Brands

Yumesuigetsu is an emotional brand from Yamatogawa Shuzoten, delivering a fantastic moment as if dream-intoxicated and month-admiring. The harmonious and beautiful taste produced by their own farm's rice and Mount Iide's water invites daily life into a rich journey.

Yauemon is the soul of Yamatogawa Shuzoten, inheriting the passion and skills of the founder since 1790. Brewed through an integrated process starting from rice cultivation at their own farm, its sake features a sincere taste where the powerful life force of rice resides. In particular, the Junmai Dry is highly acclaimed as a skilled sake whose umami blossoms even further when warmed. It is a masterpiece that Kitakata takes pride in, continuing to promote Aizu's terroir both domestically and internationally.

Yauemon is the soul of Yamatogawa Shuzoten, inheriting the passion and skills of the founder since 1790. Brewed through an integrated process starting from rice cultivation at their own farm, its sake features a sincere taste where the powerful life force of rice resides. In particular, the Junmai Dry is highly acclaimed as a skilled sake whose umami blossoms even further when warmed. It is a masterpiece that Kitakata takes pride in, continuing to promote Aizu's terroir both domestically and internationally.

Yoki-yoi Utabandai is a brand brewed as if singing of the grand nature of Mount Bandai, the symbol of Aizu. Its powerful quality, directly reflecting Aizu's rich terroir, is a gem of a sake where respect for nature and the joy of brewing resonate.

Koori is a gift of regional collaboration, born from the partnership between farmers in Koori Town and the brewing technology of Kitakata. The pure water and rice of Koori are polished in Kitakata's storehouse, carving out a new deliciousness of Fukushima that transcends regional boundaries.

Yamatogawa is a sincere brand bearing the brewery name, embodying the traditions since its founding in 1790 in the simplest way. The high-quality taste that never tires, woven from their own farm's rice and Mount Iide's water, continues to convey the depth of Kitakata's history.

Oshu Iwashiro is a brand symbolizing regional pride, bearing the historical old province name of Fukushima. Its deep quality, making one feel eternal history, serves as a bridge connecting Aizu's traditions to the next generation.

Yaon is a dedicated small-batch brand from Yamatogawa Shuzoten, delivered with gratitude for the "bounty of the fields." Its meticulous design unique to small batches and delicate taste, utilizing the quality of materials to the extreme, are ambitious works that always carve out new frontiers.

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.