Sake Brands
in Fukushima

Kita no Hana is the flagship brand symbolizing the brewery's revival, bearing a name that represents the brilliance of Kitakata. Fukushima-grown rice, yeast, and Mount Iide's soft water work in trinity to create a neat and clean drinking profile where gentle rice umami lives. Its quality, honored with numerous Gold Medals, vividly expresses Kitakata's rich history and the light of hope connecting to the next generation.

Kuradaiko is a super-dry Junmai brand that powerfully beats like the drums of passion from Kitakata's brewers. Using specially cultivated Gohyakumangoku rice, it achieves a clean crispness with a sake meter value of +10. A solid rice umami spreads behind the straightforward dryness, enchanting many fans as a "skilled food-pairing sake" that draws out the charm of any dish.

Hoshijiman is a special Junmai brand carrying the pride of the Hoshi family, continuing from the founding brand "Hoshi Masamune." Characterized by the warmth of handcraft and a rich taste that maximizes the potential of rice, it is a work of confidence filled with the maker's self-esteem and love for their hometown.

Kanazawaya is a Junmai Ginjo brand inheriting a traditional house name, reaching the top in blind tasting contests. Its noble harmony and beautiful taste that never tires—standing out precisely because excess decoration has been stripped away—is highly praised by professionals both in Japan and overseas.

Karahashi is a premium line from Homare Shuzo bearing the owner's family name, pursuing the limits of quality. Through bottle pasteurization and thorough management at -5°C, it seals in the freshly pressed freshness and delicate umami. It is a new standard born from uncompromising passion, captivating modern sake fans.

Unreian is a brand bearing the name of Homare Shuzo's prized Japanese garden, expressing its beautiful scenery in liquid form. Characterized by a high-quality, refined taste that evokes the serene air of the garden through the seasons. It is an ultimate brand for fully enjoying Aizu's seasons and sake to the heart's content in a special space.

Life Premium is an ambitious brand from Homare Shuzo born from the concept of bringing high-quality time into daily life. Its easy-to-drink quality, merging modern marketing with traditional techniques, emits a smart charm that attracts the next generation of sake fans.

Aizu Homare is an immortal prestigious brand that made Aizu's pride known to the world, notably selected as an official gift at the Ise-Shima Summit. The taste woven from Mount Iide spring water and strictly selected rice combines overwhelming dignity and power. Boasting a high level of perfection that enchants every drinker from standard sake to supreme Daiginjo, it is a treasure of Japanese sake that continues to inherit the orthodoxy of Kitakata's traditional sake culture.

Kaguyama is a masterpiece bearing the graceful mountain name of Nara, expressing Kitakata's rich natural beauty in liquid form. The mellow mouthfeel from Mount Iide's soft water brewing and the fruit aroma like apple resonate together. Its peaceful taste, evoking Manyo-era sentiments, delivers an elegant moment to the drinker's heart.

Sasamasamune is a traditional prestigious brand embodying the aspiration "To create the real thing," inherited since 1818. Rejecting excessive modernization and brewed slowly and carefully, its quality features a sincere umami that warms the heart. This dignified taste, which once captivated the US President, is loved across generations and stands as an unwavering masterpiece that continues to lead the Kitakata sake boom.

Kokken is a dignified brand symbolizing the pride of Minami-Aizu, continuing since 1877. As evidenced by its record of 12 consecutive Gold Medals, its quality is extremely stable and praised for having "no failures." The meticulous skills of the Nanbu Toji sublimate Oku-Aizu's pure water and rice into a dry yet deep umami. It is a masterpiece representing Aizu's local sake world, adding a quiet dignity to any dish.

Kuboi is an ultimate limited Junmai Daiginjo brand bearing the old place name where the brewery is located. Etching the land's memory into water and rice and pouring 300 years of skill without reserve, its taste promises a blissful moment as if admiring a regional treasure.

Kaito Otokoyama is an orthodox brand bearing the name of the third-generation Harumasa, who rewrote history over 300 years since 1716. Polished in the severe cold of Minami-Aizu, its quality features a clear drinking profile without hesitation, perfectly harmonized with powerful rice umami. Possessing a style like a samurai unfettered by the times, it is an ultimate cup where the weight of history resides, conveying Minami-Aizu's harsh nature and traditions to the present.

Sannomaru is a brand rich in sensibility, vividly reflecting the transition of seasons in Minami-Aizu. Nigori, Hiyaoroshi, Shiboritate... its fresh quality, allowing one to directly feel the heartbeat of nature at each moment, delivers the joy of admiring the seasons.

Tajima is a community-rooted brand bearing the local place name, empathizing with the terroir of Minami-Aizu. The mellow mouthfeel of 100% underground water and the simple yet powerful umami of Minami-Aizu rice melt together, a cup that sings of gratitude for the land's bounty.

Yamanoi is a brand symbolizing the new era of Aizu Shuzo, reinterpreting a historical brand with modern sensibility. Guided by being "clean, soft, and easy-to-drink," its quality—which pursues a sense of unity with water—is overflowing with a transparency that moistens the soul. Born from traditional mudstorehouses, its innovative pure deliciousness is captivating the world.

Kinmon Aizu is the flagship brand inheriting the orthodoxy of Aizu Shuzo, which dates back to the Genroku era. Long-term low-temperature fermentation in mudstorehouses (Dozo) passed down since the Edo period, combined with mineral-rich underground water, creates a classical yet refined, mellow umami. It is a cup from a prestigious brewery containing the weight of Aizu's history and regional pride in every drop.

Aizu Jikan is a brand filled with romance, entrusting the quiet fermentation time in mudstorehouses since the Edo period to every drop of sake. Its deep, peaceful taste, brewed as if cherishing the eternal passage of time in Aizu, invites the drinker into a state of blissful tranquility.

Roman is a premium brand carrying the soul of Hanaizumi Shuzo, named after the brewers' pure passion that "Brewing is a romance." Characterized by a silky-smooth mouthfeel and a deep, gentle umami produced by the traditional "Mochigome Yondan" (sticky rice 4-stage brewing). Fruit aromas and refined acidity harmonize, creating a dramatic resonance even in the aftertaste. It is a supreme series embodying the pride and romance of Minami-Aizu.

Hanaizumi is a traditional brand continuing since founding, depicting the scene where pure water from the land of Himesayuri lilies springs out like a fountain. It is a heartwarming local sake of the hometown where the bonds of Nango people—who wished to make sake with their own hands—and the rich richness from Mochigome Yondan melt together.