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Wakatakeya Sake Brewery

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Brewery founded in the Genroku era

Wakatakeya Sake Brewery
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Preparation water drawn from a well that has remained unchanged since the Edo period

Tanushimaru, Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a town at the foot of the Minou Mountain Range, where the largest river in Kyushu, the Chikugo River, flows in the vicinity, and the mountains stand like a folding screen.Wakatakeya Sake Brewery has been brewing sake here since 1699 (Genroku 12).
Wakatakeya Sake BreweryWakatakeya Sake BreweryIt is said that the first generation Wakatakeya Denbei, who was originally a merchant, was fascinated by sake brewing and borrowed money to build a brewery.Using the mineral-rich Minou-based brewing water that has been pumped from the same well since the first generation, many famous sakes, including Wakatakeya Junmai Ginjo Tani, are produced. .
Wakatakeya Sake BreweryAlso of note are the ``ancient sake'' unique to the same brewery, such as ``Fukuiku Genroku no Sake'' and ``Hakata Renshu,'' which were recreated by the XNUMXth generation brewer after unraveling ancient documents.

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Wakatakeya Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

Wakatakeya Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

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1699 (Genroku 12)
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Wakatakeya
Address
706 Tanushimaru, Tanushimaru-cho, Kurume City, Fukuoka PrefectureOpen with Googlemap
TEL
0943-72-2175
HP
https://wakatakeya.com/
Opening hours
9:00-17:00
Closing days
Closed from December 12st to January 31rd

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