Oiwa Shuzo Honten (有限会社大岩酒造本店)
Oiwa Shuzo Honten is a sake brewery in Kofu, Tottori Prefecture, that brews the Shuhoiwaizumi brand with spring water from Okudaisen and local sake rice. It was founded in 1877.
What kind of brewery is Oiwa Shuzo Honten?
The first head of the Oiwa family, Fusataro Oiwa, founded the brewery in this area in 1877 (Meiji 10). For more than 140 years since, it has kept brewing by traditional methods. Brewing is led by the current head and draws on the skills of the Izumo toji tradition, passed on to later generations.
- Water
- Uses spring water from beech forest around 800 m on Okudaisen (some products only), an ultra-soft water of about 20 hardness. The water is ultra-soft, with a hardness of about 20.
- Ingredients
- The sake rice is grown in high-altitude paddies rich in snowmelt.
- Master brewer
- Brewing draws on the skills of the Izumo toji tradition.
Can you visit Oiwa Shuzo Honten?
- Tours
Brewery tours are by phone reservation, for 2 to 4 people per tour, guided by the president and toji, about 1 hour, 1,500 yen per person including three mini bottles. Some dates are unavailable.
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Other brewery tours in Tottori
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: syuhou-iwaizumi.jp