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

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Shiga, in the Kansai region. Producers are still being researched.

Regional context image (photographed in Fushimi, Kyoto)Photo: ignis / CC BY-SA 3.0

REGIONAL CONTEXT

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.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
SHIGAN 35.00°  E 135.87°

Producers here are still being researched. We do not display categories that aren't on record.

Geographical Indications

  • GI ShigaSAKE · 2022-04-13

SOURCES

  1. 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26

PHOTO CREDITS

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