Company Name: Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd | 木徳神糧 株式会社
Kitoku Shinryo is one of the leading food trading companies in Japan founded in 1882. Koshirikari (コシヒカリ, 越光), one of the most famous and widely grown varieties of rice in Japan, is well known for its excellent taste and texture. It is suitable for normal steamed rice as well as sushi rice. Our rice is imported in temperature controlled containers to maintain its quality and freshness.
Company Name: Kinshi Masamune Co., Ltd. | キンシ正宗 株式会社
Kyubei Matsuya founded the sake brewing business in 1781 at Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City. In 1880, in search of good quality water, the business moved to Fushimi which is around 10km away from central Kyoto. Fushimi has always been well known for the abundancy of high quality groundwater which includes the perfect amount of minerals for sake brewing. The original place where the company was founded is now converted into a museum open to the public.
The name “Kinshi” came from a mythical golden bird which helped to win a war in an ancient Japanese folklore.
Company Name: Masuda Tokubee Shoten Co., Ltd. | 株式会社 増田徳兵衛商店
Tsuki no Katsura is one of the oldest sake breweries in Fushimi, the most famous sake region in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The name “Tsuki no Katsura” originated from a poem written by a court noble called “Anenokoji Arinaga” who visited the brewery in the late Edo period (1800s). Founded in 1675, this small family owned business has been brewing high quality sake for 14 generations and is well known in Japan as well as overseas. Over the years, this brewery is loved by many famous artists and writers and their sake is often referred to as the “sake for cultured people”.
Company Name: Saito Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 齊藤酒造 株式会社
The Saito family had been running a kimono business in Fushimi, Kyoto since the Genroku era (A.D. 1668). In 1889, the 9th generation, Sotaro Saito, changed his business from kimono to sake brewing. In 1912, the business started to trade under the name of “EIKUN”.
Combining modern technology with meticulous sake brewing techniques passed down through the generations, EIKON won numerous awards in domestic and international competitions, including the Gold Award at the International Wine Challenge (IWC)