Hinomaru Jozo (日の丸釀造株式会社)
Hinomaru Jozo is a brewery in Masuda, Yokote, Akita, making sake under the Mansaku no Hana and Hinomaru labels. It also runs a direct-sales shop at the brewery. KIKI lists 2 of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 2
- Makes
- Sake
- Japan Sake Awards
- 3 golds
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
What makes it distinct
- Yeast
- Works with many combinations of sake rice and yeast.
- Ingredients
- Uses its own original rice, Hinomaru, revived from a small number of seed grains after the variety had disappeared after the war.
Visiting
- Tours
- Shop
Inner-brewery viewing costs 200 yen, free under 20. The direct-sales shop is open 10:00 to 16:00 with irregular closing days. Tasting coins cost 300 yen for three. Entry to the production area is not allowed.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: hinomaru-sake.com
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 20 bottles from this maker by their label (2 on this site).
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 6 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 3.
- Gold prizeまんさくの花PDF
- Prize (nyusho)まんさくの花PDF
- Gold prizeまんさくの花PDF
- Gold prizeまんさくの花PDF
- Prize (nyusho)まんさくの花PDF
- Prize (nyusho)まんさくの花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.