Kirakucho

Kirakucho(喜楽長) is a sake brand crafted by Kita Shuzo Co.,Ltd in Nara, Japan. Explore their full lineup of 10 sakes on OneSip.

Kita Shuzo was founded in 1820 in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, and the Kirakucho brand name expresses its founding wish: happiness (ki), good times (raku), and long life (cho). The ninth-generation brewer, Mayuko Kita, trained in the Noto Toji tradition and applies a 50-hour koji-making process, ten hours longer than industry standard, which builds greater body and acidity into the sake. The brewery's philosophy, captured in the goal of koku and kire (richness with a clean finish), is best expressed in the Kirakucho chokarakuchi junmai ginjo, an extra-dry sake with sake meter value +14 that balances deep rice umami against sharp dryness.