I got a 300mL bottle of this fine elixir recently. Brewed by Suwa Shuzo in the Tottori Prefecture, this Junmai Ginjo is very clean and clear. The nose is somewhat fruity but the taste is wonderfully soft on the the rocks.
This smoothness supposedly is a result of the water used. On the brewer's website it reports that the water in this small and remote area of Japan is very clean, very pure, and abundant, so it is not only used to make the sake, but also to clean all the instruments used in the brewing process.
The unusual side effect I experienced, and this may be where the name "Star Filled Sky" came from, was extremely vivid dreams. After drinking some, I relaxed with a book for a while, then went to bed. That night I had two dreams of alarming clarity and strange proportion. One was terrifying, and I woke up at 5am shaken by the mental images I just saw. I soon fell back to sleep and had another dream which was also very clear, but this time in a more soothing and enjoyable way. Maybe there's something in that water in Tottori...
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