Hakusen Sake Shuzo Co.,Ltd

Around 1897, the government began issuing liquor manufacturing licenses to raise tax revenue after the First Sino-Japanese War.

The company obtained a sake brewing license and began brewing sake in 1899, having previously produced only mirin and kasutori shochu.

In 1951, the business was incorporated as Hakusen Shuzo Co., Ltd.

In 1991, the bottling plant and sales division moved to neighboring Yaotsu, leaving the Kawabe head office as a brewing-only site.

In 1992, the sake brand name was changed from Kuromatsu Hakusen to Hanamikura, though the current site again labels products as Kuromatsu Hakusen.