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**Ad0i89Od** · 09-11-2007, 04:04 PM

I'm a pretty frequent drinker of imojochu. I occasionally have a bit of the koktou stuff from Amami, but I prefer the imo variety.

We usually drink kuro or shiranami at home because its pretty cheap and tasty. Usually oyuwari (hot water) in winter and mizuwari (cold water and ice) or rokku (just ice) in summer.

I'd personally recommend mao (魔王) as a good brand of imojochu for a gift. There are several varieties that vary in price, and I guess it will be a lot more expensive outside Kagoshima.

We were laughing a people in Tokyo drinking overpriced shochu like its wine or something the other day. My mate said we knock it back like tea down here!

There's also some novel "samurai" themed shochu - Saigo Don, Yakumaru Jigen Ryu, Sakamoto Ryoma, etc. Never tried those though - more for tourists I suspect.

09-11-2007, 04:04 PM	#11
Ad0i89Od Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 374 Senior Member	I'm a pretty frequent drinker of imojochu. I occasionally have a bit of the koktou stuff from Amami, but I prefer the imo variety. We usually drink kuro or shiranami at home because its pretty cheap and tasty. Usually oyuwari (hot water) in winter and mizuwari (cold water and ice) or rokku (just ice) in summer. I'd personally recommend mao (魔王) as a good brand of imojochu for a gift. There are several varieties that vary in price, and I guess it will be a lot more expensive outside Kagoshima. We were laughing a people in Tokyo drinking overpriced shochu like its wine or something the other day. My mate said we knock it back like tea down here! There's also some novel "samurai" themed shochu - Saigo Don, Yakumaru Jigen Ryu, Sakamoto Ryoma, etc. Never tried those though - more for tourists I suspect.
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