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No.47 · Brewery Profile
Sharaku寫樂 · Miyaizumi Meijo 宮泉銘醸
A small brewery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, near Tsuruga Castle, Miyaizumi Meijo makes the modern, junmai-focused Sharaku label. Prized for clean, elegant fruit, it became one of the region’s most sought-after cult sake.
Who makes Sharaku?
Miyaizumi Meijo, a small brewery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, near Tsuruga Castle, founded around 1955. Its modern, junmai-focused Sharaku label is prized for clean, elegant fruit and became one of the region’s most sought-after cult sake brands.
What does Sharaku taste like?
Tagged Aromatic & Fruity and Elegant & Refined, all three bottles fall in the kunshu (fragrant) or lighter junshu classes. The Junmai Ginjo is the single-pasteurized signature at SMV +1 and acidity 1.3, while the Junmai Daiginjo Shizukudori pushes aroma to a 5/5 rating as the drip-collected top cuvée.
Which bottle should you try first?
Start with the Junmai Ginjo, described as the single-pasteurized signature bottling with clean, elegant fruit — the label’s core expression.
How does Sharaku compare to other Fukushima breweries?
Sharaku’s Aromatic & Fruity, Elegant & Refined profile contrasts with prefecture-mate Daishichi, tagged Rich & Umami and Elegant & Refined, and with Hiroki, tagged Rich & Umami outright — Sharaku sits at the more fragrant, fruit-forward end of Fukushima’s range.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Sharaku brewed?
In Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, near Tsuruga Castle, by Miyaizumi Meijo.
What rice does Sharaku’s Junmai use?
Fukushima’s own Yume no Kaori rice, milled to 60%.
How many bottles does Sharaku make?
Three on this page: a Junmai Ginjo, a Junmai Daiginjo Shizukudori, and a Junmai.
The bottles
Junmai Ginjo寫樂 純米吟醸
薫酒 Kunshu · Fragrant“The single-pasteurized signature; clean, elegant fruit.”
Junmai Daiginjo Shizukudori寫樂 純米大吟醸 しずくどり
薫酒 Kunshu · Fragrant“Free-run, drip-collected top cuvée.”
Junmai寫樂 純米酒
醇酒 Junshu · Rich“Made with Fukushima’s Yume no Kaori rice.”
Reading the bars: an editorial flavor reading (0–5) of each bottle — Dry→Rich, Light→Full, Subtle→Aromatic, Low→High acidity — not laboratory values. The colored badge is the SSI four-type classification (薫酒 Kunshu · 爽酒 Soshu · 醇酒 Junshu · 熟酒 Jukushu). SMV and acidity appear only where the brewery publishes them.
Sources: miyaizumi.co.jp · tanoshiiosake.jp