Kanto-Shinetsu Sake Awards 2013 is the traditional sake award held by the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau of the National Tax Agency of Japan, which has jurisdiction for the Kanto-Shinetsu region’s six prefectures (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Niigata and Nagano). The award was first held in 1965 and the most recent award held in 2013 marked the 84th.
The objective of holding this award is, through evaluating the quality of sake, to promote the advancement and development of sake brewing technology, to improve the quality of sake brewed in Kanto-Shinetsu region’s six prefectures, and to contribute to the sound development of the sake industry.
The most recent award (Kanto-Shinetsu Sake Award 2013) consisted of two sections: The first section was for Ginjo-shu sake that has a fruity flavor and has been described as the highest work of art among sake. The second section was for Junmai-shu sake that is made solely from highly quality rice and has a fragrant and complex flavor. From the many traditional sake brewers(Meijo-kura) in the six prefectures of the Kanto-Shinetsu region, which is a region blessed with outstanding natural beauty, in the Ginjo-shu section 200 products were exhibited from 200 breweries, and in the Junmai-shu section, 192 were exhibited from 192 brewers.
The judging panel, who used all their senses to evaluate the quality of the exhibits, carried out the first round of judging on October 1st and 2nd, 2013, and the second (and final) round on October 10th, 2013. Following a strict but fair judging process, the Regional Commissioner Hidenori Sakota of the Kanto- Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau awarded the Grand Prize to a brewer who was awarded the highest score in the Ginjo-shu section, and also gave Award of Excellence to a further 63 brewers that achieved excellent scores. In the Junmai-shu section, the Commissioner Sakota also gave Awards of Excellence to 62 brewers that achieved excellent scores.
The judges, who are experts in evaluating the quality of sake and came from the six prefectures in the Kanto-Shinetsu region, are researchers from a public organization for sake brewing technology, brewmasters and technical officers from the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau. The judges used all their senses to perform strict but fair evaluations of the quality of sake.
Award | Prefecture | Name of sake brewer | Brand name | Name of toji (brewmaster),etc. |
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the Grand Prize | Tochigi | SOHOMARE SAKE BREWERY CO.,LTD. | SOHOMARE | Abe Takao |
Award | Prefecture | Name of sake brewer | Brand name | Name of toji (brewmaster), etc. |
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Excellence | Ibaraki | YOSHIKUBOSHUZO CORPORATION | IPPIN | Sasaki Katsuo |
Excellence | Ibaraki | HIROSESHOTEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | SHIRAGIKU | Takahashi Kozo |
Excellence | Tochigi | INOUE SEIKICHI CO.,LTD. | SAWAHIME | Inoue Hiroshi |
Excellence | Tochigi | TORAYAHONTEN CORPORATION | KIKU | Tenmaya Makoto |
Excellence | Tochigi | HOKKAN SAKE BREWING CO.,LTD | HOKKAN | Kamiyoshihara Masato |
Excellence | Tochigi | DAIICHISHUZO CORPORATION | KAIKA | Ninomiya Shunichi |
Excellence | Tochigi | WATANABESHUZO CORPORATION | KYOKUKO | Ishii Hiroshi |
Excellence | Tochigi | MATSUISHUZOUTEN CORPORATION | MATSUNOKOTOBUKI | Matsui Nobutaka |
Excellence | Gunma | SHIBASAKISHUZO CORPORATION | FUNAOTAKI | Takatsuna Tsuyoshi |
Excellence | Gunma | KONDOSHUZO CORPORATION | AKAGISAN | Agato Masamitsu |
Excellence | Gunma | TSUCHIDASHUZO CORPORATION | HOMAREKOKKO | Hoshino Genki |
Excellence | Gunma | NAGAISHUZO CORPORATION | MIZUBASHO | Goto Kenji |
Excellence | Gunma | ASAMASHUZO KABUSHIKIGAISHA HONSHAKOUJO | ASAMASAN | Sakurai Takeshi |
Excellence | Gunma | ASAMASHUZO KABUSHIKIGAISHA DAINIKOUJO | HIGEN | Kobayashi Takahiro |
Excellence | Saitama | TAKIZAWASHUZO CORPORATION | KIKUIZUMI | Takizawa Hideyuki |
Excellence | Saitama | OTAKISHUZO CORPORATION | KOKONOESAKURA | Sugawara Minoru |
Excellence | Saitama | KAMAYA CORPORATION | RIKISHI | Matsuoka Osamu |
Excellence | Saitama | YOKOTASHUZO CORPORATION | NIHONBASHI | Takahashi Seimei |
Excellence | Saitama | IGARASHISHUZO CORPORATION | TENRANZAN | Kobayashi Kiyoshi |
Excellence | Saitama | MATSUOKAJOZO CORPORATION | MIKADOMATSU | Matsuoka Norio |
Excellence | Saitama | SUZUKISHUZO CORPORATION | MANRYO DAIGINJO | Tada Ichiro |
Excellence | Saitama | BUNRAKU CORPORATION | BUNRAKU | Murakami Daisuke |
Excellence | Niigata | KOSHINOHANASHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHINOHANA | Ikeda Hideyo |
Excellence | Niigata | KIRINZANSHUZO CORPORATION | KIRINZAN | Hasegawa Yoshiaki |
Excellence | Niigata | KUSUMI SAKE PRODUCT& CO.,LTD. | KIYOIZUMI | Hoshi Seijirou |
Excellence | Niigata | MINOGAWASHUZO CORPORATION | MINOGAWA KOSHINOOMACHI | Tanaka Masayuki |
Excellence | Niigata | MOROHASHISHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHINOKAGETORA | Takahashi Koichi |
Excellence | Niigata | HARASHUZO CORPORATION SEICHOBREWERY | KOSHINOHOMARE | Hirano Yasuo |
Excellence | Niigata | HARASHUZO CORPORATION WAJOBREWERY | KOSHINOHOMARE | Ishiguro Yoshikazu |
Excellence | Niigata | ECHIGOZAKURASHUZO CORPORATION | ECHIGOZAKURA | Higaki Satoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | KIKUSUI SAKE CO.,LTD. SETSUGOROGURA | KIKUSUI GENRYU | Tamaki Kozue |
Excellence | Niigata | AOKISHUZO CO.,LTD | KAKUREI | Imai Takahiro |
Excellence | Niigata | TAKACHIYO SHUZO CO.,LTD | TAKACHIYO | Abe Shigeo |
Excellence | Niigata | TAMAGAWASHUZO CORPORATION | ECHIGOYUKIKURA | Yamamoto Tsuyoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | NIIGATAMEIJO. CO.,LTD. | CHOJAZAKARI | Hosokawa Tadakiyo |
Excellence | Niigata | TSUNANJOZO CORPORATION | KIRINOTOU | Takizawa Masaya |
Excellence | Niigata | MIYAO SAKE BREWING CO.,LTD. | SHIMEHARITSURU | Yoshida Osamu |
Excellence | Niigata | IKEDAYASHUZOU CORPORATION | KENSHIN | Hara Taketoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | KIMINOI SHUZO CO.,LTD | KIMINOI | Hayatsu Hiroshi |
Excellence | Niigata | TAKEDASHUZOTEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | KATAFUNE | Kobayashi Yoshio |
Excellence | Niigata | MARUYAMA BREWING COMPANY LIMITED | SETCHUUBAI | Murayama Toshiro |
Excellence | Niigata | MYOKOSHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHINOSETSUGETSUKA | Hirata Masayuki |
Excellence | Niigata | OBATA SHUZO CO.,LTD. | MANOTSURU | Kudo Kenya |
Excellence | Nagano | Endo Brewery Inc. | KEIRYU | Katsuyama Keizo |
Excellence | Nagano | DAISHINSYU BREWERIES INC. | DAISHINSYU | Kobayashi Yukiyoshi |
Excellence | Nagano | SHUSENKURANO CORPORATION | KAWANAKAJIMA GENBU | Chino Mariko |
Excellence | Nagano | EH SHUZO CORPORATION | ONIKAN | Hojo Shoichi |
Excellence | Nagano | KAMETAYASHUZOTEN GENERAL PARTNERSHIP | SHUHO ALPS MASAMUNE | Kiyoto Yukihiro |
Excellence | Nagano | MARUNAGASHUZOJO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | TAKANAMI | Nagahara Motoharu |
Excellence | Nagano | SHINSHUUMEIJYOU COMPANY | SHUHOKIKUZAKARI DAIGINJO | Nishizawa Masaru |
Excellence | Nagano | SUWAOHTSUYAHONKESHUZO CORPORATION | DAIYAGIKU DAIGINJO | Yazawa Chisato |
Excellence | Nagano | KOTENSHUZO CORPORATION | KOTEN | Ito Satoshi |
Excellence | Nagano | TOSHIMAYA CORPORATION | MIWATARI | Komatsu Yukio |
Excellence | Nagano | MIYASAKA BREWING COMPANY ,LTD. | MASUMI | Nasu Kenji |
Excellence | Nagano | URUSHIDOJOZO CORPORATION | INOKASHIRA | Urushido Takahiko |
Excellence | Nagano | SENJYO SAKE BREWERY | OURO | Ando Hiroyuki |
Excellence | Nagano | KADOGUCHI SHUZO CO.,LTD | HOKKO MASAMUNE | Muramatsu Yuya |
Excellence | Nagano | SHIGAIZUMISHUZO CORPORATION | SHIGAIZUMI | Nakayama Yoshiki |
Excellence | Nagano | Daisekkei Sake Brewing Co.,Ltd. | DAISEKKEI DAIGINJO | Nagase Mamoru |
Excellence | Nagano | TAKESHIGEHONKESHUZO CORPORATION | MISONOTAKE | Yoda Tatsuya |
Excellence | Nagano | CHIKUMANISHIKISHUZO CORPORATION | CHIKUMANISHIKI | Shigeta Norikazu |
Excellence | Nagano | NAKAZENSHUZOTEN CORPORATION | NAKANORISAN | Morikawa Takayuki |
Excellence | Nagano | NANAWARAISHUZO CORPORATION | NANAWARAI | Yanagisawa Satoru |
Award | Prefecture | Name of sake brewer | Brand name | Name of toji (brewmaster), etc. |
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Excellence | Ibaraki | URAZATOSHUZOTEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | KIRITSUKUBA | Sasaki Keihachi |
Excellence | Ibaraki | ISHIOKASHUZO CORPORATION | TSUKUBA | Minamino Tsuyoshi |
Excellence | Ibaraki | RAIFUKUSHUZO SAKE BREWING CO.,LTD | RAIFUKU | Sato Akira |
Excellence | Tochigi | INOUE SEIKICHI CO.,LTD. | SAWAHIME | Inoue Hiroshi |
Excellence | Tochigi | UTSUNOMIYASHUZO CORPORATION | SHIKISAKURA | Imai Shohei |
Excellence | Tochigi | TORAYAHONTEN CORPORATION | KIKU | Tenmaya Makoto |
Excellence | Tochigi | NISHIBORISHUZO CORPORATION | WAKAZAKARI MONGAIFUSYUTSU | Nishibori Kazuo |
Excellence | Tochigi | SOHOMARE SAKE BREWERY CO.,LTD. | SOHOMARE | Abe Takao |
Excellence | Tochigi | TSUJIZENBEISHOTEN CORPORATION | TSUJIZENBEI | Tsuji Hiroyuki |
Excellence | Tochigi | WATANABESHUZO CORPORATION | KYOKUKO | Ishii Hiroshi |
Excellence | Gunma | YANAGISAWASHUZO CORPORATION | KATSURAGAWA | Yanagisawa Keiji |
Excellence | Gunma | MAKINOSHUZO CORPORATION | OHSAKAZUKI | Iwashimizu Fumio |
Excellence | Gunma | KONDOSHUZO CORPORATION | AKAGISAN | Agato Masamitsu |
Excellence | Gunma | SEITOKU MEIJO CORPORATION | HOUOUSEITOKU | Nishioka Yoshihiko |
Excellence | Gunma | ASAMASHUZO KABUSHIKIGAISHA HONSHAKOUJO | ASAMASAN | Sakurai Takeshi |
Excellence | Gunma | ASAMASHUZO KABUSHIKIGAISHA DAINIKOUJO | HIGEN | Kobayashi Takahiro |
Excellence | Gunma | KIMUSUMESHUZO CORPORATION | KIMUSUME | Yoshida Kazuhiro |
Excellence | Saitama | TAKIZAWASHUZO CORPORATION | KIKUIZUMI | Takizawa Hideyuki |
Excellence | Saitama | MATSUOKAJOZO CORPORATION | MIKADOMATSU | Matsuoka Norio |
Excellence | Niigata | TAKANOSHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHIJIFUBUKI | Ishikawa Hiroki |
Excellence | Niigata | HIKISHUZO CORPORATION | TSURUNOTOMO | Higuchi Muneyoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | HAKURO SAKE BREWERY CO.,LTD. | HAKURO | Shirahara Mitsuaki |
Excellence | Niigata | MINOGAWASHUZO CORPORATION | RYOKAN | Tanaka Masayuki |
Excellence | Niigata | MOROHASHISHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHINOKAGETORA MEISUIJIKOMI TOKUBETSUJUNMAISHU | Takahashi Koichi |
Excellence | Niigata | YOSHINOGAWA CO.,LTD. | YOSHINOGAWA | Nakagawa Masayoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | HARASHUZO CORPORATION SEICHOBREWERY | KOSHINOHOMARE | Hirano Yasuo |
Excellence | Niigata | ICHISHIMA SAKE BREWERY INC. | AUMONT | Tanaka Takeshi |
Excellence | Niigata | ECHIGOZAKURASHUZO CORPORATION | KOSHINONIHONZAKURA | Higaki Satoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | TAKANOISHUZO CO.,LTD | KOSHINOHATSUUME | Kimura Akihiro |
Excellence | Niigata | NIIGATAMEIJO. CO.,LTD. | CHOJAZAKARI | Hosokawa Tadakiyo |
Excellence | Niigata | Shirataki Sake Brewery co.,ltd | TANREI UONUMA | Yamaguchi Shingo |
Excellence | Niigata | MATSUNOISHUZOJO CORPORATION | MATSUNOI | Furusawa Yutaka |
Excellence | Niigata | MIYAO SAKE BREWING CO.,LTD. | SHIMEHARITSURU | Yoshida Osamu |
Excellence | Niigata | AYUMASAMUNESHUZO CORPORATION | AYUMASAMUNE | Ageishi Syuji |
Excellence | Niigata | KIMINOI SHUZO CO.,LTD | ECHIGONOKURAHIDEN | Hayatsu Hiroshi |
Excellence | Niigata | TAKEDASHUZOTEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | KATAFUNE | Kobayashi Yoshio |
Excellence | Niigata | CHIYONOHIKARISHUZO CORPORATION | CHIYONOHIKARI JUNMAISHU | Katagiri Kiyoshi |
Excellence | Niigata | KATOSHUZOTEN CO.,LTD. | HIRAKU | Ikeda Masaru |
Excellence | Niigata | HENMISHUZO CO.,LTD. | ITARU | Henmi Akimasa |
Excellence | Nagano | IMAISHUZOTEN CORPORATION | WAKAMIDORI | Matsumoto Osamu |
Excellence | Nagano | Endo Brewery Inc. | KEIRYU | Katsuyama Keizo |
Excellence | Nagano | NISHIIIDASHUZOTEN CORPORATION | SEKIZEN | Iida Kazumoto |
Excellence | Nagano | MATSUBAYAHONTEN CORPORATION | HOKUSHINRYU | Sugihara Itsuo |
Excellence | Nagano | KUTSUKAKESHUZO CORPORATION | FUKUMURYO | Yamazaki Takashi |
Excellence | Nagano | SHINSHUUMEIJYOU COMPANY | SHUHOKIKUZAKARI JUNMAIGINJOSHU | Nishizawa Masaru |
Excellence | Nagano | Kikusui Brewing Company, Ltd. | KIKUSUI | Kawaguchi Hisao |
Excellence | Nagano | ITOSHUZO CORPORATION | YOKOBUE | Hoshina Sadayoshi |
Excellence | Nagano | SUWAOHTSUYAHONKESHUZO CORPORATION | JUNMAI DAIYAGIKU | Yazawa Chisato |
Excellence | Nagano | KOTENSHUZO CORPORATION | KOTEN | Ito Satoshi |
Excellence | Nagano | MIYASAKA BREWING COMPANY,LTD. | MASUMI | Nasu Kenji |
Excellence | Nagano | MIYASAKA BREWING COMPANY,LTD. MASUMI FUJIMIGURA | MASUMI | Hirabayashi Kazuyuki |
Excellence | Nagano | SENJYO SAKE BREWERY | KUROMATSUSENJO KARAKUCHIJUNMAI | Ando Hiroyuki |
Excellence | Nagano | MARUSESHUZOTEN CORPORATION | HINODENOIKIOIMASAMUNE | Fujisawa Masaru |
Excellence | Nagano | Daisekkei Sake Brewing Co.,Ltd. | Daisekkei Tokubetsujunmai | Nagase Mamoru |
Excellence | Nagano | HOKUANJOZO CORPORATION | HOKUANDAIKOKU | Yamazaki Yoshiyuki |
Excellence | Nagano | OHSAWASHUZO CORPORATION | MEIKYOSHISUI | Osawa Minoru |
Excellence | Nagano | KIUCHIJOZO CORPORATION | HATSUUGUISU | Komatsu Masashi |
Excellence | Nagano | KUROSAWASHUZO CORPORATION | MARUTO | Kurosawa Yohei |
Excellence | Nagano | FURUYASHUZOTEN CORPORATION | MIYAMAZAKURA | Nakajima Kazuo |
Excellence | Nagano | FUYOSHUZO CORPORATION | HIMEKANADE | Yanagisawa Kiyoshi |
Excellence | Nagano | NAKAZENSHUZOTEN CORPORATION | NAKANORISAN | Morikawa Takayuki |
Excellence | Nagano | NISHIOSHUZO CORPORATION | KISONOKAKEHASHI | Sato Masato |