12 sake brewery tours in Hiroshima!

❶Kyokuho Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Hiroshima City)

Kabe Kaido is dotted with tasteful Japanese houses. It is a sake brewery founded in 1865 along the highway.

Kyokuho Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

❷ Kamotsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

This brewery has been a pioneer in Daiginjo sake brewing since the Meiji era, using advanced rice polishing techniques.

Kamotsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

Kamotsuru Sake Brewery

9-7 Saijohonmachi, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture 739-0011

❸Hakubotan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

It is a brewery with a long history even in Hiroshima Prefecture. The name "Hakubotan" is said to have been named after the family crest of the Takatsukasa family, one of the five families of Kyoto.

Shirabotan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

❹Kirei Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

It was named with the wish of longevity and prosperity, as the saying goes, “turtles live for ten thousand years.” It is known for its clean, dry sake.

Kirei Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

❺ Sanyo Tsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

It is characterized by a refreshing taste that blends sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter.

Sanyo Tsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

❻ Fukubijin Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

It was founded in 1917 with the investment of volunteers from sake brewers all over Japan. In addition to sake brewing, it was designated as a training institution for sake brewing engineers and was called Saijo Sake Brewery School.

Fukubijin Brewery Co., Ltd.

❼ Kamoizumi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Higashihiroshima City)

Established in 1912, it was one of the first in Japan to start producing pure rice sake made only from rice and rice malt.

Kamoizumi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

❽Fujii Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Takehara City)

The Sake Brewery Exchange Center, which was built in the end of the Edo period by remodeling a corner of the brewery, has thick pillars and beams on the ceiling that tell the story of more than 150 years of tradition.

Fujii Shuzo Co., Ltd.

❾ Taketsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Takehara City)

Taketsuru Sake Brewery is the birthplace of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka Whiskey and known as the "Father of Japanese Whiskey".

Taketsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

Taketsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

3-10-29 Honmachi, Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 725-0022

❿Okamoto Kametaro Main Store (Fukuyama City)

Okamoto Kametaro Main Store is the brewery of Japanese liqueur Houmeishu and Honmirin. Okamoto Kametaro Main Store

⓫Miwa Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Jinseki Kogen Town)

Located at an altitude of 500 meters in the Chugoku Mountains, the brewery is cool in the summer, and often records below -5°C in the winter, when sake is brewed. The environment is suitable for sake brewing.

Miwa Shuzo Co., Ltd.

⓬ Kitamura Brewery (Shobara City)

This sake brewery is located in Tojo-cho, the home of brewing in Shobara City. Founded in the Tenpo era.

Kitamura Brewery