Okushimizu — Akita sake brewery

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Okushimizu

Founded in 1885 and moved to the spring town of Rokugō in 1949. It brews with Hōmon Shimizu, one of Rokugō’s celebrated springs.

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Misato’s Rokugō has around a hundred springs. From the same town’s water come two very different sakes.

Follow the rice behind Akita’s signature sakes and one local variety after another appears.