Yamamoto Honke (山本本家)
Yamamoto Honke is a sake brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto, founded in 1677. It brews Shinsei and other sake with Fushimi groundwater. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
- Bottles listed
- 1
- Makes
- Sake
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
Founded in 1677 in the early Edo period, the brewery has made sake in Fushimi, Kyoto, for more than 300 years. Fushimi was the gateway to Kyoto, where skills and goods from across Japan gathered. The brewery came through the wartime damage of the late Edo period, including the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The eleventh-generation head now leads the brewery, which makes sake with Fushimi groundwater, Kyoto food culture and inherited techniques, keeping its traditional methods while adopting new technology.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- The brewery uses the Fushimi groundwater called Shirogikusui in its sake brewing.
- Ingredients
- Shinsei Tokubetsu Junmai Genshu Choukarakuchi is made with 100% Kyo no Kagayaki rice grown in Kyoto Prefecture.
- Style
- The brewery aims for food-accompanying sake that pairs with Kyoto cuisine and tea-ceremony kaiseki.
Visiting
- Shop
The brewery's shop sells sake kasu and brewery-only sake. It is open 11:00 to 18:00, closed on Mondays, and offers paid tasting.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: yamamotohonke.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 42 bottles from this maker by their label (1 on this site).
