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There are two basic types of saké san-shu and futsu-shu" which are the "normal saké". Then there is tokutei meishoshu "special designation saké".

TOKUTEI MEISHOSHU: special designation saké
There are four types of tokutei meishoshu (actually six, due to mixing and matching the junmai and ginjo varieties).

JUNMAI DAIGINJO
A subclass of junmai ginjo-shu, brewed with very highly polished rice (to at least 50%) and even more precise and labor intensive methods. The pinnacle of the brewers' art. Generally light, complex and fragrant.

DAI GINJO
A subclass of ginjo-shu below, brewed with very highly polished rice (to at least 50%) and even more precise and labor intensive methods. The pinnacle of the brewers' art. Generally light, complex and quite fragrant.

JUNMAI GINJO
Brewed with labor-intensive steps, eschewing machinery for traditional tools and methods, using highly polished rice (at least 60%) and fermented at colder temperatures for longer periods of time. Light, fruity, refined.

GINJO
Brewed with labor-intensive steps, eschewing machinery for traditional tools and methods, using highly polished rice (at least 60%) and fermented at colder temperatures for longer periods of time. Light, aromatic, fruity, and refined.

TOKUBETSHU JUNMAI
Note also Tokubetsu Junmai-shu, or "Special Junmai-shu," which merely indicates more highly polished rice, or the use of very special saké rice.

JUNMAI
Made with only rice, water and koji mold. The rice used must be polished to at least 70%**. Often a full and solid flavor profile, clean and well structured.

TOKUBETSU HONJOZO
Tokubetsu Honjozo-shu or "Special Honjozo-shu," which merely indicates more highly polished rice, or the use of very special saké rice.

HONJOZO
Made with rice, water, koji and a very small amount of pure distilled alcohol ("brewers' alcohol") to help extract flavor and aroma. Light, mildly fragrant, easy to drink.

FUTSUSHU: normal saké
It is the equivalent of table wine and is over 75% of all saké produced. On the other hand the tokutei meishoshu or "special designation saké" is distinguished by the degree to which the rice is polished and the added percentage of jozo alcohol or absence of such additives.


Cat. ST# Item Name Pkg. Unit Region Brewery
JUNMAI DAIGINJO back to topgo to top
JD 8800 DASSAI 12/720ml 720 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JD 5520 DASSAI 12/300ml 300 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JD 7970 GO-OKUNEN 12/720ml 720 EHIME SAKEROKU
JD 8030 KAKUNKO 12/720ml 720 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JD 5380 KAKUNKO 12/300ml 300 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JD 8910 KIKUSUI 6/720ml 720 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
JD 8120 KIRIN KOSHI HIKARI 6/720ml 720 NIIGATA KAETSU
JD 8130 MASUIZUMI 12/720ml 720 TOYAMA MASUDA
JD 7580 TAMANO HIKARI 12/720 720 KYOTO TAMANOHIKARI
JD 7670 TAMANO HIKARI 12/300ml 300 KYOTO TAMANOHIKARI
JD 7060 KANCHIKU 6/720ml 720 NAGANO TOTSUKA
JD 5910 BORN "YUME WA MASAYUME" JUNMAI DAIGINJO 6/1.0L 1000 FUKUI KATOUKICHIBEE SHOUTEN
JD 5920 BORN "HYOZAN" JUNMAI DAIGINJO 6/900ml 900 FUKUI KATOUKICHIBEE SHOUTEN
JD 5930 BORN "NIHON NO TSUBASA" JUNMAI DAIGINJO 6/720ml 720 FUKUI KATOUKICHIBEE SHOUTEN
JD 5940 BORN TOKUSEN JUNMAI DAIGINJO 6/720ml 720 FUKUI KATOUKICHIBEE SHOUTEN
JD 5960 BORN JUNMAI DAIGINJO (GENSHU) 6/720ml 720 FUKUI KATOUKICHIBEE SHOUTEN
DAIGINJO back to topgo to top
D 8750 KAMOTSURU TOKUSEI GOLD 12/180ml 180 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
D 8540 NANBU BIJIN 6/720ml 720 IWATE NANBUBIJIN CORP.
D 7070 MUROMACHI-JIDAI GOKU DAIGINJO 8/720ml 720 OKAYAMA MUROMACHI SHUZO
JUNMAI GINJO back to topgo to top
JG 7090 BIZEN MABOROSHI JUNMAI GINJO 12/720ml 720 OKAYAMA MUROMACHI SHUZO
JG 8810 DASSAI 50 12/720ml 720 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JG 5530 DASSAI 50 12/300ml 300 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JG 5160 DASSAI NIGORI 50 12/720ml 720 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JG 5840 DASSAI NIGORI 50 JUNMAI GINJO 12/300ml 300 YAMAGUCHI ASAHI SHUZO
JG 8100 FUKUCHO "BIHO" 6/720ml 720 HIROSHIMA IMADA
JG 5510 FUKUCHO"BIHO" 12/300ml 300 HIROSHIMA IMADA
JG 7720 HAKKAISAN 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA HAKKAI
JG 8070 HAKKAISAN 15/300ml 300 NIIGATA HAKKAI
JG 8240 HAKKAISAN 6/1.8L 1.8 NIIGATA HAKKAI
JG 8590 HAKURO SUISHU 10/720ml 720 YAMAGATA TAKENOTSUYU
JG 5460 HORAISEN "WA" 12/720ml 720 AICHI SEKIYA
JG 5630 HYOSHO USUNIGORI JUNMAI GINJO 12/720ml 720 AKITA ASAMAI
JG 5640 HYOSHO USUNIGORI JUNMAI GINJO 12/300ml 300 AKITA ASAMAI
JG 8090 IZUMO GASSAN 12/720ml 720 SHIMANE YOSHIDA SHUZO
JG 8730 KAMOTSURU 6/720ml 720 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
JG 8720 KAMOTSURU 6/1.8L 1.8 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
JG 7830 KIKUSUI 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
JG 8400 KIKUSUI 12/300ml 300 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
JG 7860 MUSHOHAI 10/720ml 720 NARA TOYOSAWA
JG 7850 MUSHOHAI 6/1.8L 1.8 NARA TOYOSAWA
JG 8580 SATO NO HOMARE 12/720ml 720 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JG 5220 SATO NO HOMARE 12/300ml 300 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JG 8230 SHIMEHARITSURU "JUN" 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA MIYAO
JG 7360 SUIGEI GINREI JUNMAI GINJO 12/720ml 720 KOCHI SUIGEI
JG 8440 TAISETSU 12/720ml 720 HOKKAIDO TAKASAGO
JG 5140 TAISETSU 20/300ml 300 HOKKAIDO TAKASAGO
JG 5610 TAMANO HIKAR I"KAORI GINJO" 12/300ml 300 KYOTO TAMANOHIKARI
JG 8550 TAMANO HIKARI 6/720ml 720 KYOTO TAMANOHIKARI
JG 8510 TENTAKA "KOKORO" 12/720ml 720 TOCHIGI TENTAKA
JG 7800 TOKUSEN TAMANO HIKARI 6/1.8L 1.8 KYOTO TAMANOHIKARI
JG 5450 YUKI NO MAI NIGORI 12/720ml 720 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JG 5440 YUSURA 12/720ml 720 IBARAKI SUDO HONKE
JG 7050 HYAKUNIN-ISSHU NO SHIRABE JUNMAI GINJO 6/720ml 720 NAGANO TOTSUKA
GINJO back to topgo to top
G 5350 HAKKAISAN 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA HAKKAI
G 5360 HAKKAISAN 15/300ml 300 NIIGATA HAKKAI
G 5340 HAKKAISAN 6/1.8L 1.8 NIIGATA HAKKAI
TOKUBETSU JUNMAI back to topgo to top
TJ 5150 GIN-SUMIYOSHI 6/1.8L 1.8 YAMAGATA TARUHEI
TJ 8490 KIRIN KOSHI NO TAKUMI 6/300ml 300 NIIGATA KAETSU
TJ 8570 NANBU BIJIN 12/720ml 720 IWATE NANBUBIJIN CORP.
TJ 5240 NANBU BIJIN 15/300ml 300 IWATE NANBUBIJIN CORP.
TJ 8660 NANBU BIJIN 6/1.8L 1.8 IWATE NANBUBIJIN CORP.
TJ 5670 NANBU BIJIN "NAMAZAKE" 12/720ml 720 IWATE NANBUBIJIN CORP.
TJ 8160 RIHAKU 12/720ml 720 SHIMANE RIHAKU
TJ 5270 RIHAKU 12/300ml 300 SHIMANE RIHAKU
TJ 5500 SHIRAKABE-GURA 12/300ml 300 HYOGO SHIRAKABEGURA
TJ 6130 SHIRAKABE-GURA 12/720ml 720 HYOGO SHIRAKABEGURA
TJ 5190 SHIRAKABE-GURA 6/1.8L 1.8 HYOGO SHIRAKABEGURA
TJ 8410 SUIGEI TOKUBETSU 12/720ml 720 KOCHI SUIGEI
TJ 7790 SUIGEI TOKUBETSU 6/1.8L 1.8 KOCHI SUIGEI
TJ 8710 SUMIYOSHI GOKU KARAKUCHI 12/720ml 720 YAMAGATA TARUHEI
JUNMAI back to topgo to top
J 5620 AMANOTO 12/720ml 720 AKITA ASAMAI
J 5580 AZUMAICHI 12/720ml 720 SAGA GOCHODA
J 6420 ECHIGO TSURUKAME 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA UEHARA
J 8430 KAMOTSURU 12/720ml 720 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
J 7510 KAMOTSURU 6/1.8L 1.8 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
J 8740 KAMOTSURU NAMAKAKOI 12/300ml 300 HIROSHIMA KAMOTSURU
J 7730 KIKUSUI 6/1.8L 1.8 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
J 8110 MIYOZAKURA 12/720ml 720 GIFU MIYOZAKURA
J 5290 MIYOZAKURA 12/300ml 300 GIFU MIYOSAKURA
J 5590 SQUARE ONE 12/750ml 750 NAGANO MASUICHI ICHIMURA SHUZO
J 8420 TAKE NO TSUYU 10/720ml 720 YAMAGATA TAKENOTSUYU
J 7590 TAKE NO TSUYU 6/1.8L 1.8 YAMAGATA TAKENOTSUYU
J 7920 TENGUMAI BUNSEI ROKUNEN 12/720ml 720 ISHIKAWA SHATA
J 7890 TENGUMAI YAMAHAI 12/720ml 720 ISHIKAWA SHATA
J 7880 TENGUMAI YAMAHAI 6/1.8L 1.8 ISHIKAWA SHATA
J 7410 KIKU-MASAMUNE 6/1.8L 1.8 HYOGO KIKUMASAMUNE
J 7420 KIKU-MASAMUNE TARU SAKE 24/300ml 720 HYOGO KIKUMASAMUNE
J 7430 KIKU-MASAMUNE TARU SAKE 12/720ml 300 HYOGO KIKUMASAMUNE
J 7450 KIKU-MASAMUNE JUNMAI DELUX 6/1.8L 720 HYOGO KIKUMASAMUNE
J 7480 KIKU-MASAMUNE JUNMAI GINJO 12/720ml 720 HYOGO KIKUMASAMUNE
J 8280 YUKI HONOKA 20/300ml 300 YAMAGATA TAKENOTSUYU
HONJOZO back to topgo to top
H 8930 NAGARAGWA HONJOZO KARAKUCHI 12/720ml 720 GIFU KOMACHI
H 8480 NAGARAGWA SPARKLING NIGORI 12/300ml 300 GIFU KOMACHI
H 5180 HAKKAISAN 15/300ml 300 NIIGATA HAKKAI
H 8340 HAKKAISAN 6/1.8L 1.8 NIIGATA HAKKAI
H 5410 KIKUSUI NO KARAKUCHI 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
H 5850 KIKUSUI FUNAGUCHI HONJOZO 30/200ml 200 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
H 8920 KIKUSUI NO KARAKUCHI 12/300ml 300 NIIGATA KIKUSUI
FUTSUSHU back to topgo to top
F 8880 ASAHIYAMA 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA ASAHI SHUZO
F 5320 HAKKAISAN 12/720ml 720 NIIGATA HAKKAI
F 5330 HAKKAISAN 15/300ml 300 NIIGATA HAKKAI
F 5310 HAKKAISAN 6/1.8L 1.8 NIIGATA HAKKAI
Cat. ST# Item Name Pkg. Unit Region Brewery