Kinsuisho Shuzo (金水晶酒造株式会社)
Kinsuisho Shuzo is a sake brewery in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, that makes junmai sake only from local Fukushima rice and water.
What kind of brewery is Kinsuisho Shuzo?
- Ingredients
- Uses only local rice, including Fukushima's original sake rice Yume no Kaori and Fukunoka.
- Water
- Brews with subterranean water from the local Arakawa River.
- Style
- Every sake is junmai, made only from rice and water.
Can you visit Kinsuisho Shuzo?
- Tours
Brewery tours run every day except Wednesday and Thursday, in a 10:00 to 10:30 or 15:00 to 15:30 slot, for groups of five or more at 1,000 yen per person including a tasting set.
- Shop
Cancellations are due by 16:00 two days before, and the shop is open 9:30 to 16:30 on weekdays and weekends.
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Other brewery tours in Fukushima
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kinsuisho.com
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 8 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 5.
- Gold prize金水晶PDF
- Prize (nyusho)金水晶PDF
- Gold prize金水晶PDF
- Prize (nyusho)金水晶PDF
- Gold prize金水晶PDF
- Prize (nyusho)金水晶PDF
- Gold prize金水晶PDF
- Gold prize金水晶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.