Umenoyado Sake Brewery
梅乃宿酒造
Umenoyado Sake Brewery
Prefecture
Nara
Kinki (近畿)
Founded
1893
Water Source
Draws from deep wells near Kashihara, Nara, tapping aquifers fed by rainfall from the Yoshino and Katsuragi mountain ranges.
About
Umenoyado (Plum Lodging) in Katsuragi, Nara has reinvented itself as one of Japan's most innovative craft sake breweries. While their traditional sake is excellent, they gained national fame with their fruit-infused sake liqueurs (umeshu, yuzu, etc.) that introduced a new generation to sake culture. Their Junmai Daiginjo shows serious ginjo craft alongside the playful fruit line.