Watanabe Sahei Shoten (株式会社渡辺佐平商店)
Watanabe Sahei Shoten is a sake brewery in Imaichi, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, focused mainly on junmai sake. It was founded in 1842.
What kind of brewery is Watanabe Sahei Shoten?
The brewery was founded in 1842 and has kept brewing with pure water from the foot of the Nikko mountains, in the winter cold that blows down from the Nikko range. Its toji and kurabito work carefully, and since it holds that junmai sake is the true local sake, about 90 percent of its output is junmai.
- Water
- Uses clear spring water from the foot of the Nikko mountains.
- Style
- About 90 percent of production is junmai sake.
Can you visit Watanabe Sahei Shoten?
- ToursOffered
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: watanabesahei.co.jp