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Inquiries Kashima City Office of Industry, Section of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism 2643-1 Oaza Nodomibun, Kashima City,

Kashima City Tourist Association (General Incorporated Association) The achievements made by the residents of Kashima, such as the 1494-1 Furuedako, Kashima City, Saga Prefecture local honor of “Nabeshima Daiginjo” , winning the International Wine (Published by) The Kashima Sakagura Tourism Promotion Committee Challenge Champion Sake Award, have now given hope to brewery regions all across the country. (Sake Samurai Coordinator Toshie Hiraide) Kashima Sakagura Tourism Search Kashima City, Saga Prefecture－The city that produced the world’s greatest Champion Sake.

The countryside in the Nogomi area. Hopes for Sakagura Tourism In order to ensure that winning the Champion Award is meaningful, we have taken the following steps to make the most of this chance to raise interest in sake from Saga and Kashima. This is the essence of “Sakagura Tourism®.” We created the “Kashima Sakagura Tourism Promotion Committee” to try to quickly give shape to the project before the next Champion Sake is chosen. Kashima is more than just breweries. By Sake There are a number of attractions here such as the Ariake Sea, the natural envi- ronment in the countryside, as well as agricultural and marine products. In cooperation with local volunteers, Unified farms, fisheries, and many other organi- Kashima zations, we want to convey to the rest of the country the many charms of Kashima, including the breweries.

Kashima Sakagura Tourism Promotion Council Naoki Iimori, the first president (Fukuchiyo Brewery)

The story of a town brought together as one by sake. Kashima City is one of the most famous brewery areas in the in 2011. The International Wine Challenge is a competitive exhibition for wine and is considered the prefecture. This land is blessed by good quality rice and world’s largest and most authoritative competition of its kind. Since the award, Kashima City has pure water from the Taradake mountain range located in come to be known as “the town that produced the world’s greatest sake,” and the city has been the southwest of Saga Prefecture. Brewing has been popular receiving attention from inside and outside of the prefecture, including an increase in visitors. here since the Edo period, and even now, there are six operating breweries within the city. Kashima, the town with Yutoku Shrine and tidelands, now has a new attraction. The town has now also become “the town of breweries.” The entire town has come together as one in its desire to “Nabeshima Daiginjo” ,made by Fukuchiyo Shuzo, one of protect and pass on the hopes of brewers who have been making delicious sake for many years. A the six breweries, was chosen as the Champion Sake, the new wind is now blowing through Kashima. world’s highest honor, in the International Wine Challenge Welcome to Kashima, the town of brewing and harvesting! alking The town cake shop, Hinodeya Sakagura Local W Map The cakes are made with lots of seasonal fruit

A great variety of Swiss Rolls are Full of fighting spirit! Kashima Area available at Puits D’amours! ① Yano Brewery Toward Shiroishicho Sake brewed by the new generation. 2 Mitsutake Brewery Confectionary Pastry Shop Minematsu Brewery Hinodeya Puits D’amours Line Fukuchiyo Brewery The Shokokuya Inn 3 Sachihime Brewery where Ino Tadataka Main 4 Baba Brewery and his party are said to have stayed. Kashima City Tourism Industry Center (Inside Kashima Station) Kashima products,specialties, and local brews are on display Shinmiya and available for sale. Bypass Shrine Bus Center JR Hizen-Kashima Kashima Station Sky Tower Yano Brewery Hotel River Kashima Fermented foods shop, Natul Kita Park This is where to get information on fermented products and where you This charming brewery was founded during the Kansei era in Kashima can buy products belonging to the Natul Kashima Fermentation Research the Edo period and has been standing on the Inari Daimyojin Group, such as additive-free seasonings and food products, as Nagasaki-kaido Road for more than 100 years. The main well as handmade side dishes. building has been nationally registered as a cultural asset. Akamondo From its atmosphere and presence, you can get a sense of what it was like in the old days.

“Hizen Kuragokoro,” the brand created to embody the Yamaguchi malted goods A shop specializing in future of the brewery, expresses the hopes of the family and shop Japanese and local special confectionaries the brewers. Motohide Yano, the 9th generation to engage At Akamondo, you can find in production, spoke of his ambitions as: “Brewing is a healthy sweets unique to Kashima, Otemon Shiratama the town of fermentation. Passing through Otemon and the Inn deep, profound process. I want to brew sake that expresses Flower Tunnel, you will come upon who I am and is also worthy of the brewery while working ” Akamon,“the symbol of Kashima. together with nature’s power of fermentation. And I am always grateful for the relationships that exist between the Naka River breweries in Kashima because those relationships help me Kashima Jitsugyo Flower Tunnel achieve that.” High School Both Otemon and Akamon are registered as important Toward cultural assets of Saga Yano Shuzo Co., Ltd. prefecture. Akamon Hizen-Hama Station 3903-1 Oaza Takatsuhara, Seven Eleven Kashima City Asahigaoka (convenience store) City H all One of the three Kashima Park TEL 0954-63-2008 best cherry blossom High School Opening hours: 8:00～17:00 viewing spots in Saga Ruins of Prefecture Closed Sundays, Irregular holidays Hizen Hizen Bukeyashiki-doriKashima Nakagawa (Samurai Castle Gonemon Kuragokoro Kuragokoro Asahigaoka Park, located at the Ruins Park 8/13～8/15、1/1～1/3 residence Junmai Daiginjo Junmai Ginjo Special Junmaishu of Kashima Castle, was selected as Direct sales and tasting available. one of the best 100 historical parks area) Named after the family’s Rice-polishing ratio: Prepared in the same way Tazawa Brewery tours available. in Japan! The cherry blossom flowers Kashima third generation brewer 50%. The fragrance and as ginjo. You can enjoy are lit up at night during the cherry Memorial Reservation required. Unavailable during the H all Elementary who built the foundation body of this sake are well its light fragrance and blossom festival period. School preparation period from December to March. of the brewery. matched. Served cold or flavor. Travel times from the Yano Brewery (rough estimates) room temperature. 6 min on foot to 18 min on foot to the Ruins of the station 8 min on foot to the Confectionary Hinodeya Kashima Castle Our motto is “Innovation from within tradition.” We continue to create new fans.

Originally, the family worked as shipping agents, but they switched to brewing sake three generations ago. Kazukiyo Minematsu, the 4th generation, was born and raised in Hizen-Hamashuku, and he has always dearly loved the environment here.

He opened the brewery up for sightseeing because he wants others to know more about his hometown. As he guides visitors, he lightly talks about Kashima’s history and brewing with the occasional joke. The brewery purposely makes sweet sake, which women can also enjoy and to be sold as trip souvenirs. The name “Hizen-Hamashuka” was given to express the local color. Showa era retro-style furniture and utensils, painstakingly collected by Mr. Minematsu, are also on display at the brewery, and The brewery faces Hizen-Hamashuku Sakagura-dori these are a popular topic in conversations with (Brewery Street), and the shipping center is located tourists. separately. Hiroyuki Mitsutake, the present head of the family, entered the brewery business at a young age and turned the family business into a company. “Makai e no Izanai ” is north Kyushu’s first potato-based shochu, and Mr. Mitsutake is the one responsible for making this shochu a hit in Kashima, an area famous for brewing. The “Handmade Junmaishu Mitsutake” was awarded a prize at the National Sake Competition and won the hearts and minds of many sake fans. “We don’t want to do what others are doing.” The entire brewery works hard to think freely and develop new types of sake not shackled by sake conventions. He tells visitors of Kashima’s sake and township as Minematsu Shuzo Co., Ltd. the Hizen-Hamashuku guide. Mitsutake Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Sightseeing Brewery Hizenya) 2421 Hamamachiotsu, 2761-2 Hamamachiotsu, Kashima City Kashima City TEL 0954-62-3033 TEL 0954-63-2468 Opening hours: 8:00～17:15 Opening hours: 10:00 17:00 Hizen- Makai e no ～ Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays Izanai Closed 8/13～8/15、1/1～1/3 Kikuosho Kikuosho Hamashuku 8/13～8/15、12/31～１/3 black rice malt Kinpa Mitsutake Junmai Daiginjo High-class Junmai Ginjo Limited Special Brew Handmade Junmaishu Direct sales and tasting available. potato-based shochu Matured for 40 days at low This is a well-known, familiar Uses 100% Yamada Nishiki Direct sales and tasting available. Koganesengan potatoes This sake is a blend of Characterized by its mellow, Brewery tours available. tempurature. This creates a sake that hasn’t changed made in Saga Prefecture. The No brewery tours available. grown in Kagoshima. You Daiginjo that strikes a good fruity fragrance and brewed Tours available at any time. flowery fragrance and deep quality for many years. May fruity fragrance brings to With a reservation, you can receive an can thoroughly appreciate balance between fragrance, in the conventional flavor. be served hot. mind green apples. explanation of brewing at our brewery. the sweet flavor and body, and flavor. handmade style. fragrance of seasonal potato shochu. Hizen-Hamashuku townscape was selected by the government as an” Important alking Preservation District for Groups of Sakagura Local W Map Historic Buildings.“ People flock to “Nabeshima,” Saga Prefecture’s Hama area (Hizen-Hamashuku)

① Yano Brewery representative sake ② Mitsutake Brewery The Hizen-Hamashuku Information Minematsu Brewery Center Relay Station is an old Fukuchiyo Brewery building that traces its history 3 Sachihime Brewery back to the Edo period. You can do taste comparisons at 4 Baba Brewery the Ikiiki-kan, a sightseeing direct sales depot. Toward

Kashima JR Hizen-Hama D elicio us pickles are Station available at Tsukegura Tazo. City Please contact the Hizen- area Tsukegura Hamashuku Mizutomachinami Nagasaki Tazo no Kai for subscriptions or inquiries regarding Main the guide. Fukuchiyo Brewery Line

Ikiiki-kan Hama Elementary School Shokunokura “Nabeshima” was lovingly cultivated together with four Wakamiya Hachihongi Post Office Shrine Iimori Kuretake other young sake-dealer successors, putting the continued Brewery Relay Brewery existence of the brewery and of long-standing sake shops at Station Minematsu Brewery stake to make a sake that the local area could be proud of. Yoshida Saga Bank Shogetsudo The former In 2011, it was spectacularly chosen as the Champion Sake Norita family Nakashima at the IWC, the world’s most authoritative competition. Toward residence Brewery Mitsutake Brewery Minematsu Yutoku Inari Eel Restaurant Shrine The thatched- Now that Kashima has garnered attention, the owner of the Suito Brewey roofed townscape brewery, Mr. Iimori, hopes not only that his brewery

River becomes more well-known, but also that sake itself becomes Kotohira Shrine Hama more well-known and familiar, and he is energetically active A lit tle further Hama in trying to achieve this. He is a leader trying to change ahead is the Taichiji Temple Community Sachihime Brewery Center Toward Kashima who seems to attract other people naturally, and Taracho Tobu Junior he is increasing the number of sake fans one by one. High School Garyugaoka Park

The Wakamiya Shrine is said to be the remains of the first Fukuchiyo Shuzo Co., Ltd. church the Catholic Dominican 1244-1 Hamamachi, Order built in Saga. Kashima City

Yoshida Shogetsudo is At Garyugaoka Park, the cherry TEL 0954-62-3727 famous for maki-yokan blossoms in the spring and the tinted Opening hours: 9:00～17:00 (rolled sweet bean jelly). leaves in the fall are outstanding. Taichiji Temple, the family temple of the Lord You can see the port at the mouth of Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays of the Kashima Domain, houses wooden statues the Hamagawa River from Kotohira 8/13～8/15、1/1～１/6 Nabeshima Nabeshima Nabeshima of the 16 Rakans, which have been designated Shrine, located at the top of a set Daiginjo Junmai Ginjo Special Junmaishu as municipal important cultural assets. of stone stairs. No direct sales. No tasting. No brewery tours available. The sake that won the IWC In addition to the sharpness The balance between the and light fragrance and sharpness and the fragrance, Travel times from JR Hizen-Hama Station (rough estimates) With a reservation, you can receive an Champion Sake Award in 2011. The refreshing ginjo flavor, there is a lingering tartness, and flavor is 5 min on foot to the relay station explanation of brewing at our brewery. fragrance and flavor are aftertaste. There are various exquisite. This goes well with The former Norita family residence is a types. food. 8 min on foot to Wakamiya Shrine well matched. thatched-roof samurai residence located just outside of the alley next to the Iimori Brewery. 12 min on foot to Garyugaoka Park alking Sakagura Local W Map

Furueda Area On foot to ① Yano Brewery Hizen-Hamashuku ② Mitsutake Brewery Toward Hizen-Hama Minematsu Brewery Station The brewery is located near Yutoku Inari Shrine, one Fukuchiyo Brewery ③ Sachihime Brewery of the three largest Inari Shrines in Japan. In the late 4 Baba Brewery River 1980s, the brewery was opened to the public as a Hama sightseeing brewery in the hopes of increasing sake Sachihime consumption, and it began welcoming tourists. The Brewery brewery developed forms of ice cream out of local Toward sake and unrefined sake that can be enjoyed not Kashima area City only by sake-lovers but also those who do not drink, Kashima Bypass and these are quite popular. Fumyouji Seven Eleven

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Sugicho At Inari no Sato, Furueda you can find many Elementary delicious products Sugicho is a School from Kashima. wood-sculpting studio that also carves masks for the Menburyu dance.

Folklore Tourist Archives The God of Sake can be Information found in a section of The local specialty, Center Matsuoka Shrine. Inari Yokan (sweet Matsuo Shrine is bean j elly),is also worshipped. known locally as Post ”Itogiri (string-cut) Office Passionately engaging in production Yokan.“ to take “Sachihime” from the brewing area ” You cut it with it!“ string to eat The azaleas in the outer Kashima and introduce it to the world Monzen garden are best viewed Shopping from the end of April to Sachihime Shuzo Co., Ltd. largest District the beginning of May. of the three 599 Furuedako, Kashima City One in Japan Inari Shrines Yutoku Museum display TEL 0954-63-3708 treasures possessed by Opening hours: 8:00～17:00 the shrine, folklore Closed 1/1～1/3 materials, as well as Direct sales and tasting available. local archaeological, Brewery tours available. Yutoku Inari historical and artistic Sachihime Sachihime Egushi articles. Brewery tours always available. Junmai Daiginjo Special Junmaishu Daiginjo Shrine Yutoku Museum Tour times: 8:00～16:30 (Until 16:00 during the winter) It has a pleasant ginjo Uses 100% Yamada Nishiki This sake combines a flowery Travel times from the Sachihime Brewery (rough estimates) fragrance and an aftertaste made in Saga Prefecture. fragrance with a heavy 8 min on foot to Matsuoka Shrine that is not too sharp, which The flavor is slightly dry and flavor. It has a shining makes it go perfectly with refreshing. presence. 8 min on foot to Sugicho meals. 25 min on foot to Yutoku Inari Shrine rive A panoramic view Sakagura Local D Map from Gibizan Park Toward Kashima City area to the Ariake Sea During the production period, he is on pins and Nogomi Area needles, so everyone around him always makes a Kashima 1 Yano Brewery – 2 Mitsutake Brewery point to be very considerate. From his wife Minematsu Brewery Bypass Fukuchiyo Brewery Municipal 3 Sachihime Brewery Baseball Stadium ④ Baba Brewery Athletic Field Toward Hizen-Hama Station Gibizan Park

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The Mitake Lion Dance is presented at the autumn festival at the end Tex tile art works by Shigeto Suzuta, of October. designated as a living national treasure, The brewery is located in an area with a lush natural Nogomi Manju are on display in the Tex tile Arts Archive environment approximately 10 min from Kashima City area. located next to the factory. The brewery was founded more than 200 years ago, and These lig ht and delicious Daiichiro Baba is the 8th generation to own and run it. He sweet-sake manju are made Fukugenji created a new brand because he wanted to create a sake from homegrown rice and malt. Temple Inside the thatched-roofed Rengonin Temple unique to the area. He called the new brand “Nogomi,” the are statues of Amida Nyorai and Yakushi Nyorai, which have been designated as national important name of the area where the brewery is located. cultural assets.

The Tsuchiana “Nogomi” has now firmly become the brewery’s Water Wheel Hut The Rokujogawa River, also known as the Takatsuhara Waterway, is a man-made river representative sake. During the production period, Mr. Baba 3.5 km long made to carry water to is focused on production and nothing else is on his mind. Fukugenji Temple is the oldest Obaku Saizoji highlands with few sources of w ater. Sect temple in the city. Temple He has many fans who look forward to hearing him speak Ojizo-san (stone statues of children) wearing jinpachi u m brella hats greet at sake meetings, etc. in the off period. “I want to be a you as you arrive. brewery that is trusted by customers.” This single desire has Hara Castle This water wheel is still in use,and become his motto. has been dilig e n tly cared for by the local people for more than 80 years.

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Tunnel TEL 0954-63-3888 Dam The stone monuments of Koshin towers Opening hours: 8:00～17:00 lin e d up to the side of Saizoji Temple Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Nation Route 444 is commonly called are proof that b elie f in Koshin has ”Shiawase Kaido (Happiness Road).“ existed in the area for more that and holidays Nogomi Nogomi Nogomi 400 years. 8/14～8/16、12/31～1/3 Daiginjo Junmai Ginjo Special Junmaishu Direct sales available. This high-quailty sake This is known as A sweet type sake with a Nominosato Traveltimes from the Baba Brewery (rough estimates) No tasting available. gives a hint of an Nogomi’s representative sake meter value of -1. It Best viewed at the end of June. 5 min by car to the Nogomi D oll Factory No brewery tours available. apple-like fruity sake. It has a strong has a smooth flavor, and Approximately 1,300 hydrangea flowers. The specialty is whale- flavored With a reservation, you can receive an fragrance amidst its flavor. is popular with women. dago-jiru soup. 7 min by car to Saizoji Temple explanation of brewing at our brewery. softness. Hydrangea flowers in Tanada Toward Omura City 9 min by car to the hydrangea flowers in Tanada Fukuoka IC JR Hizen- Tenjin Hakata Shiroishicho Hama Access Fukuoka Fukuoka Airport Yobuko Station Dazaifu IC Ureshino City Maebaru IC Ureshino City Hall Karatsu Kashima City Kiyama Amagi Shintosu Tosu Tabira- Tosu IC Hiradoguchi Tosu JCT Makise Higashisefuri IC Hirado IC Nagasaki Expressway Taku IC Imari Kurume Taku Saga-Yamato IC Hizen-Hamashuku Sakagura-dor Hizen- Saga Yamaguchi i (Brewery Area) Saza IC Takeo Kitagata IC Kubota Okawa Arita Hizen- JR Hizen-Kashima Shiroishi Yame Station Sasebo Takeo JCT IC Hama River Kotohira Shiota Saga Airport K Sasebo- Hasami-Arita IC y Shrine u Daito IC s h Ureshino IC Ureshino Kashima K u y

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Car (Nagasaki Expressway), via the Takeo Kitagata IC: Appox. 90 min Kashima Bypass From Fukuoka JR ( Express), Hakata – Hizen-Kashima: Approx. 60 min Car, via National Routes 207 and 444: Appox. 50 min Shiawase Kaido From Saga (National Route 444) JR (Kamome Express), Saga – Hizen-Kashima: Approx. 20 min Ureshino Hot Spring Are Car (Nagasaki Expressway), via the Ureshino IC: Appox. 90 min ( Kashima City Tourist From Nagasaki Information Center JR (Kamome Express), Nagasaki – Hizen-Kashima: Approx. 60 min Yunomineyama Taradake Orange Kaido

From the Airport Limousine Taxi ( 0954-62-2171) Kashima Gatalympic Venue Saga Airport (Adult - one way: ¥1,500, reservation required) Approx. 50 min Roadside Station – Kashima Yutoku Inari Shrine Bus, Kashima Bus Center – Hizen-Hama Ekimae: Approx. 10 min JR Hizen-Nanaura Within the city Station JR, Hizen-Kashima Station – Hizen-Hama Station: Approx. 5 min Taracho Opening of March Kashima Brewrey Tourism (Sat. and Sun. around the end of March) the breweries Kashima Brewing Calendar Spring New sake brew The simultanious opening of all six breweries, the Hizen-Hamashuku Flower and Sake April Festival, the Kashima Fermentation Festival, the Yutoku Monmae Spring Festival, etc. Enjoying pure undiluted sake is a pleasure The Asahigaoka Park Cherry Blossom Festival Locations participating in distinct to this season. Being able to enjoy May (From the end of March to the beginning of April) Planting the unrefined sake before processing is also a distinct feature of the new brewing period. Kashima Brewery Tourism June The Kashima Gatalympic (From the end of May to the beginning of June) Summer Softening sake or Okinoshima Mairi (Offshore Island Visits) (June 19th by the lunar calendar) (Supporting Member) July Preparation sparkling sake Yano Brewery Nakajima Brewery Kashima Summer-evening Fireworks Festival (From July to August) and brewing In the summer, we recommend drinking it August planning “sparkling (carbonated)” or lowering the Kashima Dance (The beginning of August) Mitsutake Brewery Kuretake Brewery (Supporting Member) alcohol content by adding a slight amount of water. September The Kashima Traditional Arts Festival (The 2nd Sunday in September) Minematsu Brewery Iimori Brewery (Supporting Member) The Nanaura Autumn Festival (The 2nd Sunday in September) The rice Autumn Cold shipping October harvest The Kuse Shrine Autumn Festival (September 23rd) Fukuchiyo Brewery Gochoda Brewery (Supporting Member: Ureshino City) The sake is stored and matured throughout The Autumn Brewery Festival November the spring and summer in a cool warehouse, (From the end of October to the beginning of November) and then bottled in autumn. Sachihime Brewery Seto Brewery (Supporting Member: Ureshino City) December First squeeze of Ohitaki (Fire Festival) (December 8th) Winter Baba Brewery Ide Brewery (Supporting Member: Ureshino City) Preparation the year Carp Market (January 19th) January At around New Years, the first squeeze of the year and fresh squeezing are performed for Hatsuuma Festival (First “horse day” in February) February good luck.