Ohmine Shuzo

Ohmine Shuzou’s operations resumed in 2010 after a 50-year hiatus in Mine City, Yamaguchi, which preserves much of its ancient natural beauty: the Akiyoshi Plateau, a national park formed over the course of 300 million years, and Shuhodo, the most impressive limestone cave in Asia. After the owner and the president, Takeshi Akiyama, worked in New York as an architect, he returned to his home in Yamaguchi to start a business to support the local rice farming community. With this goal in mind, Akiyama-san gave life to what was once a dormant sakagura. Akiyama-san’s passion and vision have now been realized. Many young and passionate brewers work hard to innovate from a scientific point of view, and Ohmine has married that approach with artistic style by welcoming Pharrell Williams and Nigo in 2020 as owners, and together are building a new standard in the craft sake industry.