Why should you take it?
The luxurious sake with clean body
One word to describe the Katsuyama brand is "luxurious brewing". The sake that symbolizes the Katsuyama brand must be fermented slowly in the unrefined sake, and only one tank of sake can be brewed per week. This thorough attention to detail is what attracts fans of the Katsuyama brand.
The Katsuyama series includes a wide range of products, but the most representative brand is "Ken. Yamada-Nishiki, the king of sake rice, is carefully brewed with Katsuyama's philosophy and methods to provide a rich and well-balanced combination of elegant and clean aroma and rice flavor.
In 2019, it was awarded Champion Sake in the SAKE category of the International Wine Challenge, the world's leading wine competition, where it received the highest rating of all the sake entries. Our sake is highly acclaimed not only in Japan, but also in sake competitions held in the U.S., France, Australia, and other countries.
Katsunari Sawada / KURA ONE® Owner
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Product
KURA ONE® Katsuyama Dedication Junmai Ginjo (180ml)
This "Katsuyama Ken" is a Junmai (pure rice)-ginjo sake carefully brewed using the Yamadanishiki rice, known for its high quality, produced in Hyogo Prefecture. The rice is polished up to 50% and the sake is meticulously brewed using the traditional bag pressing method. It is a rich and flavorful sake with a harmonious blend of elegant aroma and the deliciousness of rice. It has a slightly dry taste, with a gentle acidity that creates a perfect balance with its rich umami flavor. It is recommended to pair it with light-flavored dishes such as seafood as a sake for meals.
Brewer: Sendai Isawake Katsuyama Shuzo
Area：Sendai / Miyagi
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Alcohol content: 16%.
Rice polishing ratio: 50
JAN: 4595644645206
(per can)
Size: 5.7 x 5.7 x 9.9 cm
Weight: 0.196 kg
Capacity: 180ml
Awards
IWC (UK) Champion Sake Award
Brewery
Sendai Isawake Katsuyama Shuzo
Sendai Isawake Katsuyama Shuzo, in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region, is a long-established sake brewery with a history of over 320 years. Founded in Sendai, the castle town of the Date family, whose feudal lord was the warlord Date Masamune, the brewery continues to represent the local area as the only existing brewery of the Date family in the prefecture and a leading local sake brewer.
The brewery specializes only in junmai sake and brews only one tank of sake per week. This allows for slow fermentation of the unrefined sake, which results in a sake with a rich body. The centrifugal separator used for some of our sake has also been tuned up and improved in a unique way to extract the highly pure essence of the sake, resulting in a full and clear sake. We also take the utmost care to preserve the quality of our sake, including early bottle firing to maintain the freshness of the sake and ice storage at minus 5 degrees Celsius.
In 2019, the brewery achieved the feat of winning the highest award in the SAKE category of the International Wine Challenge, the world's most prestigious wine competition, and the Kura Master, a French sake competition.
Area
Sendai / Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture is located in the heart of the Tohoku region and is known as the "Food Kingdom Miyagi. It has an abundance of agricultural and marine products, and its proximity to the Sanriku offshore fishing grounds, one of the three largest fishing grounds in the world, makes it one of the largest landings in Japan. The prefecture is also famous as a rice-producing area, with rice-centered agriculture taking place on its vast plains.
Sendai, the central city of Miyagi Prefecture, is the largest city in the Tohoku region, with zelkova trees lining the urban streets lined with several buildings. It is so beautifully landscaped that nature seems to blend into the city, earning it the nickname "Mori-no-miyako," or "City of Trees.
The Sendai morning market, a five-minute walk from Sendai Station, is a great place to not only buy fresh Miyagi produce, but also to enjoy eating and drinking.
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A Day in Sendai Begins with a Morning Market
