Tanakaya Shuzoten (株式会社田中屋酒造店)
Tanakaya Shuzoten is a brewery in Iiyama, Nagano, making the sake Mizuo in the Okushinano area. Local water and rice are central to its brewing, carried out by the toji and the brewers. KIKI lists 2 of its bottles.
What kind of brewery is Tanakaya Shuzoten?
Tanakaya Shuzoten has made sake in the snowy Okushinano area at the northern tip of Nagano. The company was established in the Meiji 6 era, and the brewery says it has kept brewing in Iiyama for over 150 years since its founding. Its flagship Mizuo is made with local water and rice, and the toji and brewers keep refining traditional methods.
- Water
- The brewery places importance on local water.
- Master brewer
- The toji and brewers who live in the area make the sake.
- Style
- The brewery refines its sake continually while keeping to tradition.
Can you visit Tanakaya Shuzoten?
- Tours
The Kurabito experience tour, with brewing-floor work, tasting and lunch, runs on Saturdays from 8:00 to 13:00. It costs 25,000 yen per person including tax, with six places, and bookings are taken by phone or through the booking site.
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: mizuo.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 20 bottles from this maker by their label (2 on this site).
Japan Sake Awards
A prize-winner in 6 of the 9 contests from brewing year 2017 to 2025, with a gold prize in 4.
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).
Events at Tanakaya Shuzoten
Coming events from the brewery's or the organiser's own pages (as of 24 Oct 2026).
- Shinshu Kuraudo Nagano Station TastingMizuo can be tasted at Shinshu Kuraudo in MIDORI Nagano Station on November 7 and 8.