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Nakazen Sake Brewery

Kiso-Fukushima · Japan

Small-batch Nakanorisan and Zenkichi sake

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What Nakazen Sake Brewery is known for

Established in 1868 in Fukushima, a former Nakasendo post town, this small brewery has kept sake production a hands-on, family affair across generations rather than scaling into mass production. Its two labels, Nakanorisan and Zenkichi, are built on the idea that sake-making starts in the rice paddy, and both are sold from the brewery's own shop and tasting room.