Label Photo Kamakura,Yukinone AZAKURA SYUZO CORPORATION 67-2 Osawa Nishino,Yokote-city,Akita,013-0041,Japan TEL.0182-32-0126 FAX.0182-32-3448 URL http://www.azakura.co.jp Email info@azakura.co.jp Brewery History and Background: We began brewing as a private organization in 1876, and in 1918 finally incorporated at Azakura Shuzo. In 1970, in order to accommodate changes in society and the business environment, we decided to modernize, and moved our brewery to our present location in Ozawa of Yokote city. The following year we combined with another brewery, Yokote Meijo brewery. Today we are Yokote city's only sake brewery, and we continue to brew dependable sake for the people of this region.

Label Photo Asanomai MAIDURU SYUZO CORPORATION 184 Asamai Asamai,Yokote-city,Hiraka-gun,Akita,013-0105,Japan TEL.0182-24-1128 FAX.0182-24-1129 Email asanomai@poplar.ocn.ne.jp Brewery History and Background: Founded in 1918 by some enthusiastic local people. At that time, we brewed about 200 kiloliters a year. During the war, we continued to brew sake despite many companies being closed down by the government. Following that, we put a lot of effort into selling sake in other prefectures, and created a brand for outside of our prefecture, called Akita Tsuru. Today, we put most of our effort into premium "special designationﾓ sake. Using brewers from the local region, our goal is to establish brewery to make sake that uses labor-intensive hand-made methods. Origins of the name: Back at the time of our founding, there was a spring where in the morning the crane would come to drink, and dance in the sky; hence the name Asanomai, or "morning dance."

Label Photo Amanoto ASAMAI SYUZO CORPORATION 388 Asamai,Yokote-city,Hiraka-gun,Akita,013-0105,Japan TEL.0182-24-1030 FAX.0182-24-0708 Email amanoto@rnac.ne.jp URL http://www.amanoto.co.jp/ Brewery History and Background: In 1917, our founder, Soukou Kakizaki founded Asamai Shuzo with a colleague with capital of only 20,0000 yen, and sold shares for 500 yen each. In 1923, we won a bronze medal at the Heiwa Kinen Hakurankai Peace Memorial Exhibition, and from 1934 we won four consecutive gold medals at the national sake tasting competition. Back in 1943, we were forced to cease operations by the government, but were granted a license to brew again the following year. We have continued uninterrupted since then. Recently, we have accomplished the remarkable feat of winning five consecutive gold medals in the national new sake tasting competition using Akita rice, and yeast called AK-1 developed in Akita prefecture. Origins of the name: The name Ama no To was given by our founder, Soukou Kakizaki, a devotee of historical Japanese Literature, and is taken from the lyrics of a old song from such literature that read "Quietly open the door to heaven, and let the sunlight shine upon the green leaves of cedar trees in the holy mountain." Our sake is an expression of the skills and senses of our young toji brew master, Koichi Moriya, and the other brewers. In his book describing the challenges of brewing, "Natsuta Fuyuzo", Mumyosha Shuppan, he warmly describes the brewers and others involved in the making of sake. Sake created in this environment is fine-grained and free from off-flavors, fragrant and something you never tire of. Hiraka town Asamai, where the Ama no To brewery is located, is where the best rice farmers in all of Japan are located, with 18 thousand tons of rice being produced here each year. Here are a group of devoted farmers that have formed the JA Hiraka town Sake Rice Research Group nine members, headed by Mr. Kazuyoshi Sato, that grow sake rice such as Miyama Nishiki and Gin no Sei. Using this, we have won five consecutive gold medals in the national new sake tasting competition.

Label Photo Dainagawa BIZEN SYUZO CORPORATION 169 Omori,Omori-machi,Yokote-city,Akita,013-0521,Japan TEL.0182-26-2004 FAX.0182-26-2005 Email bizen-@khaki.plala.or.jp URL http://www11.plala.or.jp/dainagawa/ Brewery History and Background: As our company name, Bizen Shuzo Honten indicates, we originated in the Bizen region of Japan. About 300 years ago, our founder boarded a ship from the Bizen region modern day Okayama, coming here to live, set up business, and establish the house of Bizen. Sake brewing began four generations ago, in 1914, started by Saiji Bizen. We began production of junmai-shu early on, and our junmai-shu still enjoys a good reputation today, even amidst variety of other products. Origins of the name: Our second generation president, asked Mr. Mansuke Tsuchida, a peer senator, to choose a name, and he chose to name the sake Dainagawa after the river of the same name (Dainagon river) that runs through the middle of town.