{"title":"Masuda Tokubee Shoten · 増田徳兵衞商店","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFushimi, Kyoto · Est. 1675\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFushimi is the heart of Kyoto's sake culture; a district fed by the same soft, mineral-rich groundwater that has attracted brewers for centuries, and home to some of the most storied names in Japanese sake. Masuda Tokubee Shoten has been part of that landscape since 1675, which makes them not just old, but ancient. They were brewing when the Edo period was barely a generation old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eOne of the brewery's most charming traditions speaks to how seriously that continuity is taken: each time a new head of the family assumes leadership, they take on the name Masuda Tokubee; not as a title, but as an identity. The name has been passed down fifteen times. When the 14th generation handed over to his son in 2022, there was a new Masuda Tokubee standing where every Masuda Tokubee before him had stood. It is a way of saying that the person matters less than the lineage and that the lineage carries a responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTheir brand, Tsuki no Katsura — Moon Laurel — takes its name from a poem composed by a Kyoto aristocrat who was a regular visitor to the brewery in the late Edo period. The moon, in Japanese folklore, is home to a rabbit and a katsura tree said to grant longevity. Look at their logo closely, then turn it upside down: a rabbit with long ears appears. Three hundred and fifty years of history, hiding a small joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe brewery's innovation credentials are formidable. In 1965, they became the first brewery in Japan to produce sparkling nigori sake; a lightly filtered, cloudy sake bottled while still actively fermenting, so that natural secondary fermentation produces bubbles in the bottle, like a champagne that has never been corrected or adjusted. The carbonation varies from batch to batch, because nothing is standardised. Early customers complained about the inconsistency; today it is understood as exactly the point. A decade later, they released a 10-year koshu. Aged sake at a time when the market was not interested. In the attic of the brewery, ceramic jars of Shigaraki ware hold sake that has been quietly ageing for over fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eNone of this is nostalgia. The brewery today works with locally grown Kyoto rice varieties (Iwai) and continues to develop new expressions including low-alcohol sake, staying connected to where the conversation in sake is going. Masuda Tokubee Shoten has simply been doing this long enough to know that staying relevant is itself a tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tsukino-katsura-junmai-nigori-sparkling","title":"Tsukino Katsura Junmai Nigori Sparkling","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis cloudy and sparkling sake is elegantly smooth and complex, with natural, delicate bubbles. Aromas are a mix of fruity notes such as green apples and strawberries, and other notes of steamed rice and yoghurt. Rich, creamy and full-bodied, balanced with a light sweetness and fresh acidity. The finish is refreshingly clean and dry, with a slight bitterness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*This is a Namazake (unpasteurized) so it needs to be stored refrigerated at all times. We do not advise this sake for shipments outside of NL as we cannot guarantee a fast shipment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* This is a seasonal product that we import in small batches. 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It is a mellow junmai sake with a milky scent and the taste of freshly cooked rice that spreads softly in your mouth. 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