Minamiuonuma, Niigata
Established in 1717 and located in Uonuma city (Niigata prefecture), one of the snowiest regions in Japan, the Aoki Brewery is brewing sake for over 300 years. While Niigata prefecture is famous for Tanrei-Karakuchi, the light, elegant and dry sake style, Aoki Brewery is aiming...
Izu, Shizuoka
Baird Brewing Company started out very small. Bryan and Sayuri Baird quit their jobs and head to the Pacific Northwest, one of the leading areas of craft beer, to study brewing. Four years later (2001) the brewery, based in port city Numazu in Shizuoka prefecture,...
Fushimi, Kyoto
The Gekkeikan Brewery was found in 1637 in Fushimi, a district of the former capital Kyoto, and enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide. According to the guiding principle ‘quality, creativity and humanity’ the Gekkeikan Brewery is extremely anxious to combine Japanese tradition and modernity. That is...
Yonago, Tottori
Founded in 1673 in Yonago (Tottori), Inata Honten brews sake based on the motto ‚sake is brewed from the heart’. The very small company impresses with sake that also serve very well as food companions. One example is the Goriki Junmai Ginjo that is brewed...
Kobe, Hyogo
The Kiku Masamune Brewery was found in 1659 and helds fast to the ideal of authentic dry sake of premium quality. The Brewery gives high attention to sake pairing, focuses on the traditional kimoto method since its 350th jubilee (2009) and produces masterly complex and...
Daisen, Akita
The Kinmon Akita Sake brewery brews according to three basic principles: umami of rice, maturing and blending. It was in 1973 when the brewery as we know it today was founded. However, its history dates back to 1936. Passing down its knowledge and passion from...
Yoshida, Fukui
‘If we make good sake, people will support it.’ That’s been their motto since Kokuryu was founded in 1804 in the mountains of Fukui, an ancient land, nestled between snowy peaks and the Sea of Japan. From a long tradition of sake brewing, Kokuryu today...
Itami, Hyogo
From 1550, the Konishi Brewery in Itami brewed according to the tagline: “We create flavours, we create bliss”. Although it places a lot of importance on tradition, the Konishi Brewery knows how to bridge the gap between the past and the modern age in a...
Fushimi, Kyoto
The Masuda Tokubee Brewery was founded prior to 1675 and is known for its Nigorizake throughout Japan. As one of the oldest breweries in Fushimi (Kyoto), it provides supplies to the Imperial Court amongst other notable places, and it relaunched sparkling sake, a rather fledgling...
Mizunami, Gifu
The Nakashima brewery, a small family brewery in the mountains of Gifu prefecture, already tells an over 300 years old history. It was in the middle of Edo period in 1702, when the founder brewed the first Kozaemon. With the purpose to cultivate the lands...
Fushimi, Kyoto
Founded in 1645 in Kyoto city (Japan’s original capital between 794 - 1868) Shotoku Brewery was then transferred to the Fushimi district just south of Kyoto in 1925 to take advantage of the superior water on site. Shotoku Brewery buys sake rice for years from...
Kusu, Oita
The Yatsushika Brewery has been brewing for 150 years and every drop of beer is full of tradition and innovation. Founded in 1864 in Oita (Kyushu), Yatsushika Brewery follows the motto that its sake 'can always be drunk happily, anywhere and without worries'. This motto...
Minamikoma, Yamanashi
'We believe in the power of nature' . With this philosophy, Yorozuya has been brewing delicious sake since 1790, with a passion for skilfully bringing out the umami taste of rice in their nihonshu. With their 'Jizake' (local artisanal sake), they place great emphasis on...
Kurume, Fukuoka
At the time of founding the Beniotome brewery about three hundred years ago in Tanushimaru (Fukuoka) and at the time when shochu was still considered a cheap alcoholic beverage, the founder, Haruno Hayashida, set a goal: she wanted to put all her passion and energy...
Minami Daito, Okinawa
Grace Rum stands for highest quality rum with solely local ingredients from Minami Daito (Okinawa), a solitary and pristine island south of Kyushu. Innovative products such as the still young CorCor rum (since summer 2006) are characterized by their distinctive character and taste. Because Grace...
Hioki, Kagoshima
Founded in 1883 in Hioki (Kagoshima) Komasa produces premium quality and highly regarded shochu and liqueurs and may call itself proudly pioneer of matured shochu such as its flagship product Mellowed Kozuru Excellence . Komasa distillery stands for quality. The company philosophy ‚making shochu is...
