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Overhead pergola-trained Koshu vineyard in Katsunuma

04 / 11 — KOSHINETSU

Sunlit basins and snow-bound plains.

Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata: mountain-ringed basins alongside snowy plains opening onto the Sea of Japan — vineyards and rice paddies within a single region.

Photographed in Katsunuma, Koshu, YamanashiPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

PREFECTURES

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

8 producers on record

01

SAKE

  1. 01Hakkai Brewery八海醸造EST. 1922
  2. 02Miyasaka Brewing (Masumi)宮坂醸造（真澄）EST. 1662
02

WINE FROM JAPAN

  1. 01Château Mercianシャトー・メルシャン—
  2. 02Chuo Budoshu (Grace Wine)中央葡萄酒（グレイスワイン）EST. 1923
  3. 03Iwanohara Vineyard岩の原葡萄園EST. 1890
03

CRAFT BEER JAPAN

  1. 01Yo-Ho BrewingヤッホーブルーイングEST. 1997
  2. 02Fujizakura Heights Beer (Fuji Kanko Kaihatsu)富士桜高原麦酒（富士観光開発）—
04

JAPANESE WHISKY

  1. 01Mars Komagatake Distillery (Hombo Shuzo)マルス駒ヶ岳蒸溜所（本坊酒造）EST. 1985

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Koshu vineyard — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons