Hokushika (株式会社北鹿)
Hokushika is a brewery in Akita Prefecture, founded in 1944, known for Kitaakita, Kitaakita and Akitahanatakumi. An Odate brewery renowned for its traditional Akita-style kimoto brewing and snow-aged sake. KIKI lists 7 of its bottles.
AI-compiled from public information, not checked by the brewery.
Key facts
| Name | Hokushika (株式会社北鹿) |
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| Location | Akita Prefecture |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Makes | Sake |
| Website | www.hokushika.jp |
What kind of brewery is it?
History
Founded in 1944 when 21 producers across Kitaakita and Kazuno districts merged under wartime industrial consolidation. In 1971, operations were centralized in Odate, and it joined the Sekaitaka Koyamake Group in 1986.
What makes it distinct
| Water | Brewed with underground water from the Ou Mountains. |
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| Ingredients | Milled in-house, using rice varieties such as Akita Sake Komachi and Yamada Nishiki. |
| Style | Features long, low-temperature fermentation through a modified 'Akita-style Kimoto' method. |
| Also | Employs 'snow aging' by maturing freshly pressed sake buried in snowbanks near Lake Towada. |
Visiting
Brewery tours, direct sales shops, and tasting bars are not available.
Bottles from this brewery
The KIKI app knows 36 bottles from this maker (7 on this site).
| Bottle | Type | Per 720 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Kitaakita Daiginjo北秋田 大吟醸 | Daiginjo | ¥865 |
| Kitaakita Cloudy Sake北あきた にごり酒 | Futsushu | ¥484 |
| Kitaakita Standard Sake北あきた 普通酒 | Futsushu | ¥476 |
| Kitaakita Junmai北あきた 純米酒 | Junmai | ¥792 |
| Hokushika Akitahanatakumi Cloudy Sake北鹿 秋田華匠 にごり酒 | Sake | ¥535 |
| Hokushika Kimoto Junmai北鹿 純米酒 生もと | Junmai | ¥396 |
| Kitaakita Special Junmai北秋田 特別純米酒 | Tokubetsu Junmai | ¥719 |