Hakutsuru Sake Brewing
白鶴酒造
Hakutsuru Sake Brewing
Prefecture
Hyogo
Kinki (近畿)
Founded
1743
Toji School
Tajima Toji
Water Source
Sources the celebrated miyamizu water from Nishinomiya in Hyogo's Nada district, naturally hard water with ideal mineral balance for sake brewing.
About
Hakutsuru (White Crane) is one of Japan's largest sake producers and the most exported sake brand worldwide. Based in Nada, Kobe, the brewery has been using Miyamizu hard water and Yamada Nishiki rice for nearly three centuries. While known for volume production, their premium Sho-Une line demonstrates that scale and quality can coexist.