Ikoma Sake Bar (日本酒Bar生駒)

Asahikawa was the second largest city in Hokkaido, with a population of about 340K (Sapporo: 1.95M). However, end September was a quiet time in this part of Japan, much contrast to Sapporo. We walked around Asahikawa downtown, and come across a glass door with the wordings "日本酒Bar生駒".

The bar was run by a couple. The master was the man in the picture. The young lady was one of their 常連さん (jourensan = regular). She tried chatting with us in her limited English. It was always fun to chat with people in such drinking places either with our limited Japanese.

We requested the master for some local Hokkaido sakes. Below were a few of them. Popular sake rice in Hokkaido were 「吟風」(ginpuu) and「彗星」(suisei) and Kitashizuku.

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