Kinokawa

Kinokawa is a brewery located in Isahaya City, tracing its origins to a sake house that produced Emifuku under the name Chojiya Shuzo in Higashisonogi Town. After Reimei Shuzo was established in Isahaya City, four breweries in Nagasaki Prefecture (Chojiya Shuzo, Reimei Shuzo, Unzen Shuzo, and Kuratake Shuzo from Saga Prefecture) merged to form Taiyo Jozo, giving birth to the Kinokawa brand.
The flagship brand Reimei was revived in conjunction with Isahaya City's Yamada Nishiki rice production project and is said to have been named by a great-grandfather while gazing at the sunrise over the Ariake Sea. The Junmai Ginjo Reimei uses 100% Isahaya-grown Yamada Nishiki, offering a well-balanced harmony of gentle sweetness and rice umami as a food-friendly sake.
The proprietary Reimei-style fermentation tanks enable thorough temperature control even in the warm climate of Kyushu, allowing slow and careful low-temperature fermentation. The brewery has pursued innovative initiatives including developing its own Reimei-style bottling machinery. Kinokawa sake is characterized by its gentle aroma that never overpowers food and a crisp, clean finish that never tires the palate.
The brewery is home to Nagasaki Prefecture's only barrel craftsman and is also known as the first brewery in Japan to implement year-round brewing. As Isahaya's sole brewery, they pour their love for the city into every drop of sake they brew.