Sake Brewery Spots in Gifu Area

  • Iwamura Brewery Co. Ltd.
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    4.0
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    Gifu Pref. Enashi Iwamurachou 342
    This local sake brewery has a 200-year history. The local favorite Onna Joshu gets its name from Otsuya-no-Kata, the first female lord of the famous Iwamura Castle. They participate in sake competitions and win awards at Gifu Prefecture's Shinshu Kanpyokai (National New Sake Appraising and Deliberating Fair) almost every year. They have free brewery tours where you can see the trolley track that was once used for transporting rice and sake. They also have tastings of their recent brews and hold an event to introduce their new sake to the world on a Sunday and public holiday in February.

    朝ドラ半分あおいのロケ地で有名ですが、江戸時代の宿場町と江戸時代の古民家があり見どころがあります。また電線地中化になっておりとても空が綺麗でのんびりできます。 またお店もそこそこありのんびり晴れた日に2時間程度の散歩にもってこいです。

  • Kaba Shuzojo
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    3.5
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Ichinomachi 6-6
    This long-established brewery that was founded in 1704 has continued to produce unique Japanese sake using Hida's rich bounties of water. The Shiramayumi pure rice sake made with local Hida Homare rice is the signature sake of this brewery and is meant to be drunk when you feel happy or something good has happened. It has a great taste with the gentle sweetness and richness of rice that slowly emanates out as soon as you put it in your mouth. The Hidano Yancha Sake has a refreshing and crisp taste to it, and is an indispensable sake for those who live in the cold regions of Hida. Energetic, brave and reliable; reminiscent of the river running through Hida.

    飛騨古川の古い町並みの中にある酒蔵。蓬莱の渡辺酒造店と同じ通りにあります。こちらは白真弓という銘柄のお酒の蔵元で、岐阜の居酒屋ではよく出されています。こちらの店頭で購入もできます。

  • Komachi Sake Brewery
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    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Soharaibukichou 2-15
    This veteran brewery was established in 1894. They use subsoil flow from the Nagaragawa River, one of Japan's 100 remarkable waters, as well as Gifu Prefecture sake rice varieties like Hida Homare. The standout feature is that the brewery plays music related to the natural environment, the idea being to create a situation close to nature while working on the fermentation process. In addition to receiving a silver medal at the Sake Competition of International Wine Challenge, they have won various domestic awards as well. Their “Nagaragawa sake is mellow, easy to drink, and slightly dry. They have many other varieties too, including super dry and more refreshing types. They also sell plum wine and ginseng Japanese shochu.
  • Harada Sake Brewery
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamisannomachi 10
    This old school brewery established in 1885 is half way along Sanmachi-dori Street, northwest of Takayama Castle. Their hallmark brand of sake is known as “Dashi. It’s made with techniques from the Edo period (1603-1867) and a Hida area brewing method known as gento kanjikomi. They also have their own sake brands like the refined Hanakobo with extracts of abelia and begonia that you can taste in their warehouse. The shop offers desserts made with local sake like cheesecake and soft serve ice cream too, and women also really enjoy their products.
  • Okuhida-Syuzou Brewery
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Kanayamachoukanayama 1984
    This sake brewery is ten minutes on foot from the JR Takayama Line Hida-Kanayama Station. Established in 1720, this old-fashioned brewery offers tours of their facility throughout the year. They thoroughly manage their entire operation, from the careful selection of rice, to the meticulous handling of pure Hida water, to regulating their naturally refrigerated semi-underground sake cellar. With great care given to storage and aging, they brew sake for the Hida locals and the whole nation that's smooth, refreshing, and dry. They also produce Japanese shochu and vodka.
  • Horai-Kuramoto Watanabe Sake Brewery
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Ichinomachi 7-7
    "This brewery is located a seven-minute walk from JR Furukawa Station in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture. ""Chogin Shizuku""and ""Gokuiden"", daiginjo top-quality sake which won the Monde Selection Gold Award, are an exquisite brew. They have put out a number of sake brands, such as junmai sake Hida no Tanbo, which won the 2009 World Wine Championship Silver Award. Additionally, they make products such as daiginjo cake, with its forbidden feeling of moistly sucks down, Hida beef pickled in sake lees, and late-night finishing ramen with sake lees and miso made in collaboration with an established shop, Oidaya."
  • Hirase Brewery
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kamiichinomachi 82

    I love this brewery since the first time I came in this little beautiful town of Takayama. I love sake and in town you have many great one, but Hirase is the greatest among the other great breweries...

  • Futaki Brewery
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kamininomachi 40

    There are many Junmai Ginjo sake, and the taste is soft, sharp and refreshing. Moderately cool insecticide. If you want to enjoy the aroma, we recommend that you enjoy it at home in a wine glass...

  • Kawashiri Shuzojo
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kamininomachi 68

    こちらの川尻酒造場は、観光客で込み合っている通りから1本東側の通りにあります。この通りも古い町並みの通りで、酒蔵が多くありました。 川尻酒造場に入ってみると、先客は1組だけ。にぎやかな通りにあった原田酒造や船坂酒造と違って、店内はひっそりしていました。こちらは古酒を扱う蔵のようで、こちらの酒はここでしか手に入らないそうです。熟成古酒「天恩」などが有料試飲できます。古酒らしく、淡い褐色に色がつい...

  • Hirata Shuzojo
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    4.0
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kamininomachi 43

    The sake was fine, though not spectacular. We had better sake from other local breweries. The people weren’t there weren’t nasty, but they were fairly unpleasant, especially compared to almost...

  • Kikukawa
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Unumanishimachi 1-chome 543
  • Hakusen Brewery
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    Gifu Kamo-gun Kawabecho Naka Kawabe 28
  • Miyo Sakura Brewing
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Gifu Minokamo-shi Otahonmachi 3-chome 2-9

    If you go to the storefront they will give free samples of a bunch of different sake. The prices are very cheap compared to what we have in my country, Australia. I liked this sake a lot - the mid...

  • Wakaba
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    Gifu Mizunami-shi Toki Cho 7270-1
  • Heiwa Nishiki Brewery
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Gifu Kamo-gun Kawabecho Shimoaso 2121

    幹線道路からは見えない静かなところにある歴史ある建物の造り酒屋です。 あまり人が多くないのが隠れ家っぽくてGOOD。 建物は江戸時代から続くものだとか。 試飲もさせてくださいます。 珍しい日本酒の古酒も扱っているとのこと。 今度は蔵開きに行ってみようかな。

  • Adachi Brewery
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Kotozuka 3-chome 21-10
  • Ito Brewery
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    Gifu Kani-shi
  • Ena Brewing Fukuoka Plant
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    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Fukuoka 2992
  • Ena Brewing Misato Plant
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    Gifu Ena-shi Sangocho Noi 380-1
  • Otsuka Brewery
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    Gifu Ibi-gun Ikedacho Ikeno 422

Gifu Areas

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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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