Mizuguchi Shuzo (水口酒造株式会社)
Mizuguchi Shuzo is a brewery in Dogo, Matsuyama, Ehime, near Dogo Onsen, making sake under the Nikitatsu brand along with local beer, shochu and gin. It was founded in 1895.
What kind of brewery is Mizuguchi Shuzo?
The brewery was founded in 1895 by the first-generation Mizuguchi Daishichiro and began brewing Nikitatsu. In 1996 it obtained a beer license and started Dogo Beer, opening a Japanese restaurant beside the brewery. It later added licenses for happoshu, shochu and spirits (gin), widening its range. In 2016 its main building was registered as a national tangible cultural property.
- Ingredients
- The main rice varieties are Ehime-grown Yamada Nishiki, Shizuku-hime and Matsuyama Mii.
- Water
- Brewing water is subterranean flow from the Ishizuchi and Takanawa mountain systems, whose moderate minerals give a mellow, gentle taste.
- Other
- Through a local-production project, it signs purchase-guarantee contracts for sake rice with Ehime farmers.
Can you visit Mizuguchi Shuzo?
- Tours
Brewery tours show the production floor during the brewing season and include new sake tasting; details and booking are via the application page, and groups use the inquiry form.
- ShopOffered
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: minakuchi-shuzo.jp
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 5 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025.
- Prize (nyusho)仁喜多津PDF
- Prize (nyusho)仁喜多津PDF
- Prize (nyusho)仁喜多津PDF
- Prize (nyusho)仁喜多津PDF
- Prize (nyusho)仁喜多津PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).