Mifuku Shuzo (美冨久酒造株式会社)
Mifuku Shuzo is a brewery, founded in 1917. A sake brewery in Minakuchi, Koka City, Shiga, on the old Tokaido road, brewing sake built on yamahai and ginjo methods.
- Makes
- Sake
- Japan Sake Awards
- 1 prize
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
The brewery was founded in 1917 at Minakuchi-juku on the old Tokaido road, and its trade name Mifuku carries a wish for lasting prosperity. The roadside building from the early Showa era still serves as a shop and cafe. After the war it brewed mainly with Shiga rice for local drinkers, and in the 1990s it deepened its commitment to local rice and yeast. The junmai series Sanrensei comes in red, white and black labels, and the cafe Kagura opened in part of the brewery in September 2021.
What makes it distinct
- Style
- Its three pillars are yamahai brewing, ginjo brewing and junmai brewing.
- Ingredients
- Sanrensei uses 100% Shiga-grown sake rice, including Ginfubuki and Shiga Watarifune No. 6.
Visiting
- Tours
- Shop
- Tasting & food
Brewery tours are free and by reservation, starting hourly from 10:00 to 16:00, with about 20 minutes of touring and 20 minutes of tasting. Closed Thursdays, Obon and New Year. Morning tours are suspended in November and January to March, and all tours in December. The on-site cafe Kagura is open 11:00 to 16:00, closed Thursdays.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: mifuku.co.jp
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 1 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025.
- Prize (nyusho)美冨久 純米大吟醸 昇天神PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).