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Breweries

Niizawa Brewery

The brewer of โ€œHakurakusei", aiming to deliver the โ€œultimate food sakeโ€. The Miyagi-based brewery, founded in 1873, was destroyed by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and successfully restored by the end of the same year.

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Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten

Brewery of the famous award-winning โ€œZakuโ€ brand. Founded in 1869, Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten is located in Suzuka, which is blessed with limpid subterranean water from the nearby mountain ranges and high-quality rice from the Ise Plain.

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Sumikawa Brewery

Brewery of the Toyo Bijin, which aims to be โ€œclear water that has passed through the rice plantโ€. The brewery located in Yamaguchi is led by a young brewmaster, who trained at the famous Takagi Brewery (maker of Juyondai).

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Tenzan Brewery

The brewer of "Shichidaโ€. Using the clear water of the Gion River, which is said to be ideal for sake brewing, the Saga-based brewery aims to brew sake that brings out the flavor of the rice, including Yamada-Nishiki grown by the brewer himself and sake rice produced by local farmers.

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Ishizuchi Brewery

Brewer of Ishizuchi. Founded in 1920 the small family-run brewery is located in Saijo, famous for its clear water. The family of four crafts excellent food sake which is clear and refreshing yet with a prominent flavor.

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Aihara Brewery

Founded in 1875 in Nigata-cho, Kamo-gun, which flourished as a military port in the Meiji era and is known as the birthplace of Hiroshima sake. The company pioneered the industry's shift to the production of premium sake in the 1980s, and in 1999 installed large refrigerators to ensure that all sake is kept cold.

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