{"id":3064,"date":"2020-08-27T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T05:33:35","slug":"%e3%80%8c%e3%82%88%e3%81%97%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e6%9d%9c%e6%b0%8f%e3%81%ae%e9%83%b7%e3%80%8d-%e5%85%a8%e5%9b%bd%e7%87%97%e9%85%92%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%82%b9%e3%83%882%e9%83%a8%e9%96%80%e3%81%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/3064\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYoshikawa Toji no Sato\u201d<br> Gold Medals in Two Categories in the National Hot Sake Contest!<br>(Yoshikawa Ward, Joetsu City)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Two Prizes for Rich Taste!<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Two brands of sake brewed at \u201cYoshikawa Touji no Sato\u201d in Yoshikawa Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, \u201cYoshikawa Touji Okarakuchi\u201d and \u201cTenkeiraku Junmai\u201d were selected for a gold medal at the national hot sake contest.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00000-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0826_00000\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00000-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The gold medals in the national hot sake contest were awarded to \u201cYoshikawa Touji Okarakuchi\u201d in the \u201cgood value\u201d category, and \u201cTenkeiraku junmai\u201d in the \u201cpremium\u201d category.<\/p>\r\n<p>This brought a double award to the brewers at \u201cYoshikawa Toji no Sato.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>The judging used a blind method which hid the labels, and entrants from these two divisions were heated to 45 degrees. \u00a0The contest received 815 items from 245 companies in 4 categories, of which 245 received awards.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00004-2.jpg\" alt=\"Still0826_00004\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00004-2-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Zenichiro Koike, who is a master sake brewer, was pleased to receive the award, saying, \u201cI am very happy to receive an award this year especially because it is a cheerful topic<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00003-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0826_00003\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00003-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cYoshikawa Touji Okarakuchi\u201d is a dry sake, but characterized by a refreshing flavor, with a savory rice aftertaste.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00002-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0826_00002\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0826_00002-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>As the name suggests, \u201cTenkeiraku Junmai\u201d has the \u201cumami\u201d of rice as a \u201cjunmai\u201d sake, with a slightly sour taste. Its complex taste makes it especially suitable for pairing with meat.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mr. Koike said, \u201cI was happy to hear that after Tenkeiraku received the award, more people have said they want to buy it. \u00a0I\u2019d love everyone to enjoy it and savor it slowly.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u25a0Yoshikawa Touji Okarakuchi<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>720ml \u00a51,000 (tax included)<br \/>\r\n1,800 ml \u00a51,969(tax included)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u25a0Tenkeiraku Junmai<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">720 ml \u00a51,265(tax included)<\/span><br \/>\r\n<span title=\"\">1,800 ml \u00a52,530(tax included)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>In addition, &#8220;Special Junmai Myokosan&#8221; from Myoko Sake Brewery in the Joetsu region has also received a gold medal in the &#8220;Premium&#8221; category.<div class=\"b-spot\"><h2>Yoshikawa Toji no Sato<\/h2><div class=\"gmap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?output=embed&hl=en&q=%E3%80%92949-3449%20%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E5%B7%9D%E5%8C%BA%E6%9D%9C%E6%B0%8F%E3%81%AE%E9%83%B71%E7%95%AA%E5%9C%B0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-detail\"><div class=\"b-spot-lt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-rt\"><p class=\"outline\">\u25a0 Business hours 9:00 to 17:00 \u25a0 Closed on Mondays (If Monday is a national holiday, the following day)<\/p><p class=\"info\"><b>Address: <\/b>No. 1 Toji no sato, Yoshikawa-ku, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, 949-3449<br><b>Tel: <\/b>025-548-2331<br><b>Access: <\/b> About 5 minutes from Kakizaki IC on the Hokuriku Expressway<br><b>URL: <\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yoshikawa-touji.co.jp\/\">https:\/\/www.yoshikawa-touji.co.jp\/<\/a><\/p><p class=\"btn\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/%E3%80%92949-3449%20%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E5%B7%9D%E5%8C%BA%E6%9D%9C%E6%B0%8F%E3%81%AE%E9%83%B71%E7%95%AA%E5%9C%B0?hl=en\">Google Map<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yoshikawa-touji.co.jp\/\">Website<i class=\"far fa-fw fa-window-restore\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Prizes for Rich &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=3059","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[202,33,48,162],"class_list":["post-3064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gift","tag-202","tag-33","tag-48","tag-162","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}