Masuda Tokubee Shoten (Tsuki no Katsura)

Operating Kinki/Kansai
Years Active 1675 – present
Region Kinki/Kansai
Country Japan
Japanese Name 増田德兵衞商店(月の桂)
Prefecture Kyoto
Status Operating
Owner Family (Masuda family)
Water Source Fushimi underground water (medium-soft water)
Rice Varieties Iwai; Gohyakumangoku; Yamadanishiki
Toji School Tamba
Production Size Medium
Key Brands Tsuki no Katsura; Tsuki no Katsura Yanagi; Iwai Junmai
Famous Brands Junmai Daiginjo; Junmai Ginjo; Nigori; Sparkling
Website tsukinokatsura.co.jp/
Coordinates 34.9342, 135.749

About Masuda Tokubee Shoten (Tsuki no Katsura)

Oldest brewery in Fushimi (1675). Pioneered sparkling nigori sake in 1964, decades before the modern trend. Known for reviving Kyoto’s heritage Iwai rice variety.