Ishizuka Shuzo

Ishizuka Shuzo is a brewery located in the former Takayanagi Town, a heavy snowfall area in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata. Amidst severe winter cold with snowfall exceeding 1.5 meters, they protect traditional skills passed down since founding, brewing sake with sincerity in every drop.
Its most distinctive feature is the unique 'Mochigome Yondan-jikomi' (four-step brewing with glutinous rice) method. By adding an extra step to the usual three-step process and using glutinous rice in the fourth step, they create a unique gentle sweetness and profound richness not found in other sakes.
Using pure snowmelt water from Takayanagi and carefully selected sake rice, their 'quality-first' stance peculiar to small-batch production is truly a crystal of artisan spirit. Its rich and profound flavor further enhances the deliciousness of local seafood and mountain bounties.