Futsu-shu | 15% alc. | SMV +4 | Acidity 1.1 | Polish 70% | Sake rice Hana Omoi, koji rice Hana Fubuki | Yeast 1001 Once available only in town, the cup is printed with the Gonohe mascots “Gonohe no Onko-chan” and “Baoru-kun and Mirai-chan.” The brewery celebrates the Nanbu Toji guild's signature style of low-temperature, long fermentation and hand-brewing using all five senses, with local water, local rice, and yeast #10, isolated at the brewery. The Hana Fubuki koji rice name means “flower blizzard,” like cherry blossoms falling in the wind. Try it at any temperature; warming it really brings out the rice flavors. The brewery was founded in 1786 during the reign of the 11th Shogun, Tokugawa Ienari, and has spanned nine generations in Aomori; the first-generation Hachiuemon Hashimoto was a kimono merchant who acquired a sake brewery.