Yamatogawa Shuzoten (合資会社大和川酒造店)
Yamatogawa Shuzoten is a sake brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima, making the Yauemon brand and using rice grown on its own fields. It was founded in 1790. KIKI lists one of its bottles.
What kind of brewery is Yamatogawa Shuzoten?
The brewery began in 1790 (Kansei 2), when the first generation received a sake brewing licence and started making and selling sake. Sake has been made here by nine generations since. In 1955 the company was established as a limited partnership under its current name. A new brewing hall, Iide-gura, was completed in 1990, and in 2007 the agricultural company Daiwagawa Farm was set up to grow the rice used for its sake.
- Water
- The brewery uses groundwater from the Iide mountains for brewing.
- Ingredients
- Mainly uses the sake rice Yume-no-ka and Yamada Nishiki, grown through milling in-house.
- Style
- The Yauemon junmai karakuchi can be enjoyed chilled or warmed.
Can you visit Yamatogawa Shuzoten?
- Tours
After the brewery tour, there is a tasting corner and shop where more than ten Yauemon sakes can be tasted free of charge.
- ShopOffered
- Tasting & foodOffered
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Other brewery tours in Fukushima
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: yauemon.co.jp
Bottles from this brewery
The app finds 24 bottles from this maker by their label (1 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 3.
- Prize (nyusho)弥右衛門PDF
- Gold prize弥右衛門PDF
- Gold prize弥右衛門PDF
- Prize (nyusho)弥右衛門PDF
- Prize (nyusho)弥右衛門PDF
- Gold prize弥右衛門PDF
Source: the prize lists of the Japan Sake Awards (National Research Institute of Brewing and Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).