Hakutsuru Sake Brewing

白鶴酒造 Hakutsuru Sake Brewing
Hakutsuru Sake Brewing sake brewery — watercolor illustration
Prefectura Hyogo Kinki (近畿)
Fundado 1743
Escuela Toji Tajima Toji
Fuente de agua Sources the celebrated miyamizu water from Nishinomiya in Hyogo's Nada district, naturally hard water with ideal mineral balance for sake brewing.

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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.