* The locals don't speak English regularly, but they are ready to welcome you and convey the fascination of Yamashiro.
Horie Sakaba is a sake brewery founded in 1764. Sake made from the famous water of the clear stream Nishikigawa and the carefully selected sake rice “Yamada Nishiki” has won various awards both in Japan and overseas.
Trying the sake that is popular all over the world quite an impressioin.
In addition to our main product, Kinsuzume, the wine-like sake “Kuromain“, which uses black-purple rice that has been cultivated in Japan for a long time and is fermented with cherry yeast, is also popular. And ‘the cherry yeast’ is a yeast isolated from the world-famous “Cherry Blossoms of Japan” – Japan’s national plant.
*Sake made from rice with a rice polishing rate of 50% or less, and from the rice jiuqu and water are called “Junmai Daiginjo”.
