Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Saitama (埼玉)
- Rice type
- Yamada Nishiki (山田錦)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 70%
- Alcohol content
- 16%
The Koyama Honke Kome-Ichizu Junmai (純米酒 米一途 山田錦) is an elegant junmaishu made of 100% Yamada Nishiki, considered the pinnacle of sake rice. It is rich, with a spicy taste peculiar to Yamada Nishiki. Smooth and aromatic. It has a very satisfying finish and goes well with all kinds of food. It can be consumed chilled, at room temperature or heated.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Koyama Honke Brewery
- Name in Japanese
- 小山本家酒造
- Address
- 1798 Sashiogi, Nishi-ku, Saitama, 331-0047
- Phone
- 048-623-0011
- Website
Koyama Honke Brewery is located in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. It was founded by Koyama Yamatabei (小山屋又兵衛), who hailed from Harima in modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. After learning the art of sake brewing in Nada, Itami and Fushimi, he moved to the Kantō region around 1780. He set up a sake brewery in Sashiōgi, Adachi-gun (present-day Sashiōgi, Saitama City) in 1808.
In the 1980s, the company introduced computer-controlled sake brewing technology and biotechnology to develop sake yeast. In 2003, Koyama Honke began to export sake overseas, and in 2008, it was designated as a traditional sake brewery by Saitama City. The company chairman, Koyama Keiichi, doubles as chairman of the Saitama Sake Brewers Association and head of the Kantō Shinetsu branch of the Japan Sake Brewers Association. The brewery is part of the World Takakoyama Group, which consists of five sake breweries nationwide. Each of which operates as a separate company to take advantage of the uniqueness of sake brewing technology in each region.
In the 1980s, the company introduced computer-controlled sake brewing technology and biotechnology to develop sake yeast. In 2003, Koyama Honke began to export sake overseas, and in 2008, it was designated as a traditional sake brewery by Saitama City. The company chairman, Koyama Keiichi, doubles as chairman of the Saitama Sake Brewers Association and head of the Kantō Shinetsu branch of the Japan Sake Brewers Association. The brewery is part of the World Takakoyama Group, which consists of five sake breweries nationwide. Each of which operates as a separate company to take advantage of the uniqueness of sake brewing technology in each region.
