Iinuma Honke

Shisui Town, Inba District is located in the northern central part of Chiba Prefecture. The town’s name has an unusual origin from the legend of “Sake no I,” where a filial son drew water from a well and turned it into sake. The Iinuma Honke brewery has a 300-year history and has a brewery there. Originally engaged in agriculture and forestry, it is said that during the Genroku era, they began producing sake after receiving permission from the Edo Shogunate to make sake to be dedicated to shrines and temples. The representative brand is known as “Koshi”, and it was named as an auspicious name because it is the first of the zodiac signs and is thought to signify the beginning of things. One of the characteristics of sake brewing is that they have one of the few rice milling factories in the prefecture, and they mill the rice using a method called “flat rice polishing,” which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but produces a flavor with less unpleasant flavors. We have also introduced the latest equipment, controlling the “paddling” process in large tanks with a computer, and controlling the temperature in 0.1℃ increments. Sake is brewed by a small number of people using traditional techniques while still taking advantage of the advantages of machinery. is being done. In recent years, new products have been introduced one after another, such as “Koshi Apple”, which is finished with a sour taste, and “Sake Nouveau”, “Shisui no Yoake”, which is released on the same day it is squeezed, and despite its long history, it is full of tradition as well as a spirit of challenge. It is a storehouse.