Bandai, Chuo-ku, Niigata 950-0088 Niigata Prefecture

5-1 Bandaijima Chuoku 31F Bandaijima Building, Niigata 950-0078 Niigata Prefecture

Bandaijima, Chuo-ku, Niigata 950-0078 Niigata Prefecture

6-1 Bandaijima Chuo-ku, Niigata 950-0078 Niigata Prefecture

5932-445 Nishifunami-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8101 Niigata Prefecture

Ichibanboridori-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8132 Niigata Prefecture

1-1 Kagamigaoka, Chuo-ku, Niigata 950-0074 Niigata Prefecture

For foreign customers : You can enjoy tax-free shopping in our shop from June 1, 2018! Imayo Tsukasa started as an inn and sake shop. From the late Edo period to the early Meiji era, Niigata was said to have a higher population than Edo. Since the middle of the Meiji era Imayo Tsukasa has been a fully dedicated sake brewery. The Niigata soil was fertile, the Agano water was clean, and we built a facility in Nuttari, a hub for Japanese fermented goods like miso, sake and soy sauce. Wanting to review our brand and reflect on our brewing method, In 2006 Imayo Tsukasa vowed to be an “only-junmai” company. It’s not easy. Because you can’t add anything to adjust taste or alcohol content, you have to take extra special care of the rice in every step of the process. We value the importance of producing nothing but high-level sake, working hard to make only premium sake. These include Junmai Daiginjo, Junmai Ginjo and Junmaishu.

3-1-1 Mandai, Chuo-ku, Niigata 950-8535 Niigata Prefecture

576 Nishi Ohatacho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8104 Niigata Prefecture

2661 Niizaki, Kita-ku, Niigata 950-3134 Niigata Prefecture

2-15-25 Somi, Konan-ku, Niigata 950-0205 Niigata Prefecture

A wealthy farmer's house, a nostalgic reminder of the old Echigo Road. On the west bank of the great Agano River, which flows across the Kanbara Plain in Echigo, there is a little village called Soumi. A family, which started out as farmers in this area in the middle of the Edo Period, grew richer from father to son until eventually they built up an enormous fortune and became the greatest landowners in Echigo. The family's name was Ito. During the Meiji Period, the family gradually acquired more land. In their heyday they owned fields covering 13.7 million㎡ spread over one city, four districts and 64 towns and villages. In the Showa Period they were the most prosperous farmers in Niigata Prefecture with an annual rice harvest of over 30,000 bales. However, times were changing and the post-war land reform act meant that these lands were taken out of the Ito family's possession. The magnificent residence, a pure example of traditional Japanese architecture, was constructed over a period of eight years starting in 1882. The grounds occupy an area of 29,100㎡ while the house itself has 3,967㎡ of floor space and no fewer than 65 rooms. In 1946, six months after the end of the Second World War, the Northern Culture Museum Foundation was established in order to preserve the remaining estate which was donated in its entirety to the foundation. The house built by the Ito family, which has withstood wind and snow for so many years, allows people nowadays to glimpse the way of life of a rich farming family in days gone by. In April 2000, the house was registered as a national tangible cultural property.

1-2 Ichibanboridori-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8132 Niigata Prefecture

1661 Kakudahama, Nishikan-ku, Niigata 53-0011 Niigata Prefecture

2-10 Yanagishimacho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8013 Niigata Prefecture

Chuo-Ku, Niigata Niigata Prefecture