You can taste Kikusakari, Kiuchi Brewery Inc. from Ibaraki prefecture, and Hiraizumi, Hiraizumi Honpo from Akita prefecture.
Kikusakari (Kiuchi Brewery Inc.)
Kiuchi Sake brewery was established in 1823 by Gihei Kiuchi who was the village headman of Kounosu village, Naka County.
The water that gives life to KIKUSAKARI, is natural spring water from the well in our sake brewery. This water is soft water (close to medium hardness) which does not contain iron, organic matter etc. – the inhibitors of fermentation. There is a place named SAKAIDE about 1 kilometre east from our sake brewery, where there is an old legend that sake gushed out of a well there.
The plateau of Naka where Kiuchi Brewery is located is land rich in water and greenery between Kuji River – famous for its sweetfish – in the east and Naka River – famous for its salmon – in the west. Delicious sake was almost certainly brewed with this good quality water from long ago.
In recent years, their sake has been brewed with the young sensibility and original techniques of our master brewer while also continuing to use their inherited traditional techniques of Nanbu-Toji. By fusing the spirit of tradition and enterprise, they also challenge the new and the unconventional. They work every day by trial and error to brew a Japanese Sake that will be loved worldwide. The sake brewers of Kiuchi Brewery are also following their dreams.
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Kikusakari Junmai Ginjo【菊盛】 純米吟醸 720ml
- Check your country’s customs duties and postal method’s size/weight restrictions in advance.
- Choose EMS.
- ATTENTION – Due to recent updates to the Japan Post terms they can no longer ship bottles with an alcohol content of higher than 24%. They can also no longer ship to countries where import is restricted, such as USA and Canada, regardless of the alcohol content. Please check the International Mail conditions for your intended destination. (2018/09)
Hiraizumi (Hiraizumi Honpo)
Brewery History and Background:
They are Akita’s oldest and even in Japan 3rd oldest brewery, having been founded in 1487 in the middle of the Muromachi era. Originally, the company was a wholesaler of goods sent by ship, with sake brewing just a side business. But in the early Meiji period, sake brewing became the main business. We have since then been staunchly brewing sake in the old yamahai-shikomi method. Our current brewery dates from 1883.
Origins of the name:
The name is a combination of the name of the business when we were a wholesaler, Izumiya, and the name of the immediate region, Hirasawa, and was shortened from “Hirasawa Izumi no Sake.” Also, there is the theory that a local painter sent our sake to Monk Ryokan of the Echigo region, calling it “jumping, good, white water,” and the name and characters are a play on that expression.
Hiraizumi is Gold Prize winning sake in the Annual Japan Sake Awards 2015.
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Hiraizumi Junmai Ginjo 飛良泉 純米吟醸酒 720ml
- Check your country’s customs duties and postal method’s size/weight restrictions in advance.
- Choose EMS.
- ATTENTION – Due to recent updates to the Japan Post terms they can no longer ship bottles with an alcohol content of higher than 24%. They can also no longer ship to countries where import is restricted, such as USA and Canada, regardless of the alcohol content. Please check the International Mail conditions for your intended destination. (2018/09)
DATE AND TIME
2018/09/12 (Wed)～2018/09/18 (Tue) 10:00～20:00
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LOCATION
Seibu Ikebukuro B1F
〒171-0022 Tokyo, Toshima, Minamiikebukuro, 1 Chome−28−1
Access
Directly connect
Ikebukuro Station South Exit, Exit 38, Exit 36
Web site
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