GOKURAKU SHOCHU

The Hayashi Sake Brewery was founded in the Edo period. It is said that the brewery was founded in 1602 to make Kuma Shochu (white liquor) in a temporary lodging house for the lord of the Sagara Domain. Kuma Shochu has the oldest history and tradition in Japan and the Hayashi Sake Brewery is the oldest and smallest among the breweries of Kuma Shochu. The 14th generation of the brewery's guardian is committed to preserving the shochu production that has been passed down from the previous generations. By utilizing well water that comes out of a well bored when the brewery was first founded and the traditional techniques and by fusing new technologies to them, we produce a shochu with the natural and pleasant flavor, richness, and taste of rice. We start making shochu when the snow accumulates on the spiritual mountain Mt. Ichifusa and finish it when the snow melts. With the arrival of spring, the new shochu is ready.