From Mt Yakushi, you can see the hot spring baths
Shishi girls tie up their manes and pass the time
From Mt Yakushi, you can see the hot spring baths Shishi girls tie up their manes and pass the time
— lyric from a Yamanaka folk song
Shishi no sato sake, brewed with soft water from beneath Mt. Yakushi, is easy-drinking table sake that pairs well with food. Its gentle aroma and lively acidity whet the appetite.
Matsuura Shuzo’s Commitment
Ishikawa prefecture is blessed with fresh ingredients from mountains and sea. Matsuura Shuzo brews sake to complement these seasonal foods, with a gentle fragrance like a deep breath of fresh mountain air.
Japanese sake brewing relies on the alchemy of rice, water, and microorganisms. Enzymes from koji (Aspergillus oryzae) convert rice starch into sugar that feeds alcohol-producing yeast; koji also opens the flavors of food.
We produce only pure Junmai style (without brewers’ alcohol or sugar) to honor the miraculous power of nature.
About Matsuura Shuzo
Matsuura Sake brewery was founded in the mid-Edo Period. (1772)
We use holy mountain water that wells up at Ioji temple for sake making.
And sake lees ice cream—it’s good for your beauty and health!
About Product
Sake brewed with natural yeast has a synergistic effect with food.
The gentle scent and a lively fresh acidity of Shishi no sato whets the appetite.
About Online Store
Our gentle-tasting sake brewed with pure rice complements the tastes of almost any dish.
We brew with the hope of becoming the best partner to food.
Please try this gentle-tasting sake at home.
