Tentaka Shuzo (天鷹酒造株式会社)

What kind of brewery is Tentaka Shuzo?

In 1914 the founder, Motoichi Ozaki, started a wholesale business in Tokyo, and in the same year brewing began in Yuzukami village, Tochigi, under the name Hirubatake Shuzo. The name changed to the Ozaki Motoichi Shoten brewing division in 1931, and the company was incorporated as Tentaka Shuzo in 1953. The brewery was certified as organic in 2005 and has managed everything from raw material to finished product since 2008. In 2018 it set up the subsidiary Tentaka Organic Farm, and brewery staff began growing rice themselves.

Water

The brewery draws its water from an open well on the site, and used water is cleaned in a septic tank before it returns to the river.

Ingredients

The rice fields are certified organic and grown without chemical pesticides or fertilizers. All of the rice is milled in-house.

Style

Following the founder's wish, the brewery keeps to dry sake.

Other

In 2020 the brewery's toji team changed from the Nanbu school to the Shimotsuke school.

Can you visit Tentaka Shuzo?

• Tours

  Brewery tours are offered, and the tour fee was revised. Check the brewery's pages for times and booking.

Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website

Other brewery tours in Tochigi

Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: tentaka.co.jp