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Enjoy a cheap drink and snack at Sendai Station! Includes standing bars, pubs, and a station-based brewery...

JR Sendai Station's "station concourse" boasts numerous restaurants, including Sendai's famous beef tongue restaurants and sushi bars. But did you know that there are also establishments where you can stand and drink? This time...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.10.06

Visiting sake breweries across the six Tohoku prefectures! Exploring sake brewing that blends tradition and innovation in Shiwa Town, the birthplace of Nanbu Toji (sake brewers)...

Shiwa Town, considered the birthplace of Nanbu Toji (sake brewing masters), has a population of about 33,000, but it boasts five small sake breweries that produce delicious sake. One of them, "Shiwa Sake Brewery," is featured in a separate brewery tour report...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.04.30

Hiroki from Shiwa Sake Brewery

Visiting sake breweries in the six Tohoku prefectures! "Hiroki," a sake enjoyed by many people, originating from the Nanbu Toji (master brewers)...

Shiwa Town, known as the birthplace of Nanbu Toji (sake brewers), currently has five sake breweries. One of them, Shiwa Sake Brewery, founded in 1903 (Meiji 36), was formerly known as "Hirota Sake Brewery," named after its founder...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.04.16

Visiting sake breweries in six Tohoku prefectures! Bringing smiles and flowers to Japan: "Sakuragao Sake Brewery" [Mori, Iwate Prefecture].

Sakuragao Sake Brewery is located along the Yanagawa River at the foot of Mount Tatara, heading east from the center of Morioka City on National Route 106. The brewery is known for its traditional sake brewing techniques used by the Nanbu Toji master brewers...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.03.12

Visiting sake breweries in six Tohoku prefectures! "Asa-Kai" - Opening up time and opening hearts [Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture]

Asabiraki has been brewing sake in Nataya-cho, Morioka City for 155 years. Using Daiji-shimizu, one of the "100 Best Waters of the Heisei Era," which springs from within the premises, as brewing water, the sake is brewed under the renowned Nanbu Toji...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.03.06

The cute and delicious "Tanuki-san" from "Shitaameya" with Italian food, local sake, and rock...

Have you heard of the once-popular "Tanuki Cake"? During the Showa era, when fresh cream was expensive, a "Tanuki" cake was made using sponge cake and cheap buttercream to create the body of a tanuki, topped with chocolate...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.03.02

Morioka Liquor Stores: Enjoying a Kakuuchi Drink! 2026 Edition [Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture]

In the past, when sake was sold by weight at liquor stores, there was a system where you could drink the sake you purchased directly in the store, along with snacks such as canned goods sold in the store.

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2026.02.05

Enjoy these 3 deliciously flavorful local sakes with your hotpot! [Fukushima Prefecture]

As the weather gets colder, it's time for delicious hotpots. Enjoy a sip of local sake while munching on a simmering hotpot! For those of you who want to enjoy that, we've selected three delicious local sakes from Fukushima.

Haruka HashimotoHaruka Hashimoto2025.12.15

Nanbu Toji Sake

The History of Nanbu Toji and 5 Representative Sake Breweries - Iwate's Sake-Making Masters

A "Toji" (master brewer) is a sake brewing technician. Among them, the Nanbu Toji are a renowned group of master brewers active in the Tohoku region, primarily in Iwate Prefecture. A tradition that has been passed down since the Edo period...

RyokoRyoko2025.10.01

Special Junmai sake "Kawaguchi Natto"

A sake with a natto label, which is forbidden by sake breweries? A special junmai sake, a collaboration between two companies from the same hometown...

Wataya is one of Miyagi Prefecture's leading sake brands. Kanenoi Shuzo, the brewery that produces Wataya, sells a limited edition product only once a year. It's called "Special Junmai...".

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.30

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