Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War II. In this column, we will trace the history of 12 breweries which are the foundation of current Takashimizu one by one. We will introduce “Oyadama” this time as the fourth brewery out of 12. It was the Meiji era. Oyadama started its sake business in 1871 at the current Oomachi, Akita city. Originally, the family had dealt with daily necessaries business such as tea, paper, sugar, and so on, but they set up a new branch family. When the creation of a new branch family, from the head family, they had taken over the land, […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Do you know what kind of works “Toji” does? Toji is the leader of brewers and the chief person responsible for entire fields. Not only sake brewing technique but also the control, management, and judgement ability are required and well-balanced combination of the affection for sake and the ability of commanding the organization are also necessary for him. In this column, we introduce our successive Toji who has supported the quality of Takashimizu sake one by one. Momoji Tsuruta had worked as the first Toji for 30 years since the time of foundation of our company in 1944. He was born in 1899 in the current San-nai area of Yokote-city. […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War II. In previous Edo period, 3 breweries, “Kikusui”, “Kokusui”, and “Hodoyoshi” out of total 12 breweries had started their sake business. In the Meiji period, the situation of brewing business dramatically changed. This time, please let us introduce you about sake making in the Meiji era called “revolutionary period” for sake brewing field. During Edo era, since sake making needed lots of rice which was the staple food for Japanese and the important revenue for government, government controlled the market depending on the situation and the market place. One of the example of controlling method was […]

Thanks to about 5,000 visitors, we finished our brewery open day in great success. The picture above shows what it was like that day. Fresh sake that you can only taste in the brewery, Tour of the brewery where you can’t usually enter, Cask sake which you can enjoy the comfortable tree fragrance, Very popular Sake Manju which is Japanese sweets made from sake lees of Takashimizu, and so forth… Everyone from adults to children can enjoy Takashimizu brewery open day held once a year. If you missed the event on that day, please feel the special atmosphere through the picture! All the Takashimizu staff will be waiting for you […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War II. In this column, we will trace the history of 12 breweries which are the foundation of current Takashimizu one by one. We will introduce “Hodoyoshi” today as the third brewery out of 12. Hodoyoshi started its sake business in 1860 at the current Oomachi 1-Chome, Akita city. Besides sake “Hodoyoshi”, they had produced sweet white sake, mirin(Japanese cooking seasoning), and non-heat-treated soy sauces, and those were really popular. Their market expanded from Akita-city to mining town in Akita Prefecture, Hokkaido, Kanto region, and finally to Tokyo. Also, since they put great effort into research and […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]