Takahashi Shoten (株式会社高橋商店)
Takahashi Shoten is a brewery in Fukuoka Prefecture, founded in 1717. Takahashi Shoten in Yame, Fukuoka, founded in 1717, makes the sake Shigemasu along with shochu and puts koji making at the centre of its style.
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Key facts
| Name | Takahashi Shoten (株式会社高橋商店) |
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| Location | Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Founded | 1717 |
| Makes | Sake and Shochu |
| Website | shigemasu.co.jp |
What kind of brewery is it?
History
In 1717, in the rice-growing area of Yame, the first-generation head Rokuroemon Takahashi opened a brewery. The ninth head, Takekichi, strengthened its base, and when the tenth, Shigetaro, made it a company in 1926, the brand Shigemasu was named after the first character of his name and the wish that the measuring box would keep prospering. The nineteenth generation now leads it. Over more than 300 years it has kept a hand-crafted Chikugo tradition, raising koji with care in a wooden koji room. Besides sake it makes shochu such as Koujiya.
What makes it distinct
| Also | Koji is raised in a wooden koji room and is the basis of the depth of flavour. |
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| Also | The brewery works with organic JAS certification. |
Visiting
Tours are by reservation on weekdays only (per tourism information). Enquiries on weekdays 8:30 to 17:00 at 0943-23-5101.
- Tours
Awards
| Year | Competition | Result | Entry | Source |
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| Brewing year 2024 | Japan Sake Awards (Zenkoku Shinshu Kanpyokai) | Prize (nyusho) | 繁桝 |