Nagai Shuzo (Hanataka)

Operating Tohoku/Niigata
Years Active 1882 – present
Region Tohoku/Niigata
Country Japan
Japanese Name 永井酒造 (花羽陽)
Prefecture Yamagata
Status Operating
Owner Family
Water Source Soft water from Shinjo Basin underground flow
Rice Varieties Dewasansan; Miyamanishiki; Gohyakumangoku
Toji School Local Yamagata
Production Size Small
Key Brands Hanataka; Hanataka Junmai Ginjo
Famous Brands Junmai Ginjo; Junmai; Honjozo
Website Unknown
Coordinates 38.7667, 140.3

About Nagai Shuzo (Hanataka)

Shinjo-based brewery producing sake in the clean Yamagata style. Name means ‘flower hawk.’