Building a Brand on Water with GI Yamanashi

Sasaichi Shuzō’s Amano Rei, at right, with Yamanashi-native “kura girl” Shishido Miyu. (© Jim Rion)

Ide Yogouemon explains a point about his brewery. (© Jim Rion)

Kitahara Tsushima (with mask down) discusses brewing with Wine and Spirit Education Trust members against the backdrop of the Southern Japanese Alps. (© Jim Rion)

Gently stirring the mixture at Yamanashi Meijō. (© Jim Rion)

The Doryū Falls are fed from springs to the south of the Yatsugatake Range, one of Yamanashi’s six key water sources. (Courtesy of Nishijima Yasu)