Imanishiki Honjozo

Yonezawa Sake Brewery.

Its Birthmark or trademark is the Tadpole in Nakagawa Village the tadpole is the guardian who protects the rice fields as a natural form of weed and pest control.

Yonezawa Brewery is a historic sake brewery located in Nakagawa Village, Nagano, that has been using locally-sourced rice and water from the Southern Alps of Japan to brew sake since 1907. The brewery’s founder, Yasotarou Yonezawa, was a sumo wrestler who competed in local sumo tournaments under the name “Ima-Nishiki”, which became the name of their main brand of sake.

Tasting notes:

Aroma: earthy mushroom, leathery, getting down to earth.

Soft and elegant richer intense which lingers around, savoury chip excites the palates to make you want to drink more.

Soft and elegant to start you off, the richness intensifies to want you to find something to munch as savoury heaven is addressed to subdue the impact on the front of the palate.