Welcome to the bottomless swamp of sake.

TOCKY, a kikisake-shi and SAKE DIPLOMA, and Numata, a kikisake-shi, score 321 sake themselves. Search by score, star ratings and flavour radar to find your bottle.

321Entries
43Breweries
4290 and aboveSake that goes down in history

LATEST VIDEO

Latest video

LATEST REVIEWS

Latest reviews

2026.10.04

84pts

Senkin Kabutomushi

Senkin

A Midsummer Night's Beetle

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2026.10.04

82pts

Senkin Kuwagata

Senkin

Forbidden Sun

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2026.09.26

85pts

Hiroki Junmai Ginjo Aiyama nama (unpasteurised)

Hiroki Shuzo Honten

酒を愛す者よ、酒に愛されよ

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TOP SCORES

Top-scoring sake

NEW ENCOUNTERS

New encounters

Three picked at random from the recent reviews.

No. 01

85pts

Ubusuna Kairyo Shinko Ninojo

Hananoka Shuzo

熊本の復興を祈っています

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No. 02

86pts

Hiran Here comes

Mori Shuzojo

Here comes HIRAN

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No. 03

78pts

Aramasa No.6 A-type 2025

Aramasa Shuzo

Offer up your fresh blood

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SAKE MAP

The flavour map

A 5×5 map split into cells by two of the five flavour axes, Floral and Rich. The depth of a cell is how many sake it holds; the pentagon is the average flavour shape of that cell
Floral × Rich

When the shape of the flavour radar is close, the taste is close too. Lay out by shape the 321 sake that have all five axes and a score, and the 42 at 90 and above sit towards the floral and rich side.

Two axes place a sake in a cell, and the remaining three appear as the shape inside it. The five axes are not flattened onto a plane, so position reads two axes and shape reads all five. Within similar flavours, sake are ordered by overall score, highest first.

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HOW WE RATE

How to read the ratings

Score

Score

An original 100-point rating. 90 and above is classed as “Sake that goes down in history”, 80 and above as “Sake we recommend”, and 70 and above as “Sake to drink if you get the chance”.

42entries · 90 and above256entries · 80 and above22entries · 70 and above

Dual Rating

Two sets of star ratings

TOCKY and Numata score independently on three axes — Taste, Aroma and Value for money — out of 5, in steps of 0.5.

Flavor Radar

Flavour radar

A five-axis radar chart — Floral, Crisp, Rich, Full and Dry — gives the flavour profile at a glance.

ABOUT THE REVIEWERS

About the reviewers

TOCKYKikisake-shiSAKE DIPLOMA

Shares what makes sake worth drinking as a kikisake-shi. Independent routes to hard-to-find labels and a sharp eye for judging them have made the ranking videos the channel's most-watched.

@Tokio_numata
NumataKikisake-shi

Draws on kikisake-shi knowledge to write the end-card text for more than 200 bottles. Underpins this site with a scientific perspective and a wealth of data.

The bottom of the swamp is still out of sight.

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