Akishika Shuzo Omachi Yamahai Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu NV 720ml

Ōsaka is the second smallest prefecture in Japan, with an area of only 1,892 km2, it’s neighbours are the prefectures of Hyōgo and Kyōto in the north, Nara in the east and Wakayama in the south. Surrounded by mountains to the north, east and south, Ōsaka Prefecture faces Ōsaka Bay to the west and is blessed with weather that is generally mild, but that also has four distinct seasons. The Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefecture and expansive alluvial plains extend around the Yodo River estuary running into Ōsaka Bay. Ōsaka is part of the Kansai region of Japan’s main island Honshū which covers a broad area including the neighbouring cities of Kōbe, Kyōto and Nara. Sake brewing in Ōsaka began in the Middle Ages. Akishika Shuzō is one of only a handful of breweries that follow the Château concept as we see in wine production. Oku-san is the Kuramoto [brewery owner] and also the Tōji [master brewer] of Akishika, and he, along with 20 contracted local farmers, grow a variety of rice around the brewery including the Yamada Nishiki rice strain that is often given the moniker ‘King of Sake Rice’. Akishika Shuzō was founded in 1886 and has, under the present sixth generation owner, acquired a reputation amongst connoisseurs as a producer of top-quality Sake with robust and unique characters. Oku-san has announced that Akishika’s entire Sake production is to become Junmai [no additions] and that the rice he personally grows will be 100% organic from the 2011 harvest onwards. This pure rice Sake also does not have any carbon filtration, hence all of their Sake is also classified Muroka. This retains a full body, with strong acidity and is very suited to ageing.