How Sake is Made in Japan

Japanese Sake Factory Asahi Shuzo. This is how sake made in a Japanese brewery including what ingredients are used. If you’re any kind of sake lover, you already know about their world famous signature Japanese sake brand Kubota dating back to 1830 in Nagaoka Japan, where they were originally founded as Kubotaya. Almost 200 years later, they're still in the same location, now with a total of 170 skillfull workers, crafting the highest quality Japanese sake each day, who’ve all mastered the secret Japanese sake brewing techniques passed down from generation to generation. The entire sake factory sits on about 57,000 square meters of Niigata land consisting of 5 separate buildings all working together to make it all happen. Rice is the main ingredient for making sake. This factory alone uses about 3600 tons of rice a year from fall to spring, with deliveries 2-3 times a week. In fact, the Niigata area produces the highest rice crop yield in all of Japan. It’s commonly said by Japanese sake producers that “’The quality of sake can never exceed the quality of its ingredients.’’ which is probably why the Japanese sake factory grows and cultivates its very own rice in order to craft its unique sake with its signature fragrance and taste.

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ASAHI-SHUZO SAKE BREWING

For general public tours of the brewery, please check link below
一般の方の酒蔵見学はこちらをご参考ください。

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[Xwisit]

It’s insane how clean and well maintained they keep everything.

[kitmeew]

Respect to that lady for looking at that light all day

[jakewoodall]

I’m a Beer brewer in the US. I always love your videos but this one especially. You should show us a Japanese Brewery! Thanks for always uploading great stuff!

[spithere]

We all know how neat. Japanese people are but right now I’m appreciative of how far you have come, the quality of these videos are getting better each time. Thank you for taking us along paolo ❤

[deja]

I really enjoy how Paolo shows us big and small businesses in these videos

[Lucilfer]

It’s crazy how clean this place. I love Japan 🇯🇵

[bluerisk]

As a German: impressive how much space they have, and how clean it is. Way above the level over here.

[BadenPowellTux]

I'm impressed on how clean the factory is.

[HghIQ]

I've ordered Sake from Japan 2 times and I was sooo amazed from its flavour, but i never knew how it's made. All i got to say it's that im sooo amazed and im keen on watching more of your interesting tours 😄.

[bizling]

Huge buildings, multiple pieces of high quality machinery and piping, years of skill, stuff, worth every penny in the end product!

[MWEric]

Thanks showing how Sake is made often wondered what went into brewing Sake didn’t expect a detailed making of Sake again Thanks from 🇨🇦Canada.

[alejandrocastaneda]

it is INSANE when you think about how things like Sake used to be made back in the old days, one never thinks about this things when we have the finished product in our hands but it takes so much work and technology and knowledge, great video!

[kid-gvoq]

I love sake. Dassai is what I normally drink since it's smooth, easy to drink and relatively cheap(consider its high quality). It's also easy to find in the US.

[fatihah]

loving the cleanliness and the safety.

[whitedevil]

All these made in Japan videos are very interesting to watch. Even though I don’t drink Alcohol, I still enjoyed watching it :)

[_orodrigofernandes]

The first 12 minutes showed something so clean, neat and looking premium brand new.

Insane.

Just look at that forklift, the rice big bag and even the pallets. INSANE!

[zaprude]

It's amazing how much work, effort and time that goes into making sake, yet the price is still fairly low! I love to spend that extra money on quality sake, because just a small glass of it will give me more joy than a few glasses of any other alcohol.

[sonoftheredfox]

This was really neat. I've always been fascinated by automated processes like the bottling. It's crazy to imagine the planning and engineering that goes into those machines. It's also great to see that even with the automation, they don't ignore the need for extensive human interaction with the process. I'm now very thirsty.

[NoTengoIlusiones]

The Japan " how it's made series " it's amazing.

[highfrequencymonkeyman]

Wow, Paolo & Maiko, the production quality on this one is insane. Great camera work in the factory, great storytelling and explaining the process. You two did really step up your game, impressive! :O I hope it pays out! Love xoxo