Sekaitaka - Kyohime Shuzo
- Kyohime Shuzo was founded in 1918 under the name of Okamoto Shuzo in Fushimi District, Kyoto. It has attracted widespread popularity mainly in the Osaka area under the name of its famous sake, "Hana Jiman."
- In 1974, the brewery joined the Sekaitaka Koyamaya Group. After that, in 1997, the brewery changed its name into Kyohime Shuzo. The company was named after the 1200th anniversary of the foundation of the capital of Heian-Kyo, combining the character “京” from “Heian-Kyo” (平安京) and “Hime” (姫) as in princess from “shinso no himegimi”( 深窓の姫君) which means “a princess that was brought up with care in a good family.”
- Kyohime Shuzo’s roots are in Fushimi, Kyoto, and it aspires to be a company that brews ginjo-shu with care.