Sake Brewery Spots in Kosei / Takashima Area

  • Yoshida Shuzo
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Makinocho Kaizu 2292
    A 20-minute walk from JR Makino Station. This longstanding sake brewery, established in 1877, is located near the Kaizu Sanku bus stop. Situated on the northwest shore of Lake Biwa, the brewery continues to make choice sakes using locally-grown Yamada Nishiki rice. The brewery's Chikubushima seishu refined sake brand, produced for local consumption, is quite popular; the brewery also sells autumn-only hiyaoroshi sake, a sake cake created in collaboration with a confectionary shop, and more. The brewery's Kinmon sake is a staple for both momentous and sad events.

    Yoshida Shuzo brews sake under the brand name of Chikubushima. Chikubushima has some types but they are all full-bodied yet dont leave their aftertaste too long. At this time of the year, they...

  • Ikemoto Brewery
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    5.0
    2 Reviews
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Imazucho Imazu 221

    Hirohisa Ikemoto brews “Biwa no Choju” in a very very small sake brewery in Imatsu along an old road between Lake Biwa and Wakasa Bay. The bay is just across hills away. The climate here is...

  • Uehara Brewery
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Shinasahicho Ota 1524
  • Fukui Yahei Shoten
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Katsuno 1387-1
  • Kawashima Brewery
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Shinasahicho Asahi 83
  • NANAYO Brewery
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Shinasahicho Shinjo 1154

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Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

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