The colour is just a shade towards the straw side of pure water.
At room temperature the aroma is of fermented rice with a hint of plum. The flavour is smooth and even with ever so slight astringency. The sake disappears down the throat leaving a glimmer of aftertaste.
At 40C the flavour has developed more life, still with slight astringency and more developed aftertaste.
I regret there is no "Ke-no-sakana" today.
The woodblock print at the back is "Yasaka shrine" printed 1935 by Hiroshi Yoshida, one of greatest artists of the "Shin hanga" style. His prints are highly valued both within Japan and throughout the western world. Morinokura is situated in Kurume, Fukuoka pref. which was the birth place of Hiroshi Yoshida in 1876.
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