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Exterior of Seifuku Distillery on Ishigaki Island

AWAMORI DISTILLERY · OKINAWA

請福酒造

Photo: Ray_go / CC BY-SA 3.0

Type
Awamori Distillery
Location
Okinawa · Ishigaki
Region
Okinawa
Founded
1949
Official site
www.seifuku.co.jp ↗

03 — RECORD

An awamori distillery in Ishigaki, Okinawa, which began making spirits in 1949 as Kanna Sakaya.

04 — LOCATION / LAND

Regional overview — not producer-specific

Subtropical islands, and time kept in clay jars.

A prefecture of subtropical islands whose awamori culture reaches back to the Ryukyu Kingdom. Black koji, clay jars and long ageing are central to its story.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
OKINAWAN 26.21°  E 127.68°

05–07 — INGREDIENTS · WATER · PRODUCTION

General ingredients and processes of awamori. This producer's own water source, ingredients and methods will be added once confirmed from official information.

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Representative drinks

Green cliffs and reef flats along the Okinawa coast seen from Gushichan Gusuku
Photo: Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tours, shops, opening hours, reservations and tastings change over time, so they are not listed here. Please check the producer's official website for current information.

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Related producers

  1. 01Zuisen Distillery瑞泉酒造EST. 1887
  2. 02Chuko Awamori Distillery忠孝酒造EST. 1949
  3. 03Kumejima's Kumesen久米島の久米仙EST. 1949

SOURCES

Last verified 26 September 2026

  1. 1会社概要 | 請福酒造請福酒造 · Official · accessed 2026-09-26
  1. 1Seifuku Distillery — Ray_go · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons