Okuda Shuzoten (有限会社奥田酒造店)
Okuda Shuzoten is a small sake brewery in Kyowa, Daisen City, Akita, making the Chiyomidori brand. Founded in the Enpo era, it has been led by successive heads who take the name Juemon, now in the 18th generation.
What kind of brewery is Okuda Shuzoten?
The brewery was founded in the Enpo era on a site judged ideal for sake brewing, and its heads have taken the name Juemon for 18 generations. The brand name Chiyomidori is said to come from a verse the first owner composed on seeing the green mountains in early summer. Houses were lost to fire in the Boshin War, so the present brewery dates from the Taisho era, a traditional white-walled wooden building on a stone foundation. The well in use since the founding still supplies all brewing water, drawn from Ou mountain subterranean flow.
- Water
- All brewing water comes from the original well, drawing Ou mountain subterranean water.
- Master brewer
- Six craftsmen including the toji come from Yamauchi village in winter and team up with four year-round staff.
- Other
- Annual output is about 1,400 koku, with junmai ginjo genshu as the main designated-name sake.
Can you visit Okuda Shuzoten?
- Tours
Brewery tours run 10:00 to 15:00 for up to 10 people per session; book by phone at 018-892-3001 (10:00 to 17:00).
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: chiyomidori.com