Kunigiku

Kunigiku is a brand developed by Shinozaki, and while it has gained national recognition especially for its amazake products, it is also used as a sake brand. The tradition of fermentation technology and koji making inherited since its founding in the late Edo period is the foundation of the Kunigiku brand.
The most famous product bearing the name of Kunigiku is "Kunigiku Amazake", Shinozaki's flagship product that manufactures about 2 million bottles a year. As a non-alcoholic amazake saccharified only from rice koji and rice, it does not use any sugars or preservatives, and is widely supported by health-conscious consumers as a "drinking IV drip" due to its natural sweetness and high nutritional value. Since winning the Monde Selection Gold Medal in 2008, the recognition of the Kunigiku brand has expanded nationwide.
They are also developing products with enhanced health functionality, such as "Kunigiku Sprouted Brown Rice Amazake" using sprouted brown rice, and innovative product development applying traditional koji manufacturing technology is a feature of the Kunigiku brand. The traditional technology of saccharifying rice with the power of koji is common to sake brewing, and the technical capabilities of koji making cultivated through sake brewing for over 220 years support the high quality of amazake products.
As sake, Kunigiku is brewed using underground water from the Aso mountain range and high-quality rice from the Asakura region as raw materials while inheriting Shinozaki's traditional sake brewing technology. The technology of koji making cultivated in amazake is also utilized to improve the quality of sake, maximizing the enzymatic power of koji, and is characterized by a sake quality with a good balance of umami and sharpness.