Narumi Jozoten (株式会社鳴海醸造店)
Narumi Jozoten is a brewery in Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, that makes sake. It works with Tsugaru-grown sake rice and water from the Minami-Hakkoda area, and its brands include Kikunoi and Inamuraya.
- Makes
- Sake
- Japan Sake Awards
- 4 golds
What kind of brewery is it?
According to the brewery's blog, Narumi Jozoten has been in operation for 220 years. Its seventh-generation head takes part in the brewing, and the brewery aims to offer sake made from the Tsugaru land, working in harmony with its brewers. Each year the rice is washed and steamed many times over a long, labor-intensive process.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- The pages describe snowmelt from Minami-Hakkoda that becomes groundwater, supplying water in the Kuroishi area.
- Ingredients
- The pages introduce Hanaomoi, a sake-brewing rice grown in the Tsugaru land.
- Master brewer
- The seventh-generation head is described as both company president and toji.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: narumijozoten.com
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 6 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 4.
- Prize (nyusho)稲村屋文四郎PDF
- Prize (nyusho)稲村屋文四郎PDF
- Gold prize稲村屋文四郎PDF
- Gold prize稲村屋文四郎PDF
- Gold prize稲村屋文四郎PDF
- Gold prize稲村屋文四郎PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).