Kokuryu Sake Brewing
黒龍酒造
Kokuryu Sake Brewing
Prefecture
Ishikawa
Chubu (中部)
Founded
1804
Water Source
Draws from deep wells fed by snowmelt and rainfall filtering through Fukui's Jibusan mountain range near Eiheiji.
About
Kokuryu (Black Dragon) in Eiheiji, Fukui — on the Ishikawa border — is a pioneer of premium ginjo sake and aged sake (koshu). Their Shizuku (Drip) Daiginjo, pressed by gravity alone, set the standard for ultra-premium sake in the 1970s. The brewery also led koshu experimentation, proving that sake could age gracefully for years.