Nippon Seishu (日本清酒)
Nippon Seishu is a Sapporo brewery that makes the sake Chitosezuru. It brews in central Sapporo with groundwater from the Toyohira River. It is in Hokkaido Prefecture. It was founded in 1872. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
What kind of brewery is Nippon Seishu?
The brewery traces its start to Shibata Yojiemon, who came to Hokkaido from Noto in 1872 and opened a sake shop by the Soseigawa river in Sapporo. In 1928 eight breweries from Sapporo, Otaru and Asahikawa merged to form Nippon Seishu, which adopted Chitosezuru as its unified brand. Today it brews in central Sapporo with Toyohira River groundwater and mainly Hokkaido sake rice.
- Water
- Has used Toyohira River groundwater for brewing since its founding.
- Ingredients
- Mainly uses Hokkaido-grown sake rice.
- Style
- The brewery describes its character as a firm, well-defined taste.
- Other
- Sake rice is grown by contract farmers in Shintotsukawa town.
Can you visit Nippon Seishu?
- ToursOffered
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Other brewery tours in Hokkaido
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: nipponseishu.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 19 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 5 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 3.
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.