Founded 1902

The head Kuji family lived at Ichinohe, in Ninohe city, Iwate, Japan and engaged in a soy sauce brewery business. Mr. Sueta Kuji, the first brewery was established in Ninohe city and he made Japanese Sake, based on technologies of soy sauce brewery. The first production volume of sake was estimated about 7.5kg. Sake named after “friend of moat”, hiring local craftsmen in Ninohe, and the water for preparation is used from a well at our own and also at Takeuchi Shrine.

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