Baba Honten Shuzo (株式会社馬場本店酒造)
Baba Honten Shuzo is a sake brewery in Sawara, Katori City, Chiba, located near the Ono River and the Ino Tadataka Museum, producing brands such as Kojiyoshi ginjo sake.
What kind of brewery is Baba Honten Shuzo?
The brewery presents itself as having continued alongside the history of Sawara since the Tenna era. Brewing is done by hand in the traditional way, with workers moving through a steam-filled brewery. It uses domestic rice such as Yamadanishiki and glutinous rice, keeping inherited methods while also creating new sake suited to the times.
- Ingredients
- Kojiyoshi is made with 100% Hyogo-grown Yamadanishiki, polished to 35%.
- Style
- Kojiyoshi is a ginjo slightly lighter than daiginjo, with a clean, fruity aroma.
- Other
- It also makes traditional mirin from domestic glutinous rice, using hand-crafted methods kept since the Edo period.
Can you visit Baba Honten Shuzo?
- ToursOffered
- Shop
Part of the brewery can be toured, and visitors can taste and choose sake to buy. Open 9:00 to 17:00, with irregular closing days.
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: babahonten.com
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 8 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 4.
- Gold prize海舟散人PDF
- Prize (nyusho)海舟散人PDF
- Prize (nyusho)海舟散人PDF
- Gold prize海舟散人PDF
- Gold prize海舟散人PDF
- Prize (nyusho)海舟散人PDF
- Prize (nyusho)海舟散人PDF
- Gold prize海舟散人PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association). Brewing year 2019 had no final judging, so no gold prizes.