Sasamasamune Shuzo (笹正宗酒造株式会社)

What kind of brewery is Sasamasamune Shuzo?

The brewery was founded in 1818 in Kitakata, Aizu, by Iwata Zenjibei Yoshinaga, who put quality first. Brewing know-how passed down through successive family heads, and the company became a corporation in 1956. It avoids excessive modernization and mass production and keeps to traditional methods. It began making junmai sake in 1977 and in 1986 released a junmai made only with pesticide-free rice. In recent years it has specified rice-growing areas and works with farmers to grow pesticide-free and organic rice.

Style

As a junmai brewery, it holds "making the real thing" as its company creed.

Can you visit Sasamasamune Shuzo?

• Tours

  Tours need a reservation and are offered on weekdays 9:00 to 16:30, plus Saturdays from October to March, excluding New Year and Obon; they may be declined during brewing. They take 20 to 30 minutes and cost 200 yen per person. Book two business days ahead by form or phone.

Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website

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Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: sasamasamune.com