The Tomizawa Sake Brewery, which has been in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture for over 300 years, has been forced to evacuate from the brewery since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. However, in order to finally revive the traditional local sake "White Fuji", he decided to build a new sake brewery in Seattle, Washington, USA.

White Fuji logo
White Fuji logo

Shirafuji uses underground water from the Abukuma Mountains as brewing water, and is a local sake that has been manually brewed by Mr. Mori for generations. It is said that people have loved the sweet taste of rice for many years.

Carefully brewing sake by hand
Carefully brewing sake by hand

After the nuclear accident, Tomizawa Sake Brewery sought a new world all over Japan, but could not resume brewing due to the license and the liquor tax law. So I decided to restart brewing in Seattle, which is geographically and climatically similar to Tohoku and has an alcohol license. It is said that preparations are underway so that the first preparation can be made at the end of 2015.

ShootingStar logo
ShootingStar logo

Tomizawa Sake Brewery is currently seeking an investment of 2 million yen, which is a part of the brewery's construction fund of 300 million yen, through the crowdfunding service "Shooting Star". It is said that it will be used to fund the purchase of sake barrels. The recruitment period is until May 27th.

Benefits are set for each investment amount, and if you invest the maximum amount of 100,000 yen, "Print the desired name on the label of the completed new sake + Post the name on the website + Original Masu + 1 bottle of new sake will be delivered You can get a gift called ".