Yokota Shuzo (横田酒造株式会社)

What kind of brewery is Yokota Shuzo?

Yokota Shozaemon, an Omi merchant, came to Edo and then opened a sake brewery in Gyoda in search of good water. The first-generation founder came from Shiga and trained at a sake wholesaler in Nihonbashi before going independent. He named the sake Nihonbashi after his place of training, as a reminder to keep his original resolve. Ukishiro takes its name from the local story of Oshi Castle, which did not fall to a water attack. The current representative is the sixth-generation Shozaemon Yokota.

Water

Brewing water is subsoil water of the Arakawa system drawn from the brewery's own well; it is soft, giving slow fermentation and a mellow sake.

Ingredients

Sake rice such as Yamadanishiki from Hyogo and Miyamanishiki from Nagano is ordered as unpolished brown rice.

Other

Annual output is about 500 koku.

Can you visit Yokota Shuzo?

• Tours

  Brewery tours run year-round on weekdays from 9:00 to 16:00 (about 30 minutes) by reservation. Groups of 10 or more can also be guided on weekends. Book by phone first: 048-556-6111.

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

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