sake for father's day — at over ¥100K a pop

What better present to get your dear old dad on Father's Day? Especially if he likes a nice drop of the hard stuff out of a spiffy crystal decanter.

 

But it's not whiskey in this decanter, it's actually sake — nihonshu. It's an extra-special (cho-tokusen) daiginjo from Hakushika, brewed from Yamadanishiki rice milled to 35 percent.

Apparently this sake has won awards at the Monde Selection three years running, and is packaged in a carafe of Belgian Val Saint Lambert crystal. Hence the price: ¥105,000 (for 600 ml). 

 

This was spotted in Mitsukoshi in Yebisu Garden Place. The funny thing is, if you order it direct from Hakushika's online store it's half the price — a mere snip at ¥52,000!

For those who read Japanese, here's the blurb about it:

吟醸香高く味はきめ細かくまろやかで、スッキリした中にも豊かなコク、精米歩合35％の厳選された特上の山田錦のみで手造りした酒。超特撰黒松白鹿純米大吟醸用に醸造したもろみの中でも特に優れたものを選び、酒を搾る時も良い部分だけを分酒しました。ベルギーのヴァル・サン・ランベール [Val Saint Lambert] 社製クリスタルのカラフに詰めたこだわりの逸品。