Hirota Sake Brewery is located in Shiwa Town, Shiwa District, Iwate Prefecture, which is said to be the birthplace of "Nanbu Toji". Mr. "Nanbu Toji" is one of the representative Toji groups who make sake. The southern part of Iwate began to prosper as a village of Toji in the early Edo period, 1678 (6th year of Enpo). It is the history since the founder, Gonbei Imura, started brewing sake in the Shiwa district of Shiwa Town, and Gonbei, who was an Omi merchant, brought in the Ikeda style "Sumishu" brewing technology from Osaka Miike. The sake brewing technology spread throughout the southern territory, laying the foundation for a new southern style, "Nanbu Toji". The technique has been preserved and nurtured together with advanced technology to this day, and the traditional technique that has been handed down has been widely visited in sake breweries nationwide and continues to brew famous sake, and it continues to this day as the village of Japan's largest group of Toji.

At Hirota Sake Brewery, all sake is brewed with "sankiamazakemoto". It is an old and new manufacturing method to bring out the umami of rice and the taste of good water. Lactic acid bacteria selected according to the individuality of each sake are added to steamed rice saccharified with hot water to make a sake mother. The individuality is, of course, the "rice variety" and the "Rice polishing". As a result, each "taste of rice" will change, and a variety of products that you can enjoy will be completed. You can enjoy the unique taste of Hirota Sake Brewery. quality control A young couple of Kuramoto who inherited technology is the center and making sake.

女性杜氏：小野 裕美氏 蔵元：紫波酒造店 所在地：〒028-3447 岩手県紫波郡紫波町宮手字泉屋敷2-4