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Hamashima Shuzo (Takakiya)

Ogata, Bungo-ono · Japan

Hand-crafted junmai sake

What you’ll find

What Hamashima Shuzo (Takakiya) is known for

A fifth-generation sake brewery in Ogata making the Takakiya label by hand and pressing its junmai sake in traditional wooden fune. The Hamashima family follows a 'half-farming, half-brewing' approach, growing much of its own rice on nearby paddies fed by local water.