Brands
Kuradaiko
蔵太鼓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
星自慢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
金澤屋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.
Unreian
雲嶺庵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
ライフプレミアム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.
Kaguyama
香久山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.
Nonbeei
飲ん米Nonbei is a brand brewed by Tanaka Shuzo. Following the policy of 100% Hokkaido rice and 100% Junmai, it highlights the qualities of the region's brewing rice. Brewed with water from Mt. Tengu, it is kept fresh year-round through the four-season brewing method. Its friendly name reflects its reputation as an easy-drinking Junmai sake loved by the local community.
Sosen
蒼川"Sosen" is a brand included in the Hatomasamune product lineup.
Kuboi
久宝居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.
Sannomaru
山王丸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.
Yamanoi
山の井 ECYamanoi 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
金紋会津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
会津時間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.
Bushido
武士道"Bushido" is a brand included in the Hatomasamune product lineup.
Hanaizumi
花泉 ECHanaizumi 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.
Dajyu
だぢゅー ECDajyu is a Junmai Ginjo within the Roman series, outstanding for its refined Wasanbon-like sweetness and fresh muscat-like aroma. A light acidity tightens the umami of Mochigome Yondan, possessing a surprising transparency and ease of drinking even for those who usually avoid sweet sake. It is a graceful cup played by Aizu's nature.
Snow Dragon
雪龍Snow Dragon is the flagship brand symbolizing the soul of Nekka, born from the "Ryushu Project" aiming for a hybrid production of sake and shochu. Using pure snowmelt water from Tadami and self-cultivated rice, and brewed through bag hanging (Fukuro-shibori) that collects every drop only by its weight, its taste is full of pure transparency like melting snow. The brilliant and dignified ginjo aroma emitted by the unique Nekka Yeast is a deliciousness of a new era that pleasantly defies the conventional wisdom of sake.
Aikyo no Kagayaki
愛郷の輝きAikyo no Kagayaki is a brand filled with deep love and gratitude for Yabuki Town, one of Japan's three major pioneer lands. Using self-cultivated rice carrying the pioneer spirit, it is sublimated into a clear and dynamic quality. It is a cup that emits a bright and transparent brilliance, as if illuminating the future of the hometown.
Kaitaku no Uta
開拓のうたKaitaku no Uta (Song of Pioneering) is a cup like a hymn dedicated to the ancestors in Yabuki Town who once transformed barren land into rich fields. The simple yet powerful umami of pesticide-free rice spreads, singing the passion and pride of the pioneers who carved through difficulties in the present.
Kokushikan
國士冠Kokushikan is a brand drifting with a dignified style, entrusting the spirit of a "Kokushi" (a person of national importance with unwavering conviction) to sake. Its taste, brewed by facing Yabuki's terroir, lets one feel a strong core within a clear crispness, overflowing with a freshness that straightens the drinker's posture.
Kiyokami
清鏡Kiyokami is a brand that once represented Iwase District, brewed in pursuit of a beauty as clear as a mirror. It is a drop of memory conveying the stories of brewers who faced water and rice with pure hearts.
Sekinoi
関乃井"Sekinoi" is highly regarded for its lack of impurities and its robust rice umami and body. The brewery uses soft water from three on-site wells and employs traditional manual "fubune" (lever press) squeezing to produce a firmly flavored, dry sake.
Oshu Nihonmatsu
奥州二本松Oshu Nihonmatsu is a brand bearing the historical place name that Fukushima is proud of. Melting together the pure power of Raijin Shimizu and the traditional skill of Fune-shibori, it is a cup with a dignified style that allows one to feel the depth of history nurtured by Oshu's terroir.
Motomiya
もとみやMotomiya is a flagship brand straightly expressing love for the brewery's hometown, Motomiya City. Committed to local rice and water and staying close to the locals' conversations, it features a peaceful, simple umami that never tires. It is a mothering prestigious sake indispensable to life in Motomiya.
Chieko
智恵子Chieko is a brand dedicated to Chieko (wife of Kotaro Takamura) who loved the sky over Adatara. Known as "Chieko no Hanagasumi," its soft and noble taste produced by Fune-shibori is as if it reflected the beautiful natural scenes that Chieko once dreamed of.