Satsuma Kinzangura (薩摩金山蔵株式会社)
Satsuma Kinzangura is a distillery and sake brewery in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima, set inside the old Kushikino gold mine tunnels and part of the Hamada group. It makes shochu in a style inspired by pre-Meiji methods, along with sake. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 1
- Makes
- Sake and Shochu
What kind of brewery is it?
Kinzangura was established on the site of the Kushikino gold mine, which once supported the Satsuma domain, as a place to pass on Satsuma's cultural spirit and the roots of honkaku shochu. The tunnels, dug for over 350 years, keep a steady temperature all year and suit storage and aging. Shochu is made here with pots for fermenting and storing, and an Edo-period style kabuto-gama still has been revived. A sake brewery was added because sake had not been made in Satsuma for a long time, with the aim of helping shochu evolve.
What makes it distinct
- Style
- Shochu is made by the donburi method, with each step done by hand.
- Also
- An imo shochu is made with the brewery's own golden koji.
- Master brewer
- A female toji is involved in the shochu making.
Visiting
- Shop
- Tasting & food
Open on weekends and public holidays. The shop Kuranonakamise sells local goods and brewery-only items, and KINZAN@CAFE serves as a shochu tasting space.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: hamadasyuzou.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 11 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
