Yamato Gokoro

Takeda Shuzo, based in Ehime Prefecture, produces the Yamato Gokoro range with brewing water drawn from the Uchinuki spring of the Ishizuchi Mountains, one of Shikoku's most revered natural water sources. The brand name translates roughly as the spirit of Japan, and the brewery approaches its premium Junmai Daiginjo lineup with the single-minded craft philosophy that name implies. Yamato Gokoro Shizuku, the brewery's drop-pressed expression, uses Yamada-Nishiki from Hyogo Prefecture processed entirely by gravity filtration through filter bags.