(English) Tomita Sake Brewery was founded in 1534 and is one of Japan’s oldest sake breweries. Their signature sake is Shichihonyari (“Seven Spears”), named after the seven samurai who helped Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), local warlord and eventual de facto ruler of all Japan, defeat the powerful general Shibata Katsuie (1522–1583) at the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583. Shichihonyari is made with local ingredients, including water from Mt. Ibuki and organic rice grown in Nagahama. The current building dates to 1744.

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