Sapporo Chitosetsuru Sake Brewery

Sapporo Chitosetsuru Sake Brewery
From the time you get there you are met with the large round Sapporo Chitosetsuru Sake Brewery cedar ball at the entrance, and you know that the adventure begins.


Once inside the museum you will be greeted by a fountain of pure water from the Sapporo area. This pure, clean water is the key ingredient of wonderful Japanese sake. Take a sip of the water from the fountain, and you will know that excellent sake is made there.

Take some time to look at the old implements that were used to produce the sake. You will notice many wooden barrels that were used by the sake makers of old.

The free sake tasting features 5 of the brewery’s sake, although many more types are made.

Start with the “junmai” grade, dry, about +4 on the Nihon Shudo scale and made from 100% sakamai, or special sake rice which is 40% ground away. Then try the second “junmai”grade with a sweeter fruitier bouquet. The Nihon Shudo scale is about +3. Then try the “Honjyozo” grade, made from sake rice and a shot of brewers alcohol at the end of the process to spike the flavor. Next try the “ginjo” grade, with a slightly fruity and nice bouquet. Finally try the “daiginjo” grade, the top sake of the brewery-smooth, sweet, and very good bouquet. All of the sake I tasted were excellent, and I ended up purchasing 4 bottles.

Location:  Nippon Seishu Company, about 5 minutes from the Bus Center Mae Tozai Line subway station,Minami San-jo, Higashi go-chome, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo.  The museum is open 10:00AM-6:00PM.  Only closed at year end and New Years.

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