Kancho Shuzo

Operating Tohoku
Years Active 1901 – present
Region Tohoku
Country Japan
Japanese Name 上北酒造 (寒潮)
Prefecture Aomori
Status Operating
Owner Family
Water Source Well water from the Kamikita plateau aquifer
Rice Varieties Hanafubuki; Masshigura; Gohyakumangoku
Toji School Nanbu
Production Size Small
Key Brands Kancho; Michinoku
Famous Brands Junmai; Honjozo; Futsu-shu; Tokubetsu Junmai
Website Unknown
Coordinates 40.7517, 141.1569

About Kancho Shuzo

Small brewery in Shichinohe town in the Kamikita region. Kancho means Cold Tide referring to the cold Oyashio current off Aomori’s Pacific coast. Traditional dry Tohoku-style sake.