Kanbai Shuzo (合名会社寒梅酒造)
Kanbai Shuzo is a brewery in Osaki, Miyagi, that brews the Miyakanbai brand and makes only junmai sake, using rice it grows itself and rice from Miyagi. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 1
- Makes
- Sake
- Japan Sake Awards
- 3 golds
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
Kanbai Shuzo was established in 1957 and holds to the concept of a sake that is delicious from the first cup, carrying on traditional craftsmanship. It brews only junmai, using rice it grows itself, Miyagi rice and the subsoil water of the Naruse River beside the brewery. Surrounded by rice fields, the family grows rice and spends about half the year working in the paddies.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- Brewed with subsoil water of the Naruse River that flows beside the brewery.
- Ingredients
- Uses only rice grown by the brewery and rice from Miyagi.
- Style
- A junmai-only brewery.
Visiting
- Tours
Tours take about 1.5 to 2 hours, covering the brewery and a tasting. Individuals pay 1,100 yen without tasting, 1,760 yen with tasting, or 2,420 yen with tasting and local snacks. Booking is via the website. Guests who have been drinking cannot join, and drivers cannot taste.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: miyakanbai.com
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 10 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 5 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 3.
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.