Aoshima

Aoshima Sake Brewery, located in Fujieda City, Shizuoka, is blessed with the pristine spring water of the Southern Alps. Its vice president, Mr. Aoshima, once built a successful career on Wall Street in New York before returning home to pursue his family’s craft. He apprenticed under the legendary brewmaster Denbei Kawamura, inheriting his rigorous style of sake making. Today, Mr. Aoshima devotes himself fully to brewing, combining uncompromising precision with deep passion. He personally joins local farmers in cultivating rice, creating the ideal environment of brewing sake with the same water that nurtured the fields. His meticulous control of processes such as limited water absorption, along with a physically demanding brewing season, has inspired young brewers to join him. Together, they produce sake that reflects the unique terroir of Fujieda.