Banei Unso (磐栄運送株式会社)
Banei Unso is a brewery. Suwa Mikotsuru Sakebrewery in Shimosuwa, Nagano (operated by Banei Unso Co., Ltd.) is a brewery making junmai-type sake under the Mikotsuru brand. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
What kind of brewery is Banei Unso?
- Ingredients
- Six rice varieties for junmai ginjo are grown under contract with specific farms, mainly in Nagano.
- Style
- Fermentation and temperature data are shared and analyzed with ICT, combined with craftsmanship to keep quality consistent.
- Other
- All pasteurized sake is bottled raw and then heat-treated in a hot water bath.
Can you visit Banei Unso?
- Tours
Tours run as a reservation-only seminar twice a day for up to 10 people, booked by phone or at the shop by the day before; travel-agency sightseeing tours are not accepted.
- Shop
The brewery shop is open 10:00 to 16:30 (last tasting order 16:00) and closed Wednesdays.
- Tasting & foodOffered
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: mikotsuru.com
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 20 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 4 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 2.
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.