The founding family, originally from western Japan, moved to the Tohoku Region in the 17th century. The It\u00f4 family estab-lished themselves in Akita as landowners and village heads. In 1865, the 12th generation head of the family, J\u00fbshir\u00f4 It\u00f4, opened Yamato Brewery as a family business in Daisen City. J\u00fbshir\u00f4 harvested the locally cultivated quality rice, built a kura on his compound, and began brewing sak\u00e9.
\nThe following generation head, Ky\u00f4nosuke It\u00f4, turned the brewery into a corporation in 1913. The new name of the brewery and the name for its sak\u00e9, DEWATSURU (\u201cthe crane of Dewa Province\u201d), embodies the vision of making local sak\u00e9 as fine, elegant, and beautiful as a crane\u2019s wings. At the same time, Ky\u00f4nosuke was also breeding horses, which were a necessary commodity during that period. Even today, stables and pastures are located in the compound. Ky\u00f4no-suke also contributed to the region by cultivating the wil-derness, creating new fields, and improving the arable land, thereby increasing rice production.
\nDewatsuru Brewery is located in the southern part of Akita Prefecture between several large mountains. This location provides an abundance of fresh water, and the soil contains a wealth of nutrients for crops, thus giving the rice pro-duced in the area a particular tastefulness. This area is one of the best agricultural zones in Akita, and it has cold, snowy winters that are suitable for the Akita style of low-temperature, long-term brewing.
\nThe process of making great sak\u00e9 begins by using quality rice. Consequently, the brewers at Dewatsuru are involved with cultivating rice in addition to sak\u00e9 brewing. In particu-lar, the brewers collaborate with local farmers to develop farming techniques that produce higher-quality sak\u00e9 rice. The brewery also uses natural groundwater from snowmelts. The mountains in the region have a large amount of foliage, and as the snow melts, water descends and makes its way underground. The many layers of the soil act as a filtering mechanism, creating pure, soft water. The distinguishing characteristic of the sak\u00e9 born from this pure water is its refined quality.
\nThe name of Yamato Brewery is represented in one of its prod-ucts, YAMATO SHIZUKU, which is made using the brewing style of the mid-19th century. YAMATO SHIZUKU is a distinctively local sak\u00e9 made with sak\u00e9 rice (\u201cMiyamanishiki\u201d rice or \u201cAkita Sak\u00e9 Komachi\u201d rice) grown within 10 kilometers of the brewery by the brewery\u2019s members and contracted farmers. The 12 types of sak\u00e9 (seven types available throughout the year and five available seasonally) in the YAMATO SHIZUKU series are all junmaishu, and they can be shipped directly from the brewery to liquor shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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