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Shopping list for Japan

October 7, 2015 Personal

Uguuuu this is going to be an expensive trip.
(Edit: 5 years later✔✔)

To jot down a list of the sake’s I’m hunting for:

  1. Yamatogawa Genshu from Fukushima
  2. Reijin Koshu from Nagano
  3. Hitorimusume Junmai Ginjo ‘Shizuku’ from Ibaraki
  4. Hitorimusume Junmai ‘Sayaka’ from Ibaraki
  5. Hitorimusume Ginjo from Ibaraki
  6. Kokonoe-Zakura Ginjo from Saitama
  7. Shinkame Nigorizake? from Saitama
  8. Shinkame Junmai Ginjo ‘Hikomago’
  9. Biwa no Choju ‘Kurabito namazake’ from Shiga
  10. Fukunishiki Junmai Ginjo ‘Seikaryuurei’ from Hyougou
  11. Tedorigawa Ginjo ‘Sakadamashii’ from Ishikawa
  12. Fukucho Daiginjo from Hiroshima✔
  13. Gozenshu Daiginjo Houo- from Okayama
  14. Gozenshu Junmai ‘Mimasake’ from Okayama
  15. Toyo no Aki Tokubetsu Junmai from Shimane
  16. Gokyo Junmai from Yamaguchi✔
  17. Chiyo no Sono Junmai from Kumamoto
  18. Chiyo no Sono ‘Shuhai Mark II’ from Kumamoto
  19. Ichinokura Himezen Junmai from Miyagi
  20. Kamoizumi Nama Genshu Junmai Ginjo Nigori from Hiroshima
  21. Nishinoseki Junmai from Oita
  22. Try to find the french Limosin barrel aged Sake

and then there’s Shochu, Awamori, and Whiskey…

  1. A
  2. List
  3. I
  4. Will
  5. Make
  6. Soon

and then tea stuff…

  1. Nanbu Tetsubin✔
  2. Shigaraki Tokkuri or Houhin✔
  3. Chashakku?✔
  4. Celadon Mizusashi?
  5. Titanium Natsume?
  6. More bancha and houjicha✔

and gifts…

  1. Nice slicing knife, dual edge, long, around $300✔
  2. Real wasabi
  3. Okonomiyaki sauce✔
  4. U-shape scissors
  5. Plate brushes, teardrop tip

Besides the shopping, things to see and do!

  1. Meet the Horie’s for lunch in Narita✔
  2. Meet Yuka for Udon in Osaka
  3. Go to Masahiro Distillery in Okinawa✔
  4. Not die in a tsunami or earthquake✔
  5. Pottery shop in Bizen or Shiga✔

and eat…

  1. A5 Beef
  2. Goemon…✔
  3. Tataki✔
  4. Sunomono✔
  5. Hermes Macarons✔
  6. Yakisoba✔
  7. Kitsune Udon✔
  8. Deepfried food….✔ uguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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