Company Name: Kuge Honten Co. Ltd. | 株式会社 久家本店
Kuge Honten is located in Usuki City on the east coast of Oita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, surrounded by the sea and magnificent mountains.
In 1860, a famous Feudal Lord, Akimichi Inaba, gave the brewery to Genshiro Kuge and that is where the Kuge Honten story began. Now, 164 years on, Kuge Honten prides themselves on producing Sake of the highest quality. They use a variety of local ingredients such as rice, barley, potatoes, plums, and Kabosu – a juicy citrus fruit similar to lemon.
Usuki city is located on the south side of the Usuki -Yatsushiro tectonic line. When ground water passes through the limestone layer it becomes rich with calcium and bicarbonate ions. Kuge Honten uses this “tasty water” to produce their “tasty sake”.
Kuge Honten goes by the guiding principle of “the engine of our hometown” and is committed to supporting and promoting their local community by using only local ingredients from within Oita and even buying local electricity from Usuki Energy.