Title Local Sake Breweries

  • Niigata
Topic(s):
Activities Regional Specialties National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Pamphlet Web Page
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
Mt.6tagengokaisetsuseibikyogikai(myokoakakura)
Associated Address:
5-1 Sakaecho, Myoko-shi , Niigata

圧倒的な生産量の高品質米と肥沃な栽培環境により、新潟県は日本でも有数の日本酒の産地です。妙高市には、君の井酒造、千代の光酒造、鮎正宗酒造という3つのすばらしい醸造所があります。

この地域の醸造では、主に雪、水、米という要素が組み合わさることで、一体感のある日本酒の製造を可能としています。醸造所は米を受け取ると、それを元のサイズの数パーセントの大きさになるまで磨き上げることで、最高品質の日本酒を生産します。君の井酒造の場合、特定の米を35%の大きさまで磨いて使用します。精米後は、浸漬し、大きな容器で蒸米され、その後、発酵プロセスにおいて麹と丁寧に混ぜ合わされます。日本酒が出来上がると、貯蔵タンクで熟成された後販売用に容器詰されます。

多くの醸造場は訪問者向けにツアーを行っており、そこれは日本酒を製造見学ができ、作り手から直接日本酒を購入することができます。

Niigata produces some of the best sake in Japan thanks to an overwhelming supply of high-quality rice from the fertile local farmland. Myoko is home to three wonderful breweries: Kiminoi, Chiyo no Hikari and Ayu Masamune.


A big part of the sake process in this area is the combination of snow, water and rice, which really brings nihonshu (rice wine) together. The brewing process traditionally takes place in the winter months when breweries receive recently harvested rice. The grain is then polished down to a small percentage of the initial size, which helps produce the highest quality sake. In the case of Kiminoi sake brewery, they use a particular grain of rice that has been polished down to 35 percent. After the polishing process, the rice is soaked and steamed in large pots where it is then carefully mixed with koji for the fermenting process. Once the sake is made, it is stored in large crates before being bottled to go on sale.


Many breweries offer tours where visitors can experience first-hand how sake is produced, and buy bottles of Japan’s national drink directly from those who create it.

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