[Kikusui Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.] Grand opening of the new facility “KIKUSUI Kura GARDEN” that embodies a fermented entertainment sake brewery on April 29th (Tuesday/holiday)!
Kikusui Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. Press release: April 24, 2025 “KIKUSUI Kura GARDEN”, a new facility that embodies a fermented entertainment sake brewery, will have its grand opening on April 29th (Tuesday, holiday)! During the grand opening week from April 29th (Tuesday/Holiday) to May 6th (Tuesday/Holiday), we will carry out special projects including events and workshops inviting guests! Kikusui Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, President and CEO: Daisuke Takasawa) will grandly open an entertainment facility with the theme of
“fermentation” on April 29, 2025 (Tuesday, a holiday), aiming to realize its management philosophy, “With gratitude and conscience, we will cultivate the blessings of the earth and create a spiritually enriching life.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-ad402f50de5956c816e683775298b24d-2572×1512.png ■ “KIKUSUI Kura GARDEN” where you can experience the charm of fermentation with all five senses We create things that convey the history, culture, and ways to enjoy Japanese sake, such as sake brewing and fermented food manufacturing. Our company is a brewery that uses these two wheels to make sake enjoyable. “We want not only sake lovers but also people who have never had the opportunity to experience sake to discover its deliciousness and the depth of fermentation, thereby making their daily lives even a little more interesting and enriching.” KIKUSUI Kura Garden was born from this idea and embodies our company’s Kotozukuri. This is a “fermentation entertainment facility” based on the concept of “Discovery,” where you can experience the various aspects of “fermentation” that Kikusui Sake Brewery has cultivated over the years while producing sake, and experience the fun with all five senses. The facility is comprised of a “Lab”, an experimental space where you can deepen your understanding of fermentation, a “Shop”, which has a wide selection of sake, fermented foods, and local Hokuetsu produce, and a “Café”, where you can enjoy brunch and sweets using koji and sake lees, making it a place where both adults and children can enjoy fermentation experiences. ●Lab in KIKUSUI Kura Garden A place to deepen your understanding of fermentation. This is an experimental space where you can discover the fun of fermentation through seminars and workshops, such as comparing familiar drinks closely related to fermentation such as sake, beer, and coffee, making bread, and creating original dishes using sake lees.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-65ed90fb89589801d2f9c5e0cc491896-2364×1576.jpg The ceiling and beams are made from old materials from the soy sauce brewery used by the founder of Kikusui Sake Brewery. Create a sake brewery-like atmosphere with furniture that resembles a wooden box ●KIKUSUI Kura Garden shop We carry sake from Kikusui Sake Brewery, as well as collaboration products with the keyword “Hokuechigo”. Among them, the “Brewery Limited Freshly Squeezed Unprocessed Sake”, which is available only at the shop, is sold after receiving an order from the customer and then being bottled directly from the server. In addition, we carry Kikusui’s original sake vessels and miscellaneous goods that will add style to your drinking party.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-571d1a142d00da6aed4e668965cd3198-3300×2475.jpg ●Cafe in KIKUSUI Kura Garden We offer a menu that will delight your mind and body, including sweets made with fermented ingredients such as salt koji and sake lees, and drinks originally developed by Kikusui Sake Brewery. From inside the restaurant, you can enjoy a relaxing view of the Japanese dry landscape garden created by Yasuami Tanaka, a master gardener who has restored some of Japan’s most famous gardens, including Kyoto’s Ginkaku-ji and Tenryu-ji temples. Also, some menu items can be taken out, so you can enjoy them outdoors on sunny days.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-e00ca66d9ee4d2fd63fb90e4ed8a31d0-3308×2205.jpg Counter seats (12 seats) and table seats (8 seats) overlooking the Kikusui garden of Karesansui
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-5de218a072ded1e9fec3a76b42c7a3bc-1299×867.jpg A menu that will delight your mind and body using fermented
ingredients such as salt koji and sake lees ●KIKUSUI Kura Garden Gallery A space where you can enjoy time with memories of the soy sauce brewery. The walls of this gallery are made from old wood from the soy sauce warehouse once used by the founding family, creating a space where you can feel the warmth of time-worn wood. The years carved into the pillars and beams quietly tell the story of the history of manufacturing rooted in the region and the accumulation of human activities. Works by artists associated with Shibata are also on display, and it is a place where you can encounter new
“realizations” and “discoveries” as traditional and modern sensibilities intersect.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-0d344868fff69c17d83cac56c4ec851e-3900×3900.jpg ■Enjoy KIKUSUI Kura GARDEN even more There are areas and buildings that are located along with KIKUSUI Kura Garden, such as “Asobiba” and “Dozo”. ● Storehouse An event space located in a renovated warehouse used by the founder of Kikusui Sake Brewery. When you open the door, the space above opens up. This is a place where you can enjoy performances and exhibition events up close.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-deee36f8291c955cacf3a3c1531ff430-2329×1517.jpg ●Asobiba A comfortable outdoor space surrounded by greenery. It’s also a place to relax, call a kitchen truck, or hold a marche. It also becomes a lively place where everyone can have fun.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-cf085270fd29918c3ab29289247ba9a8-3353×2236.jpg ■Special events will be held from April 29th (Tuesday/Holiday) during Golden Week! During the grand opening week from the grand opening day to May 6th (Tuesday/holiday), we will hold special events such as events and workshops with invited guests. [KIKUSUI Kura Garden Opening Ceremony will be held for 2 days] Date: April 29, 2025
(Tuesday/holiday) Time: 11am~ Contents: Talk session by radio navigator Hitoshi Shimamura, Kagami biraki, behavior sake, limited edition of 200 commemorative wooden boxes Date: May 3, 2025
(Saturday/Holiday) Time: 11am~ Contents: Talk session by freelance announcer Mizuho Ise, Kagami biraki, behavior sake, limited edition of 200 commemorative wooden boxes
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-d51c9e170867f03cb71b83b219e097a8-900×900.jpg Radio navigator Hitoshi Shimamura
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-acca2ee76286e236df26003405045cb4-1046×1046.jpg Free announcer Mizuho Ise [Lab fermentation workshop] May 5th (Monday/Holiday): “Kikusui Workshop: Scent Laboratory! Let’s apply the scent to the mysterious scent” May 6th (Tuesday/Holiday): “Nagaoka University of Technology Workshop Enzyme Pendant Making” etc. *This is a workshop that does not require advance reservations. Numbered tickets will be distributed at the lab on the day of each session, with a capacity of 20 people.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-9dba0848033a92dc93d608b477ba321b-674×452.jpg Kikusui Workshop Kaori’s Laboratory!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-7a328fd4111c1367a5cbc67796776598-1172×781.jpg Nagaoka University of Technology Workshop Enzyme Pendant Making [Special performance at the storehouse] April 29th (Tuesday/holiday): Live performance by Yoshiaki Sato and Niigata Sinfonietta TOKI Yoko Shibuya May 3rd (Sat/Holiday): Calligraphy performance by Saisui Shimoda May 4th (Sunday/Holiday): Solo performance by Shibata-born storyteller Sanshotei Yumimaru, etc. Details/Application (Kikusui Kamosudemitas official website)
https://www.kikusui-kamosudemitasu.com/event/list/event/ *Advance registration is required for viewing.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-6131ee12e776331207f774a4027b9a09-546×546.jpg Calligrapher Saisui Shimoda
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-b60667cc85722fb74ab704dbc48eae1c-583×583.jpg Sanshotei Yumemaru Sanmaru, a storyteller from Shibata ■We also offer free brewery tours of the Kikusui Sake Culture Research Institute, where you can experience Japanese sake culture, and Setsugoro Brewery, which produces handmade sake!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-35026a9d7ef3f972156a34db6a1c3df8-1430×698.jpg Kikusui employees will show you around the Kikusui Sake Culture Research Institute, which has unraveled numerous materials and created things and things that make sake enjoyable. You can see Setsugorogura, which produces handmade sake, as well as the reference room, which has a large collection of sake vessels and literature that explains Japanese sake. [April 29th, May 3rd] Free tour (anyone can view without reservation) ▶Opening hours 10:00-12:00/13:30-16:00 [April 30th to May 2nd, May 4th to May 6th] An employee will guide you (reception on the day and numbered tickets will be distributed) ▶Capacity up to 10 people each time Morning (10:30/11:00/11:30) Afternoon (13:30/14:00/14:30/15:00/15:30) [About Kikusui brewery tour] https://kikusui-kamosudemitasu.com/event/brewery_tour/ ■KIKUSUI Kura Garden Overview
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-47881c304ef1b45b383781696375d8cb-2572×1512.png Address: 750 Shimagata, Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Kikusui Sake Brewery premises Closed on Mondays (the next business day if Monday is a holiday) Business hours ・Lab 9:30～16:30 ・Shop 9:30-16:30 ・Cafe 10:00-16:30 (L.O. 16:00) *The lab, shop, and cafe will be open on April 29th (Tuesday/holiday), the grand opening day. Open from 9:30 [About KIKUSUI Kura Garden] ・Kikusui Sake Brewery HP:
https://www.kikusui-sake.com/home/jp/enjoy/ ・Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kikusui_kura_garden/ ・Contact: 0120-23-0101 (Customer consultation room) *Reception hours: Weekdays 10:00-17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, Obon, and New Year’s holidays) ■Kikusui Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/59888/33/59888-33-5d95a9e5011800324fbe6f55c5baa7b2-1045×732.jpg Founded in 1881 (Meiji 14). A brewery in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture with a history of over 140 years. Our representative brand is Funaguchi, Japan’s first (*1) unprocessed sake that was
successfully commercialized in aluminum cans in November 1972, as well as a unique product line, including Kikusui Karakuchi, which was developed as a sake to enjoy with meals ahead of the world’s dry drink boom, and Gorohachi, a seasonal nigori sake. Kikusui Sake Brewery strives to create a spiritually enriching life for everyone by pursuing new value that contributes to people’s health, relaxation, and comfort, while cultivating the blessings of Hokuetsugo, based on excellent quality and deliciousness. *1) In November 1972, we commercialized Japan’s first canned unprocessed sake. Research by Communication Science Research Institute, Inc. (January 2010) [Customer inquiries] Customer consultation office: 0120-23-0101 Reception hours: Weekdays 10:00-17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, Obon, and New Year’s holidays) Kikusui Sake Brewery HP: https://www.kikusui-sake.com/
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