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**Important Notice From Sake Japan 2**
SAKE JAPAN PRICE DECREASE FROM 1st November 2009
Dear Customers,
Thank you so much for shopping with Sake Japan.
Due to the latest exchange rate movement, we have to announce the price decrease of most items in Sake Japan up to 20% from Sunday 1st November 2009. (Except Choya Umeshu price increase as we announced at 21 Nov 2009)
Since we have opened Sake Japan in 5th May 2008, we have been trying to retain the price at the lowest level possible and we promise we keep trying our best always. The postage & packaging fee will still remain the same.
Due to the system update & maintenance, Sake Japan will be closed temporary from 1 Nov 2009 0:00am to 2:59am. We sorry for the inconvinience.
Thank you again for supporting Sake Japan and we hope you would keep enjoying shopping wit Sake Japan.
Yours Sincerery,
Toshi Maeda (Sake Japan / Site Manager)
**Important Notice From Sake Japan 1**
Dear Sake Japan Customers,
From
1 Nov 2009 3:00am, Sake Japan will start a
Christmas Campaign!
This time, we will give you
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE!!
You can
order from one bottle and send it to anywhere in Australia for
FREE CHARGE OF POSTAGE! (Campaign ends 20 Nov 2009 11:59pm)
This will be a great oppotunity for you to try Sake Japan for the first time and maybe you can pick
Sake as Christmas Gifts to your friends or family.
We also have a
GIFT WRAPPING & CARD service with extra $5.00! (See the detail from the link below)
http://www.sakejapan.com.au/blog/sakemaster/?main_page=item&item_id=35We hope you would enjoy shopping with Sake Japan!
**IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM SAKE JAPAN**
Dear Sake Japan Customers,
Since October 2009, Australian Taxation Department has decided to change category of CHOYA UMESHU (know as Japanese Plum Wine) from WINE category to LIQUOR category. As a result, it gives the product a higher tax rate than ever, and we have to face to the price increase of CHOYA UMESHU very unfortunately.
New Prices Effective from 1st November 2009
CHOYA UMESHU (Without Plum) 750ml
CURRENT PRICE $17.00 → NEW PRICE $20.00 (Including GST)
CHOYA UMESHU (With Plum) 500ml
CURRENT PRICE $20.00 → NEW PRICE $24.50 (Including GST)
Sake Japan keep trying our best to set the prices as low as possible, even though some case like this is totally uncontrollable.
We apologise for any inconvenience to you. And your understanding is truly appreciated.
Thank you very much for your continuously supporting and shopping with Sake Japan.
Yours Sincerely
Toshi Maeda (Sake Japan)
Hello, Brisbane
This is a great news for Sake Lovers in Brisabane!
Sake Japan is taging up with Brisabane's MIZU Japanese Restaurant and having a Sake Tasting Event
"KIKIZAKE Vol.3" on Thursday 5 Nov from 6pm to 7pm.
The sake tasting event includes
4 diffrent premium sake & 3 sake matching food with Sake Master Toshi Maeda's basic sake lesson.
Entry is only $20 and pre booking is essential. (Limited 30 people)
http://www.japanet.com.au/jsbg/newsletter/jsbg_nov09.htmlThis event is organized under Japanese Speakers Business Group, which is a group of Brisbane based Australian & Japanese who are together to learn Japanese culture & paractice conversation in Japanese. (So this sake event will be done in Japanese mostly.)
http://www.japanet.com.au/jsbg/?MMID=2024If you would like to join the event, please contact to JSBG directly.
Email: info@japanet.com.auMIZU restaurant
2 Macquarie Street
Teneriffe BRISBANE
07 3254 0488
www.mizurestaurant.com.au
Sake & Grill MAEDAYA is featured in an article called IZAKAYA RISING on a Melbourne's first independent online magazine
BROADSHEET which has been launched just yesterday!
www.broadsheet.com.auThe story is about a new IZAKAYA style restaurants recently opened in Melbourne such as Izakaya Den in Russel St & Izakaya Ichi Ni in St Kilda along with
Sake & Grill MAEDAYA in Richmond.
Congratulations for Broadsheet launch & thank you very much for featuring Maedaya!
Today, Daiwa Food introduced MAEDAYA 2 new sake botlles freshly arrived from Japan. One is RANMAN TENSHINRANMAN & the other is TATEYAMA GINREI FUTSUSHU. They are both FUTSUSHU but the quality is as good as to be categorized in HONJOZO.
Here is my brief tasting notes for both bottles
1: RANMAN TENSHINRANMAN 1800ml
Fragrance is a bit strong to your nose. At the first sip, sweetness & richness of rice spread all over your mouth and soon light dryness follows up and ending with a bit of acidity. It has a medium rich body and depth in a flavour with a hint of Banana, very typical Ranman style.
2: TATEYAMA GINREI FUTSUSHU 1800mlFragrance is very light. Soon after you sip it, you would see soft, light & dry flavours with a crisp finish. You might think it's not so inpressive at the begining but if you want to drink sake with a meal for a long time, you would need sake like this. It woould never get you bored of it even after a half bottle. Its very typical Tateyama style as well.
Soon, you could drink these sake anywhere in Melbourne, some parts of Brisbane & Adelaide. Please ask for it when you go to your favorite Japanese restaurant. They are worth trying, I reckon.
Today, a new shipment from Japan will arrive in Melbourne. It contains a few new sake bottles I have been waiting for. It is always very exciting thing to see the new sake bottle. When I open the new box, sometimes I can smell the air from where it was packed. Or maybe it is a smell from the sake bottle itself. Anyway, that makes me feel more excited.
Next I check the label & production date. When I look at the bottle, usually I can see the honest attitude of the producer towards the product. So often, the bottle looks synchronize with its taste very much. So label and presentation are very important. Maybe for the sake beginners, I should say that it will be a simple but the best way to choose sake from its looks. I guess it is similar to when you choose wine.
I have stored over 70 different sake, shochu, Japanese beer at Sake Japan. (There are also a few more bottles that haven’t been introduced to the site yet.) Surprisingly, all of them have different own characters and flavour that are changed by rice, water, natural yeast, temperature & milling rate, brewers skill and a lot more other elements. Sometimes it is very subtle and fine to see the difference at the first sip. But after a couple ones, you might see the true goodness of the sake all over your palate.
I love drinking sake. Because each sake bottles have its own characters & stories. And most importantly, I can feel strong hope & will from the professional sake brewers in a bottle. Honestly, I am very happy to introduce sake made from beautiful Japanese nature & sake brewers hard work under their experiences to people in Australia. I reconfirmed that it is my duty as a Sake Master to keep introducing these beautiful gifts (or I should say crafts?) from Japan to Australia.
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