Capacity: 700ml
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 40%

THE MEIJI RESTORATION WAS THE BEGINNING OF JAPAN'S MODERNIZATION AND ITS RISE TO THE RANKS OF THE GREAT POWERS. IN 2018, THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEIJI RESTORATION WAS COMMEMORATED, AND AS A RESULT, MANY PLACES IN JAPAN HELD EXHIBITIONS OR SOLD MERCHANDISE THEMED AROUND THE RESTORATION. AMONG THEM, SAIGO TAKAMORI, ONE OF THE "THREE GREAT NOBLES OF THE RESTORATION," WAS ARGUABLY THE LEADING FIGURE OF 2018, AS JAPAN'S NHK TV STATION CHOSE TO PRODUCE A YEAR - LONG HISTORICAL DRAMA BASED ON JAPANESE HISTORY, WHICH FOCUSED ON HIS STORY.

IN ADDITION, HOMBO SHUZO, HEADQUARTERED IN KAGOSHIMA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF SAIGO TAKAMORI, ALSO SPECIALLY SELLS A JAPANESE WHISKY NAMED "SAIGO-DON". THIS WHISKY WAS EXCLUSIVELY LAUNCHED IN 2018. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT, THIS WHISKY POSSESSES THE MAGNANIMITY AND BEARING OF SAIGO TAKAMORI, AS WELL AS HIS PERSONALITY OF COMBINING GENTLENESS WITH FIRMNESS.

THE AROMA HAS A DISTINCT BANANA AND VANILLIN SENSATION, WITH RIPE FRUIT FLAVORS LIKE ORANGE IN THE BACKGROUND. AT FIRST TASTE, THERE IS A SYRUPY FEELING, AND AS IT REACHES THE THROAT, A SLIGHT BITTERNESS EMERGES. THE AFTERTASTE IS MAINLY ORANGE-FLAVORED WITH A TOUCH OF MILD SMOKINESS. OVERALL, ALTHOUGH THE SO-CALLED "HEROIC SPIRIT" DESCRIBED BY THE OFFICIAL CANNOT BE FELT FROM THE TASTE, IT IS GENERALLY A COST-EFFECTIVE DRINKING OPTION, VERY GOOD.