OUR SAKE COMPANY & PHILOSOPHY

Naturally, we are not new to Japan.
Our sake brewing dates back more than 200 years to the early 18th century. Our sake brewery is located in the middle of a commerce center near a river port where rice farming and silver mining have flourished. The area is still famed for a heavy snow accumulation of more than 12 feet on flat land. The snow accumulation is a burden for daily life but an excellent source of water for agriculture and sake brewing. Summers are very hot with a temperature difference of 100° F (55° C) between summer and winter.

Our ancestor brewers supplied the local sake needs for many years. In 1884, the operation was incorporated into an organized business. After WWII, sake consumption went down as the economy regrew. Beer became a leading alcoholic beverage. Many small and medium size sake breweries went out of business. Since we realized we could not compete with large sake breweries in terms of sales and cost, we decided to focus on creating a unique, characteristic, value-added sake. We tried to develop a more refreshing, appealing and entertaining product. We have come up with excellent products by an innovative snow-aging or low temperature maturation in addition to standardizing the traditional brewing process along with quality control in a new facility.

The company does not wish to mass produce or mass distribute its sake nor are we inclined to super-traditional brewing either. The company intends to manufacture the best product possible in a limited amount. We want to sell our products directly to retailers or restaurants without the conventional and complex distribution channels. Similarly, we wish to be selective in the locations in which we choose to make our sake available. We intend to sell the best product possible to those who have a true appreciation for our philosophy and product quality.

Our sake products
are respected as one of the most renowned, prized, and limitedly distributed sakes in Japan today. Ours is one of the leading sakes brewed in the sake heartland, Niigata. Niigata sake is often characterized as softer and more refreshing than the highly aromatic and characteristically stiff sakes of other regions.

 

Highly aromatic sake may give you an inmpact in the very first sip but it might become too much pressing particularly with food later. Our products present the good Niigata character that you admire in tasting. We are highly confident to provide the excellent sake due to the innovative fermentation-aging as an authentic sake and also a special wine of rice.