Hasegawa Saketen
3/F, Omotesando Hills, 4-12-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 03 5785 0833
Omotesando Hills: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday & Public Holidays, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
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Sake has generally seen declining sales over the last 50 years but being sophisticated in Japan means knowing your nihonshu. (Photo by Flickr user macglee)
Hasegawa Saketen, the sake-tasting bar conveniently located inside shopping complex Omotesando Hills, is the perfect place to sample a wide range of brews. Whether sweet, dry, cloudy, sparkling, fruity, aged or mellow, they've got something to placate your current tastes and something to push your horizons.
As a good starting point, try the three glass set 'from the Tokyo suburbs,' and if you’re brave, accompany it with whale’s cartilage pickled in sake cake. (There is an extensive list of seafood guts to go with the nihonshu.)
Hasegawa Saketen also offers a limited number of store-exclusive sakes, gifts and accessories to buy.
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