君の井酒造株式會社

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1. 1842The brewery's founding is dated to a surviving 128-koku sake brewing permit issued under the Takada domain, dated to the 13th year of Tenpo (1842).
2. 1896The man who would later take the name 'Tanakaya Daigoro II' was born as the second son of Tanaka Kanji, the brewery's 3rd-generation head.
3. 1928Tanakaya Daigoro II was an early adopter of enamel (horo) tanks and purchased a new vertical rice-polishing machine to achieve higher milling ratios.
4. 1929The brewery built a reinforced-concrete kura, unusual for the era, aiming to improve quality.
5. 1930The Niigata Prefectural Brewing Research Institute, the only prefecture-owned brewing research institute in Japan at the time, was established, with the brewery's methods contributing to its founding.
6. 1938The brewery received the 'Honor Award' at the National Sake Competition hosted by the Japan Sake Brewers Association, recognized for consecutive prior wins.
7. 1951The company changed its name from the 'Tanaka Shuho (Tanakaya)' trade name to 'Kiminoi Shuzo Co., Ltd.'
8. 1967A new brewing kura designed by Jiro Shinoda was constructed.