Sake Bottle

anoah · 09-06-2008, 05:59 PM

Hello everyone,
I have an interesting request. I was wondering if anyone could help me translate a Sake bottle into English. I have no idea what it says on the bottle, and would be interested to find out.

Here's the picture:

The front:

The back:

Thanks!

cunning_stunts · 09-07-2008, 04:18 AM

Hello!

This sake is called "Hakutaka" - that's what it says on the front of the bottle in the big black characters. (Also written in katakana below the main label)

The red characters to the right - "genuine".
The red characters to the left are (from the top) "Nada", an area in Hyogo Prefecture famous for sake production and "sake". Together it reads "Nadazake".
So as a whole, the red characters mean that this sake is a genuine "Nadazake".

A link to the wikipedia page for the Nada area, with some interesting links in the references section: Nada-GogÅ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The writing on the back states the brewing company and its address. This one comes from Nishinomiya village which is mentioned on the wiki page.

I see there is still quite a lot left in the bottle!
Enjoy!

anoah · 09-07-2008, 04:13 PM

Thank you very much! That was everything I wanted to know. I also found the website:
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09-06-2008, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
anoah Brand New Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 anoah is an unknown character at this point	Sake Bottle Hello everyone, I have an interesting request. I was wondering if anyone could help me translate a Sake bottle into English. I have no idea what it says on the bottle, and would be interested to find out. Here's the picture: The front: The back: Thanks!
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09-07-2008, 04:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
cunning_stunts Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 39 cunning_stunts is on a distinguished road	Hello! This sake is called "Hakutaka" - that's what it says on the front of the bottle in the big black characters. (Also written in katakana below the main label) The red characters to the right - "genuine". The red characters to the left are (from the top) "Nada", an area in Hyogo Prefecture famous for sake production and "sake". Together it reads "Nadazake". So as a whole, the red characters mean that this sake is a genuine "Nadazake". A link to the wikipedia page for the Nada area, with some interesting links in the references section: Nada-GogÅ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The writing on the back states the brewing company and its address. This one comes from Nishinomiya village which is mentioned on the wiki page. I see there is still quite a lot left in the bottle! Enjoy!
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09-07-2008, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
anoah Brand New Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 anoah is an unknown character at this point	Thank you very much! That was everything I wanted to know. I also found the website: ????? ??????????????
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