. Dalin _ seizes every opportunity to learn the knowledge of sake. It is said that as long as he hears about a brewery that can produce good wine, he can leave for a visit and study the next day. Then replenish the stock, and convey the winemaking concept and experience of the winery and what you have seen 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 in various places. It was on his own legs that he traveled to many good wineries all over the country and made a name for himself in the industry.

There are many legends about Chuanju, but one of them must be told-in the early 199s, a young man pushed open the store door of Chuanju with a bottle of 18ml sake and asked Mr. Dalin _, "Can you help me try this wine?"

At the first sip, Dalin _ was amazed, because at that time, sake with a light taste like "Kubota Wanshou" and "Bahaishan" was popular in Japan. And this young man's product actually has a full fruit flavor and a gorgeous fragrance like flowers.

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

The sake he advocated in those years was the 14th generation, and the young man who visited him was the brewer of the 14th generation, Mr. Takagi Hintong.

This also explains why the collection of fourteen generations in Chuanju is also very rich, and there are many limited works. On the second floor of Chuanju, there is a message and autograph left by Mr. Takagi Hintong.

After the death of Mr. Dalin _, his widow and employees inherited his idea, and continued to run string ponies, and continued to make a name for all kinds of high-quality wines. Now, the "New Deal", which holds up half the sky, also has their help.

in terms of food, the main dish of this shop is fried skewers, but the homepage thinks that this is not suitable for sake with rich fruit flavor, so every time I come here, I will pay more attention to the dishes of the day written on the blackboard. Roast duck with tin foil and oyster in oil, which often appear, are better appetizers. _ ラ (Kiura)

Address: Tokyo Metropolitan Government.