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Brick chimney and long wooden storehouses of Matsumoto Sake Brewery in Fushimi

07 / 11 — KANSAI

Old capitals, port towns, and long memories of brewing.

Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama. Seat of ancient capitals, served by rivers and ports — and home to brewing towns such as Fushimi and Nada.

Photographed in Fushimi, KyotoPhoto: ignis / CC BY-SA 3.0

PREFECTURES

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

4 producers on record

01

SAKE

  1. 01Gekkeikan月桂冠EST. 1637
  2. 02Hakutsuru Sake Brewing白鶴酒造EST. 1743
02

CRAFT BEER JAPAN

  1. 01Minoh Beer箕面ビールEST. 1996
03

JAPANESE WHISKY

  1. 01Suntory Yamazaki Distilleryサントリー 山崎蒸溜所EST. 1923

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Fushimi sake brewery — ignis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons