Prefecture: Miyagi
Rice & polishing: Local rice, polished to 55%
Style: Junmai Ginjo (720ml and 1.8L)
Food pairings: Seafood carpaccio, fresh oysters, grilled prawns, sushi
Taste: Melon, citrusy, crisp, refreshing
Alc.: 15%
Hakurakusei is designed above all as a sake for food. A subtle fruity aroma of banana and melon spreads across the palate before a refreshing, citrus-like acidity sweeps it clean, giving a crisp yet soft, well-balanced profile. Low sweetness, freshness and a subtle youthful astringency come into their own with a meal, and the sharpness that comes from flat-polished rice helps refresh the palate between bites. Serve chilled with seafood of all kinds, especially carpaccio.
SMV: +4｜Acidity: 1.6
2026 Fine Sake Awards Japan (Wine Glass Sake Award, Main Division) — Gold 2026 Bangkok Sake Challenge — Gold 2026 Tokyo Sake Challenge — Silver
About the brewery
Niizawa Brewery dates its founding to 1895 in Osaki, Miyagi, and moved production to Kawasaki Town in Shibata District in 2011. Instead of a conventional toji hierarchy, its brewers work as a team under a young head brewer, with the stated aim that today's sake should be better than yesterday's. It invests heavily in equipment, using diamond-roll milling to reach very high polishing rates and storing all finished sake at minus five degrees.
ほのかなバナナ香 が 口 に 広 がり 柑橘類 を 思 わせる 爽 やかな 酸味 がキレ 味 を 演出 します 。 美味 しいお 料理 とともに 冷 たく 冷 やして 爽 やかにお 召 し 上 がりください 。 日本酒度: 4 酸度: 1.6 アミノ 酸度: 1.1 精米歩合: 55%
