I'm probably the millionth blogger to post this picture and this title, but so be it. It is what it is: 130 varieties of sake in little dispensers, on the wall. This is Ponshukan, a sake shop tucked deep in the back corner of a market in Echigo Yuzawa train station in Niigata. It's not especially well signposted; I never would have known it was there if a friend hadn't told us it was a must-see. For 500 yen, you get five tokens and a little ceramic ochoko or two to drink from. Each token gets you one choko-full of any of the sakes. Four that we tried were smooth and delicious; one tasted kind of fishy. If we'd had a little more time at the train station, I would have tried the sake onsen next door, too. You're not supposed to drink before you bathe, but I guess it's okay to bathe in what you drink. Drink or soak in sake: either one's a nice way to relax before a 90-minute shinkansen ride back to Tokyo.
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Looks like a fun way to spend time waiting at a train station.
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