Kuramoto Shuzo (倉本酒造株式会社)
Kuramoto Shuzo is a sake brewery in the mountainous Tsuge area of Nara City, using water from its own hillside and rice from its own fields, brewing bodaimoto sake and newer lines. It was founded in 1871.
What kind of brewery is Kuramoto Shuzo?
The brewery sits in cold Tsuge, about 500 m above sea level, and has made sake with the local conditions since its founding. It uses water filtered through a hillside kept by generations of the family, and besides its local staples it now offers lines exploring new flavors. A new brand began in 2018, and it also grows rice in its own fields.
- Water
- Brewing water is mountain water filtered through the brewery's own hillside.
- Ingredients
- The brewery grows the sake rice Yumesansui in its own field in front of the brewery.
- Style
- It also makes sake with bodaimoto starter brewed in-house.
Can you visit Kuramoto Shuzo?
- Tours
Brewery tours are by prior arrangement. Office hours are 8:00 to 17:00, closed Sundays.
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kuramoto-sake.com