At the sacred foot of Mt. Fuji,At the sacred foot of Mt. Fuji,Through three centuries of time,Through three centuries of time,The starry sky was nurtured.The starry sky was nurtured.

About Amachi HoshisoraAbout Amachi Hoshisora

Junmai Daiginjo brewed with Mt. Fuji underground waterJunmai Daiginjo brewed with Mt. Fuji underground water

Exquisite masterpiece using 100% Yamada Nishiki rice

Rain and snow that fall on Mt. Fuji sink deep underground, where layers of hard lava rock filter them slowly for about 70 years.

The water surfaces in Yuno, the village where the brewery stands. With a hardness of just 32, it is exceptionally soft. Fujinishiki has brewed with this spring water ever since it was founded in the Genroku era.

Time underground

About 70 years

Water hardness

32 (soft)

Brewery founded

Genroku era (1688–1704)

"We want to challenge the world with authentic sake brewed only with rice and water""We want to challenge the world with authentic sake brewed only with rice and water"

Yuno is a cold valley swept by the fuji-oroshi, the wind that blows down from the mountain. Its mineral-rich spring water also nurtures organically grown Yamada-nishiki, the classic sake rice.

In 1974 the brewery released Fuji Tennen Jozoshu, a sake brewed from rice alone. Since 2006 it has been led by its 18th-generation head. Amachi Hoshisora is a junmai daiginjo made from Yamada-nishiki polished to 40%, brewed with nothing but rice and water.

Rice

100% Yamada-nishiki

Polishing ratio

40%

Brewery head

18th generation (since 2006)

1. 1688–1704

   Genroku era

   The first generation founds the brewery. A local landowner who farmed rice with many tenant farmers, he begins brewing with the rice paid as rent.

2. 1914

   Taisho 3

   Minister of Justice Yukio Ozaki visits Yuno. His words, “Fuji ni nishiki nari”, give the sake its name: Fujinishiki.

3. 1974

   Showa 49

   Ahead of the rest of Japan, it releases Fuji Tennen Jozoshu, brewed from rice alone with no added sugar or distilled alcohol.