EST. 1854
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Since 1854 — 紫波町, Iwate
Formally founded in 1854 but rooted in a 1670s sake shop, Iwate's self-proclaimed oldest kura still brews as a two-brother team.
Iwate Azumamine was formally established in 1854, though its story reaches back further: to the 1670s, when an Omi merchant opened the 'Gonbee Sakaya' in what is now Shiwa town, said by tradition to date to 1684 and long regarded as Iwate's oldest kura — the brewery credited with giving rise to the Nanbu toji guild. It remains a brothers' brewery, the elder serving as kuramoto (owner) and the younger as toji (master brewer). Since the autumn 2018 season the house has brewed only junmai-grade sake, keeping annual output capped at roughly 30,000 bottles (1.8-liter equivalent).
Futsushu (regular-grade sake)
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