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UMEDA SHUZOJO

The new generation, between traditions and modernity, creates delicious Japanese sakés.

Can you talk about your Kura: its history and story ?

Hiroshima, the world-known peace-memorial city, has another face. Throughout it’s history it has been well-known for sake production. In 1916, the Umeda brothers – Sawajiro and Naojiro – founded a sake brewery in the east of Hiroshima-City. They named their product ”Honshu-Ichi”, which means ”the best in Japan”.

More than 100 years later we are producing easy enjoyable and familiar Sake, with products from Hiroshima.

Our Sake has often won medals in international Sake competitions, such as IWC and Kura-Master.

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