Sawanotsuru
Sawanotsuru is a Japanese sake brewery whose official online shop sells sake, umeshu, shochu, sake vessels and food items such as narazuke.
Last updated September 11, 2026
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Overview
Sawanotsuru is the operator of the official online shop at sawanotsuru.co.jp, which sells Japanese sake and related products. The site's terms page identifies the seller as Sawanotsuru Co., Ltd. (沢の鶴株式会社), located in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo. The company's own narrative page states that its founder, who ran a rice shop, began brewing sake in Nada's Nishigo as a side business in the second year of Kyoho, and that the name Sawanotsuru derives from the Izawa-no-miya legend of the crane. The online shop lists sake categories including junmai, junmai ginjo, junmai daiginjo, honjozo and aged sake, along with umeshu, shochu, narazuke and sake vessels.
History
According to Sawanotsuru's own narrative page, in the second year of Kyoho the founder, who ran a rice shop, put up a mark and began brewing sake in Nada's Nishigo as a side business, which was the beginning of Sawanotsuru. The same page relates that the founder visited Izawa-no-miya, saw the legend of the crane, was deeply moved, and named the brand Sawanotsuru after it. It also states that the Nada sake-brewing history is said to date back to around 1330, that the Meiwa-to-Kyoho period of the Edo era was the rise of Nada sake and that Sawanotsuru was founded in this period, and that in 1716 the name 'Nada' came to be used. The page further states that Sawanotsuru uses 'Miyamizu' drawn from a well dedicated to Sawanotsuru as brewing water, and that the discovery of Miyamizu was decisive for the company.
Products and positioning
Junmai Daiginjo Neko Label 720ml
Seishu (Totonoisake) 180ml
Non-alcoholic beer 'Bavaria 0.0%' 330ml
Koshu-jikomi Umeshu 720ml
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