Manotsuru Miku Junmaidaiginjo（With WoodBox）

MANOTSURU

～Brewing happiness together with the nature and climate of Sado Island～

OBATA Sake Brewery was founded by Yososaku OBATA in 1892 in the former Mano town of Sado Island, and for more than 128 years We have been brewing traditional handcrafted sake.

The motto of OBATA shuzo is to brew sake by harmonizing the “Four Treasures”.

The 3 elements that are commonly held to be crucial in sake brewing are "Rice", "Water" and "People(brewers)". In addition to those three, we take into account the importance of "Sado Island". Moreover, OBATA family crest has "The Four Diamonds", which stays true to the motto in holding these principles. We aim to produce a good balanced sake, using all those elements efficiently.

Our principle

Just like a school, we have our own values. It’s 幸醸心（Ko-Jo-Shin）, meaning brew happiness by brewing sake. We hope the experience of drinking our sake will be something like drinking a glass of happiness.

A gorgeous, fresh, and light daiginjo that evokes Niigata’s “refreshing dry” taste. Popular even among women who do not usually drink sake!

A small brewery’s Handcrafted sake has received honors around the world

The current Brew master “Toji” of Manotsuru sake, is Kenya Kudo(born in 1971) who was apprenticed under a famed “Toji” Maho Matsui. The brewers continue to preserve the traditional "Hand-made", such as practicing the early morning preparation by staying at the brewery overnight.

At the same time, the brewers integrate the traditional method with the new technique to bring out the best quality. OBATA shuzo always strives to improve MANOTSURU to deliver more satisfaction.

Due to these belief and efforts, Manotsuru has won gold medals at numerous competitions such as The National New Sake Awards (Japan), International Wine Challenge (UK), Kura Master (France) and Milano Sake Challenge (Italy).

Recent Awards 

The National New Sake Awards 2019(The biggest and the most prestigious competition in Japan) :Gold Medal

International Wine Challenge 2019(UK) :Gold Medal

Kura Master 2019(France) :Gold Medal

Milano Sake Challenge 2019(Italy) :Gold Medal

We started overseas exports in 2003, and now we are exporting to 15 countries including the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore, and are also served in Air France First Class.