Hara Koshi no Homare Junmai Shiboritate Namagenshu

Hara Koshi no Homare Junmai Shiboritate Namagenshu (越の誉 純米 しぼりたて生原酒) is made of Niigata-grown Takane Nishiki rice milled to 65%. It boasts a fresh Muscat-like aroma. A juicy balance of sweetness, acidity, and effervescence, this namagenshu has the beauty and sharpness that only a low-alcohol sake can offer.

Hara Brewery was founded in 1814 in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. It is a long-established sake manufacturer with more than 200 years of history. Its leading brands are Koshi no Homare (越の誉) and Gin no Tsubasa (銀の翼), which is only sold in the local Kashiwazaki and Kariwa areas. The company produces and sells Echigo sake from rice grown in Niigata Prefecture, using high-quality sake rice and water from the melted snow of the local Yoneyama Mountains as the brewing water.

The city of Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture, where the Hara Sake Brewery is located, is in the middle of the Sea of Japan side of the Chuetsu region, surrounded by fifteen beaches and the three mountains of Kariwa (刈羽三山 Kaiwa Sanzan) - Yoneyama, Kurohime and Yaishi - and rich, with sea, rivers and mountains. At the time of the brewery's foundation, Kashiwazaki prospered as an inn town on the Hokkoku Kaidō (北国街道 Northern Highway) and a shipping town with its Sengoku boats. As a result, it is said that the capital's culture, full of elegance and refinement, blended into the city, and a unique culture blossomed. Supported by the region's rich natural blessings and high cultural standards, the taste of sake must inevitably have been refined. Hara Brewery is located near the beautiful coastline of the Sea of Japan, where you can feel the summer breeze and the snow falling with the wind in winter. Kashiwazaki's nature, people, and culture are all fostered in the barrels, adding a new dimension to the taste that has slowly built over 200 years since the brewery was founded.

Kashiwazaki faces the Sea of Japan and has had a thriving salt manufacturing industry since the early Edo period . Kotaro Hara, the founder of Hara Sake Brewery, was a foundryman who made pots for boiling seawater and undertook their repair. The name of the shop was 'Nabeya' (なべや). Even today, the trade name is carried on in the character 'na' engraved on the sake cellar. Kotaro was born as the heir to the Nabeya family but handed over the reins of the family to his younger sister. He decided to start a business with a fresh start. This was the birth of the Hara Sake Brewery in 1814. It flourished steadily in the prosperous port town of Kashiwazaki and became one of Kashiwazaki's leading breweries by the Meiji era . The brewery suffered two disasters: the Great Kashiwazaki Fire in 1911, when it completely burned down in a major conflagration, and the Chuetsu Earthquake in 2007.

Nowadays, Hara Shuzō produces many types and flavours of sake, from Daiginjō and Junmai Daiginjō to Junmai, Ginjō, Honjōzō, and regular sake. The quality of the sake is relatively light (slightly dry, clean, and beautiful). Still, in recent years, Hara has also brewed many freshly pressed sakes with a fresh, thick flavour, which consumers have received well at national and international competitions and contests. The Koshinohomare Online Shop offers most Koshinohomare products, except for some regional brands.