You can taste Michizakura, Michizakura Shuzo. from Gifu prefecture, and Hanatomoe, Miyoshino Brewery. from Nara prefecture. Michizakura (Michizakura Shuzo.) Michizakura Shuzo is located in the northern part of Nakatsugawa city Gifu. It is near the border of Nagano prefectures. Nakatsugawa was a post town on the Nakasendo Highway and the city authorities have done much to preserve this Edo period heritage on the original road leading through town, which now has a number of Japanese sake shops, confectionery stores and restaurants housed in restored, wooden buildings and warehouses (kura). A severe winter climate is a very good environment for sake brewing. Water draws spring water from their own forest mountain. … Continue reading “Michizakura” & “Hanatomoe” In-store tasting event @ Ikebukuro