About
From the time of the change of attendance in the Edo period, there is a fountain that has a delicious water called "perennial fountain" that does not dry out even if there is any drought. A small sake brewery that brews a flavored sake.
- Founded
- 1897
- Signature brands
- Kameizumi
- Sake types
- Junmai Ginjo · Junmai Daiginjo · Junmai · Ginjo · Tokubetsu Junmai · Honjozo
- Location
- More sake from Kouchi →
- Official
- kameizumi.co.jp · Instagram · Facebook
Visit
- Address
- 2123-1 Ibuma Tosa Kochi
- Hours
- 8:30〜12:00、13:00〜17:00(休業日:土・日曜日、祝日、夏季、年末年始)
- Tours
- Yes (Reservation required)
- Brewery shop
- No
Buy
Lowest price and shop count in Japan
Kameizumi
26 sakes · ★ 4.1 (6 ratings)- ￥2,000〜5 shops
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- ￥1,400〜5 shops
- ￥2,200〜1 shop
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- ￥2,250〜3 shops
- ￥2,500〜3 shops
- ￥2,150〜2 shops
- ￥15,000〜1 shop
- ￥1,970〜6 shops
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- ￥1,425〜1 shop
- ￥1,815〜6 shops
- ￥1,746〜2 shops
- ￥7,260〜1 shop
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Timeline
- 1897Founded as "Fumoto Shuten" by 11 sake enthusiasts at the current site in Tosa City; the sake brewed from a never-drying spring known as "Man'nen no Izumi" was named "Kameizumi."
- 1944Under wartime national policy, six sake breweries in the former Takaoka district were consolidated into Koryo Shuzo Co., Ltd. (later Gyokuhai Shuzo); the current site began operating as its Takaoka production plant.
- 1965Toshikazu Nishihara became independent from Gyokuhai Shuzo and founded Kameizumi Sake Brewing Co., Ltd., becoming its fifth president.
- 1989Began producing premium classified sake (tokutei meisho-shu) following the abolition of the old grading system.
- 1998Began producing "Junmai Ginjo Genshu CEL-24."
- 2008Started an export business and expanded overseas.
- 2009Began producing "Konatsu Liqueur" and "Ginger Liqueur."
- 2013Began producing "Sparkling Junmai Ginjo KAMEIZUMI Perle," a bottle-fermented sparkling sake.