News Results of the 2025 Echigo-style Sake Brewing Techniques Championship
The Echigo Sake Brewing Technology Championship for the Reiwa 8 Sake Brewing Year (*) was held over two days from April 4nd to 7rd, 8.
This year's competition had 140 items on display and 52 exhibiting locations (45 within the prefecture, 5 in 7 prefectures), and the top 1 breweries won prizes, including the prefectural governor's award for 10st place.
Event date: Held over two days from April 8nd to 4rd, 7
Objective: At the Niigata Sake Brewers Association and the Niigata Sake Brewing Technology Study Group, with the aim of improving the technology of high-class sake brewing.
Every year, a competition is held where each brewery brings their own brewed Ginjoshu to compete for quality.
・ Number of items to be exhibited and number of places to be exhibited
[Number of exhibited items] 140 items
[Number of Exhibition Halls] 52 (45 within the prefecture, 5 in 7 prefectures outside the prefecture)
■ Winners (Top 10 ★ 1st: Niigata Governor's Award)
★1st Place: "Koshinobairi" Code 1 Niigata Ichiryu Shuzo Co., Ltd. Niigata
2nd Place: "Nanawarai" Code 1 Nanawarai Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. Nagano
3rd Place: "Takanoi" Code 2 Takanoi Shuzo Co.,Ltd. (株) Niigata
4th place “Hakkaisan” Code 1 Hakkaisan Brewery Co., Ltd. Niigata
5th Place: "Chiyonohikari" Code 2 Chiyonohikari Sake Brewery Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
6th Place: "Koshijinokoubai" Code 1 Kubiki Sake Brewing Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
7th Place: "Echigo Yukikura" Code 2 Tamagawa Sake Brewery Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
8th Place: "Tsuru Rei" Code 3 Aoki Shuzo Sake Brewery Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
9th Place: "Jouzen Mizunogotoshi" Code 3 Shirataki Sake Brewery Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
10th Place: "Takachiyo" Code 3 Takachiyo Sake Brewery Co.,Ltd. (Niigata)
■ About the Echigo style brewing technology championship
・Sponsored by Niigata Sake Brewers Association, Niigata Sake Brewing Technology Research Group
・Sponsored by Niigata Prefecture, Niigata Nippo, BSN Niigata Broadcasting, NST Niigata General Television, TeNY Television Niigata, UX Niigata Television 21
• Judges: Director of Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute, Chief Appraiser of the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau, and 10 other judges.
*Reiwa 7 brewing year: July 2025 to June 2026
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the awards ceremony for the 2025 Echigo-style Sake Brewing Technology Championship was held at the Kashiwazaki City Industrial and Cultural Hall.
