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Ichiko Hita Distillery

Ichiko Hita Distillery

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  • Address:
  • 810-1 Nishi-Arita, Hita, Oita
  • Parking Number:  
42 units

Business Hours

10:00 to 16:00

Spot Category

Visit the factory, facilities, food and local sake

Address810-1 Nishi-Arita, Hita-shi, Oita
ContactIchiko Hita Distillery
TEL:0973-25-5600
FeesFree to visit
Holiday InformationTuesday (open on holidays), New Year holidays, Obon
Parking lotThere is
AccessAbout 10 minutes by car from Oita Expressway Hita IC
HPhttp://www.iichiko.co.jp/

Introduction

The city of Hita, known for its land of Sanshi Shuimei, is home to the "Ichiko Hita Distillery", which makes use of the water and air brought by nature's blessings to produce raw sake.
A manufacturing site is set up in the vast nature, so you can enjoy a walk, and you can also tour the storage area that is aged in oak barrels and horotank, such as "all koji-making" that can be made only with barley koji for primary and secondary preparation.
In the tasting shop, you can also sample and purchase staples, as well as exclusive liquors that can only be found here.
In the autumn, the hardwood trees on the site are stained red and orange, and you can see the beauty of the deepening autumn.

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Tips / Advice
This is the place where the original sake of "Iichiko" is born.

It is a distillery embraced by deep green looking at beautiful Suigo, Hita.
A distillery was set up here, saying that the rich water that springs up in the land of the mountain water, and the clear and clear air "will be the source of the aroma and taste of" Iichiko "."

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