MIOYA SHUZO
ISHIKAWA
Ishikawa Prefecture is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chubu Region. The shape of the prefecture is long and narrow with a coastline stretching 581km, which in the north of the prefecture forms the Noto Peninsula that juts into the Sea of Japan. Ishikawa is known for it’s fertile rice-producing areas and is one of Japan’s premiere Sake making regions, with many of its over 35 Sake breweries having been in existence for hundreds of years.
In the early 2000's Miho Fujita was working in a marketing job in Tokyo, the last thing on her radar was becoming a sake brewer. However when her uncle passed away her father asked her to come and help run what was at the time a failing brewery business. Fujita-san jumped at the opportunity as the allure of sake making sounded exciting. She became company president and right away removed the large tanks for mass brewing and replaced them with small tanks for hand-crafted sake.
In 2006 Toshi Yokomichi joined the brewery as Toji and from that point Fujita-san worked alongside Yokomichi-san gaining valuable insight into brewing in traditional methods by hand. During this time she became a very skilled brewer herself and in 2006 they together created the Yuho range of sake where the focus is on a unique balance of acidity and umami.
Both Yokomichi-san and Fujita-san have definitely created a range of sake that are full of character, with a harmony of sweetness, bitterness and acidity that can be enjoyed in the entire range of Yuho products.
