【Kissing Mokkiri Sake Vol.037】

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree  of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity.
How would you drink  this style of sake?
The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you.

This mokkiri beauty is Ms. Asami Kaneko, who was active as a player of prestigious boat team and won the third prize in Japan in her high school days, and now she is active as a model.
“Even though my physical strength falls, I still have confidence in stamina. And I am a strong drinker, too (said clearly). During this season, drinking sake with wild plants is the best”, she said.
While we are no match for her in arm-wrestling, we are also unbeatable in drinking sake. lol    Let’s have a drink together before long!