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A white brewery beyond rice fields, Mt. Kaikoma behind

Komasumi BrewerySample

A brewery founded in 1889 among the rice fields below Mt. Kaikoma, making sake from rice it grows itself.

This is a sample page. Komasumi Brewery is a fictional place, and every detail on this page is a sample setting.

How to enjoy it

Komasumi has grown its rice and brewed its sake in one family for five generations, a brewery that starts in the paddy. Beyond the shop, look at the fields around the brewery and the well that supplies its water. Seeing how field, water and brewhouse connect makes choosing a bottle more fun.

Contents

What to see and do here

The tasting counter in the shop

Kura no Mise Komasumi shop and tasting

The brewery’s own shop, with every Komasumi sake. Taste at the counter, and find sake lees, lees pickles, amazake and lees-baked sweets. From early December it alone sells Hatsushibori, the first unpasteurized sake pressed each winter.

How to enjoy it

Komasumi is mostly crisp and dry. Compare the aroma, then the first sweetness and acidity, then the finish. If unsure, tell the staff what you will eat it with.

Price
  • Tastingfrom ¥300 a glass（varies by sake）
  • Hatsushibori720 ml ¥1,980（from early December while stocks last）
Hours
9:00–17:00 (tasting 9:00–16:30)
Booking
Not needed (just walk in during opening hours)

Inside the earthen brewhouse

Brewery tour

A brewer leads you to the courtyard well fed by Mt. Kaikoma’s underground water and the white earthen brewhouse built when the brewery opened. You finish by tasting the brewing water.

How to enjoy it

Touch the thick earthen walls and feel how still the air is inside. Remember the softness of the brewing water at the end; you will find it again in the sake.

Price
  • Age 13 and up¥500
  • Age 12 and underFree
Duration
About 40 min
Session times
10:00 / 13:00 / 14:30 / 15:30
Dates
Daily (except 31 Dec–3 Jan)
Capacity
10 per tour
Minimum group
1 person
Meeting place
Shop counter
Meeting time
5 minutes before each tour
Guide languages
Japanese

Booking is in Japanese. Please use the booking site or call.

Phone 0551-00-8014

Book by By 17:00 the day before　Cancellation Free until the day before; 100% on the day

Planted paddies and the brewery

Sake-rice planting day

One weekend in late May, plant sake-rice seedlings by hand in the brewery’s paddy, then share the brewery’s amazake and rice balls for lunch.

How to enjoy it

Step into the paddy barefoot and feel the cool mud; look up and Mt. Kaikoma is reflected in the water. The seedlings you plant become this winter’s sake, a reason to come back.

Price
  • Per person¥3,000（amazake and rice-ball lunch included）
Conditions
Age 6 and up (children with an adult). Wear clothes that can get muddy
Duration
About 3 hours
Session times
9:30–12:30
Dates
One weekend day in late May
Capacity
30 people
Minimum group
1 person
Meeting place
In front of the shop
Meeting time
9:20
Guide languages
Japanese

Booking opens in April and is in Japanese

Phone 0551-00-8014

Book by Until full　Cancellation 50% the day before; 100% on the day

Hours

Shop (Kura no Mise Komasumi)9:00–17:00

Tasting9:00–16:30

Closed

31 Dec–3 Jan

NotesHours may change over New Year and Obon

Contact

0551-00-8014

Answered 9:00–17:00

Shop (Kura no Mise Komasumi)9:00〜17:00
Tasting9:00〜16:30
Kura no Mise Komasumi shop and tasting9:00〜17:00
Brewery tour10:00〜16:10
Sake-rice planting day9:30〜12:30

Location and access

Address
Mukawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi (sample address)
Phone
0551-00-8014
Nearest expressway exit
Sutama IC
By car from the exit
about 15 min
Nearest station
Hinoharu Station (JR Chuo Line)
By car from the station
about 10 min
Parking
Yes (free, 20 cars)
Shuttle
None
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Payment

CashAccepted

Credit cardsVISA, Mastercard, JCB, American Express

E-moneyTransit IC cards, iD, QUICPay

QR code paymentPayPay, Rakuten Pay, d Barai

Drinking under the age of 20 is prohibited by law. Do not drive after drinking.

Facilities and services

Languages
Japanese
Wi-Fi
Yes (shop)
Children
Welcome (tasting 20+ only)
Group size
Up to 30 people
Accessibility
Partly (a step into the earthen brewhouse)
Accessible toilet
Yes
On rainy days
The shop and tour are indoors; rice planting goes ahead in light rain

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