Kamikawa Taisetsu Shuzo (上川大雪酒造株式会社)
Kamikawa Taisetsu Shuzo is a brewery in Kamikawa, Hokkaido, making sake at its Ryokkyugura site and at Hekiungura on a university campus in Obihiro. A site in Abashiri is planned to open in autumn 2026. Its best-known brand is Tokachi. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 1
- Makes
- Sake
- Japan Sake Awards
- 2 golds
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
The company moved a sake brewery that had stopped production in Mie Prefecture to Kamikawa town, at the foot of Mount Daisetsu, in 2016. Brewing at the Ryokkyugura site began in 2017, and in 2020 Hekiungura was set up on a university campus in Obihiro in Tokachi. A site in Abashiri is planned to open in autumn 2026. The brewery works in small batches, with moromi prepared by hand rather than in large tanks.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- The brewing water differs by region, drawn from Hokkaido's natural surroundings.
- Ingredients
- The sake rice is Hokkaido-grown sakari-suited rice from producers the brewery knows personally.
- Style
- The brewery does not use large brewing tanks and prepares each batch by hand in small volumes.
- Master brewer
- The head toji is the vice president and representative director.
Visiting
- Shop
The gift shop next to the Ryokkyugura brewery sells Kamikawa Taisetsu products. It opens 10:00 to 16:00 in summer and 10:00 to 15:00 in winter, with irregular closing days. A shop next to the Hekiungura brewery in Obihiro opens 10:00 to 16:00.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kamikawa-taisetsu.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 26 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).