EST. 1873
金大星正宗
A Fukaya brewery on the Tone River, its flagship named for a sumo wrestler's rare 'gold star' upset.
Maruyama Shuzo traces to 1873, when founder Maruyama Wakichi started 'Shimazakiya' in what is now Gunma. In 1883 he took over a kura in Yokose, Saitama — today's Fukaya — where the brewery still stands, drawing on the Tone River's abundant, high-quality groundwater. Its guiding aim is 'conveying the wonder of sake.' The flagship label, Kindaisei Masamune, was named by Wakichi himself after kinboshi, the rare 'gold star' honor a sumo wrestler earns for defeating a yokozuna.
The house's original label since founding, spanning styles from futsu-shu to Junmai Daiginjo
Introduced in 2001
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