Senkin Holdings (泉金ホールディングス株式会社)
Senkin Holdings is a sake brewery in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, producing sake under the Ryusen Yaezakura brand. It was founded in 1854.
What kind of brewery is Senkin Holdings?
The brewery traces its start to 1854, when Kitaro, the fifth generation of the Yaegashi family, first tried pressing sake. After a great fire damaged Iwaizumi in 1883, the sixth-generation Kinjuro rebuilt the brewery and residence on the present site, and the original beams and posts still stand. In 1890 the sake was first sold under the Yaezakura name. Kinjuro also worked in forestry and sericulture to support the local community.
- Water
- Brewed with medium-hard water filtered through limestone.
- Ingredients
- All rice used is domestic.
Can you visit Senkin Holdings?
- Tours
Brewery tours require advance booking by phone at 0194-22-3211. Hours are daytime on weekdays and on Saturdays and holidays; closed Sundays.
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: ginga.or.jp
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 7 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 4.
- Prize (nyusho)龍泉八重桜PDF
- Prize (nyusho)龍泉八重桜PDF
- Gold prize龍泉八重桜PDF
- Gold prize龍泉八重桜PDF
- Prize (nyusho)龍泉八重桜PDF
- Gold prize龍泉八重桜PDF
- Gold prize龍泉八重桜PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).