Shinkame Shuzo (神亀酒造)
Shinkame Shuzo is a brewery, founded in 1848. A sake brewery in Hasuda, Saitama, making junmaishu from rice, rice koji and water only. Its brands include Shinkame and Hikomago. KIKI lists 2 of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 2
- Makes
- Sake
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
The brewery was founded at the end of the Edo period under the shop name Iseya Honten. In the late 1980s it switched all its brewing to junmaishu, becoming the first all-junmai brewery after the war. The name Shinkame comes from a divine messenger turtle said to live in a pond once behind the brewery. Hikomago is used for sake aged three years or more. After starting to use organically grown sake rice, the brewery found that the rice clearly affected fermentation and the vitality of the sake, and it has since stressed good rice as the basis of its sake.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- Brewing water is underflow water from the Arakawa river of the Chichibu system, giving dry junmaishu a firm structure typical of hard water.
- Ingredients
- Made only from rice, rice koji and water, with no alcohol added to adjust the taste.
- Style
- The brewery says aging and warming bring out richness and a gentle drinking quality.
Visiting
- Shop
The brewery does not usually offer general tours. The direct sales shop is Ogawara Shoji, across the road to the north of the brewery, open 10:00 to 18:00 and closed on Mondays. Products are limited, and an online shop is also available.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: shinkame.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 25 bottles from this maker by their label (2 on this site).
