Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing
菊正宗酒造
Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing
Prefecture
Hyogo
Kinki (近畿)
Founded
1659
Toji School
Tajima Toji
Water Source
Uses the legendary miyamizu spring water from Nishinomiya, Hyogo, the hard water that made Nada the sake capital of Japan.
About
Kiku-Masamune is one of the pillars of the Nada brewing district with over 360 years of history. The brewery is a guardian of the kimoto method, maintaining this labor-intensive traditional starter technique when most breweries abandoned it. Their honjozo and kimoto junmai demonstrate the structured, umami-rich style that Nada water and tradition produce.