Yuichiro Kawahito, president of Kawatsuru Brewery in Kagawa, is the epitome of the word genki – he is full of energy and life. He took on the brewery in 2004 after his father, making him the 6th generation owner. I visited Kawatsuru Brewery on a sunny day...
Hamakawa Shoten was the last brewery we went to in Kochi. By that time, we had been in Kochi for four days and we were eating, living, and breathing Kochi. Thankfully, we were over our intense hangover that we were slogging through the day before at...
My first brewery visit in Kochi this past month was at Mutemuka Shuzo. The next morning I went to Kameizumi Shuzo. I first learned about Mutemuka in 2018 through Floating World. I fell in love with the their Mutemuka Muroka Nama Genshu. It was lactic, mushroomy,...
After visiting Kameizumi Shuzo in the morning, we were off to Suigei Brewing Co.'s Tosa facility that was about 20 minutes away. It was a relief to have such a short commute between destinations for a change. When I set up all of these brewery...
Kameizumi Shuzo was my second brewery visit during my Kochi Prefecture tour this past month. The day before, I had visited Mutemuko Shuzo in Shimanto City. After Mutemuka Shuzo, we made our way to Kochi City (about 90 minutes away) and had a very authentic Kochi night...
The Shiman Torocco one-man-car that brought us into Kochi Prefecture from Ehime Prefecture Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! I hightailed it out of Oakland the...
