Yamaguchi Prefecture is promoting the prefecture’s many sake breweries for its nationwide travel support program, “Traveling Yamaguchi Discount Plus,” which began on October 11, 2012.
According to the prefecture, “Sake is produced by taking advantage of the rice and water grown in the rich land. It may not be well known that Yamaguchi Prefecture is home to a wide variety of diverse and unique sake breweries, such as Toyo Bijin, Otters, Ganki, and Tenbi,” and also notes that the prefecture’s overseas shipments of sake have rapidly increased 15-fold in the past 10 years, making it a region that is growing in global attention.
In addition to “Yachiyo” by Yachiyo Shuzo and “Otters” by Asahi Shuzo, various breweries offer brewery tours, which the prefecture hopes visitors will enjoy when they travel toward the end of the year. For more information on sake breweries in Yamaguchi Prefecture, please visit the Yamaguchi Sake Brewers Association website.
Company Name Representative Brand Name Established (A.D.) Location Yamashiroya Shuzo K.K. Sugihime Keicho 16 (1611) Dojomonzen, Yamaguchi City Kanemitsu Shuzo K.K. Yamatohka 1926 Kagawa, Yamaguchi City Shintani Shuzo K.K. Wakamusume Showa 2 (1927) Tokuchibori, Yamaguchi City Yaokushin Shuzo K.K. Geese Ganuki Meiji 10 (1877) Iwakuni City Gohashi 1871 Nakatsu-cho, Iwakuni-shi Murashige Shuzo K.K. Murashige, Kinkan Kuromatsu Showa 34 (1959) Gosho, Iwakuni-shi Horie Sake Brewery Kinjaku Meiwa 1764 Nishiki-cho, Iwakuni-shi Otter Showa 23 (1948) Shuto-cho, Iwakuni-shi Hatsumomiji K.K. Harada Bunei 2 (1819) Shunan-shi （Harada Bunsei 2 (1819) Iijima-cho, Shunan-shi Yamagata Honten K.K. Haragata Nagatsuru 1875 (1875) Kume, Shunan-shi Nakajimaya Brewery K.K. Kotobuki Kanenaka 1823 (1823) Doi, Shunan-shi Kinbundo Brewery K.K. Kinbundo 1900 (1897) Suebu, Kudamatsu-shi Mitsui Brewery Tono Hana 1668 (1668) Tokonohana, Ube-shi Tokonohana K.K. Ltd. 1888 Nagayama Honke Sake Brewery K.K. 1888 Kushiro, Ube City Nagayama Sake Brewery Gomei Kaisha 1887 Ohmine (1902) Tsubakihigashi, Hagi City Iwasaki Shuzo K.K. Choyo Fukumusume (1901) Higashida-cho, Hagi City Okazaki Brewery Limited Nagato Kyo (1924) Kawakami, Hagi City Yachiyo Shuzo Gomei Kaisha Yachiyo (1887) Yoshibe, Hagi City Sumikawa Brewery Limited Toyo Bijin (1921) Nakagawa Abu-no-tsuru (1921) Hagi City Abu-no-Tsuru Sake Brewing Limited Partnership Abu-no-Tsuru Abu-machi Nako Takeuchi Sake Brewery Kinzoku Sekai 1909 Hofu City
Yamaguchi Prefecture’s nationwide travel support program, “Traveling Yamaguchi Discount Plus,” is being implemented from October 11 to December 20 (including check-out on December 21) as in other prefectures. 40% of the trip price (maximum 8,000 yen per night for travel products with transportation/ maximum 5,000 yen for other products) is subsidized and can be used to purchase souvenirs, etc. The coupon is worth 3,000 yen on weekdays and 1,000 yen on weekends.
Eligible travelers residing in Japan must have received three doses of the novel corona vaccine or be able to present a negative certificate such as a PCR test (two doses/negative certificate is acceptable for prefectural residents).
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