Hananoka Shuzo (花の香酒造株式会社)
Hananoka Shuzo is a brewery, founded in 1902. A sake brewery in Nagomi, Kumamoto, brewing ubusuna sake from naturally grown local rice and groundwater of the Kikuchi River basin, along with the Hananoka line sold within the prefecture. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 1
- Makes
- Sake
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
The brewery began in 1902 when Kakuji and Shigesaku Kanda, father and son, took over a shrine-owned rice field and brewed with the rock spring water and rice from it. The name is said to come from the scent of plum blossoms drifting around the brewery. In 1992 the company name became Hananoka Shuzo Co., Ltd., and in 2011 the sixth-generation head, Kiyotaka Kanda, succeeded the fifth. In 2015 a junmai sake made wholly from local rice was released, in 2021 ubusuna was adopted as the brewing philosophy, and in 2022 the ubusuna sakes went on sale.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- Brewed with well water drawn in Nagomi town.
- Ingredients
- All rice for ubusuna sake comes from the Nagomi area of the Kikuchi River basin, grown naturally.
- Yeast
- Uses Kumamoto-born No. 9 yeast.
- Style
- Deepens traditions such as wooden vats and kimoto brewing.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: hananoka.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 8 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
