高木酒造株式會社

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1. 1884Takagi Kumataro founded the sake brewery (Meiji 17), launching the brand "Kikumusume."
2. 1928Sukeji Takagi acquired the "Toyonoume" brand name from Yoshio Terao of the neighboring Terao Sake Brewery (Showa 3, October).
3. 1939The company was renamed Toyonoume Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Showa 14).
4. 1952Hisakichi Takagi became president as the 3rd generation head (Showa 27, November), rebuilding the brewery and creating the "Rakuo Toyonoume" sake still sold as a regular product today.
5. 1959The brewery's 3rd generation head launched the first Dorome Festival as the Akaoka Town industrial festival (Showa 34, November 15), pairing local sardines with the brewery's sake.
6. 1974The brewery began selling "Orizake" (Showa 49, September 16), an early-harvest nigori sake that grew into one of its signature products.
7. 1993Kuniichi Arisawa, known as the last Tosa toji (master brewer), joined the brewery as toji (Heisei 5).
8. 2019Ippo Takagi, the 6th generation, became toji (master brewer) (Reiwa 1), and in his first year won the top Platinum award at the 2020 London Sake Challenge.