Truly Invited to the Demon World

This is a liquor called 'Invitation to the Demon World.' It's sweet potato shochu. Going back about 10 years… an anime began. It was an anime called 'YURI!!! on ICE,' which became a hot topic for its incredible animation and bizarre premise: a suddenly visiting silver-haired, blue-eyed, handsome, and cool-voiced Russian skater, the world champion, offers to become the coach to a cliffhanger-level Japanese national figure skater who's an introverted glasses-wearer with nothing but pride, all while the skater is naked in the bathhouse owned by the skater's family. The first episode ended like that. It's an anime that now, whether you like it or not, everyone who's into anime knows, produced by MAPPA… or rather, it's said to have supported MAPPA in its early days, boasting record-breaking Blu-ray sales. My husband and I were completely hooked on this anime, and our dream was to one day visit Saga together for a pilgrimage to the sacred sites… though that dream can no longer be fulfilled. The main character, Yuri Katsuki, who has a terrible drinking habit, and the Russian skater Viktor Nikiforov, who loves Japan, were drinking this 'Invitation to the Demon World' from a 1.8-liter bottle in the show~ It's the liquor that holds memories for me, pulling me into the sweet potato shochu swamp from only drinking barley shochu.