From Tsuji Zenbei Shoten in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, comes a junmai daiginjo built around one of the rarest treasures in sake brewing: Aiyama rice. Often called the "diamond" of sake rice, Aiyama is grown in tiny quantities in Hyogo Prefecture's famed Special A district and reserved by breweries for their most limited releases. Here it is polished to 50% and coaxed into an elegant, meal-friendly daiginjo by one of Tochigi's youngest toji.
Tasting Notes
Soft, intriguing (and perhaps delicate) aromas of green tea, ginger, and almond lead into a bright, gently rich palate of rice mochi with minimal fruit character. Just-dry in style, it closes with a long, mineral-driven finish that keeps you reaching for another sip.
Food Pairings
Designed as the perfect companion to a meal. Beautiful with sashimi and shellfish, tempura, grilled steak, grilled white fish — equally at home alongside Japanese or Western cuisine.
Specs
Classification: Junmai Daiginjo
Rice: 100% Aiyama (Hyogo Special A district)
Polishing Ratio: 50%
Sake Meter Value: +3
Prefecture: Tochigi
Size: 720ml
The Brewery
Tsuji Zenbei Shoten is a small brewery in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, brewing handcrafted sake with the fresh sensibilities of a young Shimotsuke toji. Their philosophy centers on flavor made for the table — sake that elevates food rather than competing with it — and their limited Aiyama release is the purest expression of that vision.
From Tsuji Zenbei Shoten in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, comes a junmai daiginjo built around one of the rarest treasures in sake brewing: Aiyama rice. Often called the "diamond" of sake rice, Aiyama is grown in tiny quantities in Hyogo Prefecture's famed Special A district and reserved by breweries for their most limited releases. Here it is polished to 50% and coaxed into an elegant, meal-friendly daiginjo by one of Tochigi's youngest toji.
Tasting Notes
Soft, intriguing (and perhaps delicate) aromas of green tea, ginger, and almond lead into a bright, gently rich palate of rice mochi with minimal fruit character. Just-dry in style, it closes with a long, mineral-driven finish that keeps you reaching for another sip.
Food Pairings
Designed as the perfect companion to a meal. Beautiful with sashimi and shellfish, tempura, grilled steak, grilled white fish — equally at home alongside Japanese or Western cuisine.
Specs
Classification: Junmai Daiginjo
Rice: 100% Aiyama (Hyogo Special A district)
Polishing Ratio: 50%
Sake Meter Value: +3
Prefecture: Tochigi
Size: 720ml
The Brewery
Tsuji Zenbei Shoten is a small brewery in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, brewing handcrafted sake with the fresh sensibilities of a young Shimotsuke toji. Their philosophy centers on flavor made for the table — sake that elevates food rather than competing with it — and their limited Aiyama release is the purest expression of that vision.
