Matsunaga Shuzo

Matsunaga Shuzo is a brewery in Soja City that brews "Tokiwatsuru" and "Kibiji" as its flagship brands, rooted in the historic highway of the ancient Kibi Kingdom.
Soja City is the heart of the Kibiji historical and cultural zone, dotted with historic sites including the five-story pagoda of Bitchū Kokubunji Temple, and the brewery provides sake that complements the local terroir and food culture.
A distinctive offering is "Kamiyo Akamai no Sake," made with ancient red rice cultivated as sacred offering rice at Kokushi Shrine in Shinpon, Soja City—a brand brimming with historical romance.
Soja City is one of only three places in Japan where red rice traditions are preserved, alongside Tsushima in Nagasaki and Tanegashima in Kagoshima, and the brewery embraces innovative brewing that draws on this regional heritage.