Sake Breweries

Located in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, the brewery was founded in 1864 for the local Suzaka clan and began to supply sake to the clan's head. Since then, from the second to the fifth generation, we have inherited the intention of the first brewer, Endo Tok

Kamotsuru Sake Brewery is located in Saijō, Higashihiroshima. Originally a soy sauce manufacturer, the business was later converted into a sake brewery. In 1873, Kimura Wahei (木村和平) named the brewery Kamotsuru (賀茂鶴). Kamo is the place name and another wor

The word "Taikan" (太冠) was used by military officers when celebrating their success. The name was given for the sake to mark festive occasions. Taikan Brewery was founded in 1877 and is located in the Southern Alps, a pristine and clean environment. It is

Wada Brewery was established in 1797 in Yachi, Kahoku-cho, Yamagata. It is mentioned in the Tokōshōninkan (東講商人鑑), a merchant book written in the Edo period. The registered trademark "Aratama" is said to denote a happy occasion. "Aratama" (あら玉) is a makur

Yamanashi Meijō Brewery is located in Hakushu-cho, Hokuto City in Yamanashi Prefecture. The brewery was founded in 1750 by Kitahara Ibei (北原伊兵衛), a descendant of the Kitahara family who had been brewing sake for generations in Shinshū (modern-day Nagano P

Tenryō Brewery is located in Gero City in Gifu Prefecture. It was founded in 1680 and is run as a family business to this day. The founder hailed from Omi-Hino (近江日野, modern-day Hino City in Shiga Prefecture) and was a vassal of Gamo Ujisato. He set up a

Hanaharu Sake Brewery is located in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and was founded in 1718 by Miyamori Kyūemon (宮森久右衛門), a descendant of the Ōuchi clan (大内氏). Kyūemon established his sake brewery at the east gate of Tsuruga Castle and named the brew

Tanaka Shuzōten (田中酒造店) is located in the Nakashinden area of the Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, on a rich fertile plain, moistened with snow melting water from the Ōu Mountains (奥羽山脈), an area famous for its sake brewing. The brewery was founded by a

Ginban Brewery is located in Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture, in a scenic natural environment overlooking the Kurobe Gorge in the Northern Alps. Sake brewing started in September 1897 in Ogyu Village (荻生), where sake had been produced since ancient times.

Nanbu Bijin Brewery is located in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture and was founded in 1902. At that time, the head of the local Kuji family operated a soy sauce brewery business. Kuji Sueta established the first sake brewery in Ninohe based on the same techn

Morito Brewery (森戸酒造株式会社) is located in Higashiizumi, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture, an area blessed with clear and abundant underground water and a truly pristine environment. It was founded in 1874 and has been brewing sake under the brand name "Juichi

The Watanabe Sake Brewery (渡邉酒造) is a small Tochigi sake brewery located in the village of Susagi in the Yamizo Mountains in Otawara City (formerly Kuroha Town). The brewery is one of Tochigi's best-known breweries and has achieved excellent results every

Shirasawa, the hometown of Sawahime Brewery, is located north of Tōkyō in Tochigi Prefecture. Shirasawa-juku was a post-town along Ōshū Kaidō (奥州街道), an ancient route that connected Edo (modern-day Tōkyō) with Mutsu Province in northern Japan. Shirasawa i

Ryujin Brewery is located in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture. Ryūjin (龍神) stands for "Dragon God". The brewery was founded in 1597. Its small team of just six workers uses Yamada Nishiki rice from Hyogo Prefecture, Omachi and Gohyakumangoku. The rice is car

Kameizumi Sake Brewery is located in Izuma, Kochi Prefecture. It was founded in 1897 by eleven volunteers under the name "Humoto Saketen". Their sake was made with water from a spring named the "Eternal Spring" as its waters had never run dry in over thre

Hakkaisan Brewery is located in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata, one of the premier and most famous sake brewing regions in all of Japan, and was founded in 1922. The brewery derives its name from Mount Hakkai (八海山), a sacred mountain that is part of the Echigo Sa

Hokushika Brewery is located in Ōdate City, Akita Prefecture, at the centre of the northern grain-growing region. Ōdate is also famous as the hometown of Akita dogs and Kiritanpo, a local speciality. The city is surrounded by the grand nature of Shirakami

Tenzan Brewery was founded in 1875, when Shichida Tsuki and Shichida Toshimitsu, both engaged in the milling and noodle industry, inherited the brewery after it had gone out of business. It is located in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Tenzan,

Momokawa Brewery is located in Kamiakedo, Kamikita District, in Aomori Prefecture, between the Hachinohe and Misawa. The history of Momokawa starts at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) when the influential Miura (三浦) family, owners of 100 koku, starte

Asahi Shuzō Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (朝日酒造株式会社) is based in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Founded in 1830, Asahi Sake Brewery has been striving to create premium sake using Niigata's water and rice. The company was converted into a public company in 192