Special Program to Learn about Award-Winning Sake from its Roots in Water and Rice

Experience the roots of Kitakata City's sake, the local history, and the subterranean spring water of Mt. Iide

This content allows visitors to enjoy and experience sake more deeply from the perspective of local history, culture, lifestyle, and industry.
The city of Kitakata in Fukushima Prefecture is known as one of the three largest brewing centers in Japan. It has over 4,000 storehouses, the most of anywhere in the nation. Kitakata came to have so many warehouses due to its important position in the past as a trade hub in the Tohoku region. Japanese sake has been one of Kitakata's greatest cultural and industrial assets since the time the breweries were built. Its famous brands were born from the ultra-soft undersoil water born from the perpetual snow of Mt. Iide, and the sake rice of paddy fields developed since the Edo period. They have enough renown and value to win gold medals at the Annual Japan Sake Awards.
This plan allows you to enjoy the culture and lifestyle of sake breweries in Kitakata City, where such excellent sake is born. Why not try the real thing in the town with the most breweries in Japan, where famous brands are born?