Welcome to Sonnoh Brewery

Sake is a product of the climate, just like all other creations.

Hazu district of Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture, an area designated as Mikawa-wan Quasi-National Park, overlooks small islands such as Maeshima and Okishima floating on the horizon and is called Seto Inland Sea in Tokai area for its varied topography and great natural beauty.

We are a dedicated sake brewery that has devoted all its time and effort to sake production at this place ever since its foundation.
Our wide range of products including our main brands, Sonnoh and Sonnou, were born out of an amazing collaboration between the pure water and clear air nurtured by Hazu’s rich nature and our original sake brewery know-how, and have been highly regarded among sake retailers and consumers.

Sake is a gift from the climate. We will continue to have dialogue with the nature and with our fans, to further deepen the rich flavor of sake.

“A long journey to finding an authentic taste……Uncompromising craftsmanship is our pride.”

The true deliciousness starts from here – A production process based on traditional techniques.

Sake is a gift from the nature, as well as a gift from the human being.
Superior rice and water alone cannot make truly good sake. They need a human who processes them with painstaking craftsmanship to bring out their best and turn them into truly good sake.
Our sake brewing is based on “uncompromising craftsmanship.” We use the brown rice specially selected for sake brewing and high quality subsoil water from Sangane Mountain as well as our own know-how for all the brewing processes from rice polishing, fermenting, maturation, and bottling.
We strictly manage the quality at each process to pursue the true deliciousness of sake.

1. Rice polishing
We carefully select brown rice and polish them in-house with great care.

2. Koji making
Koji making is a process that requires the most delicate and meticulous artisanship. We perform all the Koji making processes by hand.

3. Low-temperature fermentation and storage (maturation)
We properly control the temperature throughout the whole processes from mashing to storage for all the products.
(In 1999 we have completed a facility that can store all the finished sake at low-temperature.)

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