【Kissing Mokkiri Sake Vol.041】

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. Chika Konno who won the Grand Prix at Miss Universe Japan Akita competition 2017, and also won the fifth place at National finals.
“Currently, I live in Tokyo, but after all, I love the atmosphere of my hometown, Akita. Since I participate in Miss Universe Japan, guradually I get the work related to media; therefore, I would like to appeal positively the Akita’s good environment which creates beautiful delicious sake”, she said.
Since it is really hard to balance with daily work in parallel, please take care of yourself!