Okayama, Japan｜Kinhoshi

Superb whether you like or dislike shochu! They definitely change your mind, just so good. Horse meat not good enough (maybe not seasonal?) but the deep fried food is so good. BTW, staff is so helpful even they don't speak English. I will definitely come again.

For shochu lovers, this izakaya is like a paradise. All-you-can-drink 170 kinds of shochu for ¥2,500 for 2 hours. From standard premium shochu to limited-time and year-limited ones. If you go to a regular shochu bar, you can drink brands that cost about ¥1,000 a glass, and you can bring your own bottle and make it how you like, an unprecedented style. It was midsummer when I visited this time, so I only had refreshing potato shochu with soda. If you extend the all-you-can-drink for 1 hour, you can enjoy all-you-can-drink for a further discount, so in the end, we enjoyed all-you-can-drink for 4 hours. What's even more amazing is that you can drink classic lager with bottled beer for all-you-can-drink all-you-can-drink shochu. Besides that, it also contains plum wine and shochu high, so it's easy to invite people who don't like shochu. Also, not only the sake but also the food is very delicious and the taste goes well with alcohol. Especially recommended are egg meat rolls and chikuwa stuffed with potato salad and fried. I was impressed that there is such an amazing store in Okayama. If you like shochu, let's go!

It's a small shop, but the store manager and other staff keep a good distance from each other, and when you need it, they'll help you make a decision. There are so many types of shochu, so it's an irresistible place for shochu lovers. I'm not good at shochu, but they prepared sake-like shochu that I can drink easily. I want to go again.