{"id":2458,"date":"2017-04-25T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T08:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/nagoya-sake-brewery\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:18","slug":"nagoya-sake-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/nagoya-sake-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"Sake Breweries Around Nagoya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Were you to take the evidence offered up by Japanese TV, you might be fooled into believing\u00a0that the Japanese drink of choice was either humdrum lager or cans of whiskey highball. But you would be wrong.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the national drink of Japan is sake, or to give it its proper title, ‘nihonshu’ (with \u2018sake\u2019 being a term to cover all alcoholic drinks). It is believed that nihonsnhu in its current form \u2013 made up of rice, water, and \u2018k\u014dji\u2019 mold \u2013 dates from around the Nara period (710 to 794), and then later used for religious ceremonies, court festivals and drinking games.<\/p>\n

Today it is enjoyed all over the country with many breweries, or \u2018kura\u2019, around the country involved in its production\u00a0(in 2007 there were approximately 1700 kura\u00a0making around 10,000 different types of sake).<\/p>\n

Sake bars around Nagoya<\/h2>\n

If the festival has\u00a0ignited a passion for tasting sake, why not try out one of these interesting sake bars around Nagoya.<\/p>\n

The below postings are all recommendations from sake lovers that I know and trust, so are about personal taste. As such everything is for information only and Japan Info Swap does not endorse any of them.<\/p>\n

Marutani \u2013\u00a0Nishi-ku<\/h3>\n

Sake Bar Marutani is exactly what you might think of when the words \u2018sake bar\u2019 comes to mind. Once a rice granary during the Edo period and set on the Horikawa river, it is all hardwood and old world charm. They have a large range of sake and meals perfectly balanced to match what you drink. It is the ideal ambiance in which to sip nihonshu in a classical atmosphere. I have had many recommendations for this place \u2013 from both expats and Japanese \u2013 and it is of such a high quality that I plan on taking my brother-in-law \u2013 a sommelier by trade \u2013 to sample his first sake experience when he comes to visit.<\/p>\n