Analysis of Taste Expressions Similarity of Japanese Sake

Abstract

Taste of Japanese sake is frequently expressed with the expression ``Karakuchi (dry taste).'' However, there are many kinds of taste and flavor in Japanese sake. We have analyzed monthly sake reports delivered from Nishimura sake shop at Kyoto, which include various kinds of expressions of sake taste such as flavor, sweet taste, bitter taste, sour taste and so on. We tried to analyze similarity between sakes in terms of several points of taste expression using syntax analyzer CaboCha. As the results, some similar taste Sakes were extracted based on this method, but it will be necessary to use more information such as word similarity of Sake taste expressions.