Awards and achievements｜DAISHICHI SAKE BREWERY

Kimoto method

1991: Brewing Technician Award of the Brewing Society of Japan
For Katsuji Ito, master brewer. The first kimoto brewing technician to receive this honor
1992: Excellent Technician Award of Fukushima Prefecture “Fukushima Master Craftsman”
For Katsuji Ito, master brewer. The first kimoto brewing technician to receive this honor
2010: Brewing Technician Award of the Brewing Society of Japan
For Takanobu Sato, master brewer
2015: Excellent Technician Award of Fukushima Prefecture “Fukushima Master Craftsman”
For Takanobu Sato, master brewer
2016: “Contemporary Master Craftsman” Award of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
For Takanobu Sato, master brewer. Daishichi is the only sake brewery in Japan to have obtained Contemporary Master Craftsman awards for both rice polishing and sake brewing

1999: Award of the Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
For Yoshio Ogata, head of rice polishing. The first time this award was won by rice polishing technique
2000: Excellent Technician Award of Fukushima Prefecture “Fukushima Master Craftsman”
For Yoshio Ogata, head of rice polishing. The first time this award was won by rice polishing technique
2003: Brewing Technician Award of the Brewing Society of Japan
For Yoshio Ogata, head of rice polishing. The first rice polishing engineer to receive this honor
2008: “Contemporary Master Craftsman” Award of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
For Yoshio Ogata, head of rice polishing. The first time this award was won by rice polishing technique
2014: Special Prize of the Jury President at the 11th Eco Products Awards
For “sake that uses the super-flat rice polishing method” developed in-house by Daishichi.
The first time a sake related eco products award was granted

2010: First Prize at the “Third Family Business Awards.”
The first time a Japanese company won this prize. Points of evaluation: “While introducing innovative techniques, Daishichi is firmly dedicated to tradition as well. Proactive in foreign branding. Contribution to the spread abroad of Japanese sake culture. Compared to other companies in the same trade, the financial situation is healthy. Takes an active part in local events and also holds events in the brewery
2016: First Place / Governor’s Award of the “First Fukushima Industrial Awards”
Daishichi won the glorious first prize at the first time this award was given. We received high praise for the fact that, while continuing the traditional way of sake brewing, “the kimoto method,” Daishichi also has contributed to the fame abroad of sake from Fukushima, and is proactive in sales by finding new markets
2018: The Prize of the Minister of Economic Affairs of the “Seventh Monozukuri Japan Awards.”
The prize was awarded because of “the development of top class sake by using the superflat rice polishing technique and the kimoto method, as well as the development of overseas markets.” The highest prize ever given at this ceremony to a sake brewery
2019: “The Fourth Award for Excellent Companies Engaged in Export” Prize from the Director of the Food Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

2001: Gold Medal at the Japan Sake Awards
The first time in history this award was given to a junmai sake made with the traditional kimoto method
2003: Gold Medal at the Japan Sake Awards
※from 2004, Daishichi stopped taking part in this contest as our sake making ideals are different
2005: First Prize in the “Everything Ranking” of the Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japan Economics Newspaper)
2006 to 2009: First Place at the tasting competition “Japanese Liqueur” of the Japan Prestige Sake Association (4 consecutive years)
2009 to 2011: In three sections of the “Great Jizake Show” Daishichi was awarded the highest prize, the platinum prize (3 consecutive years)
2012: New sections were added to the “Great Jizake Show,” and this year Daishichi won platinum prizes in 6 sections
2018: The French well-known wine magazine “Revue du Vin de France” selected Horeki Daishichi as No 4 on its list of “the 10 best alcoholic drinks of the world you have to try this year.”

1928: The Enthronement Ceremony of the Showa Emperor
2000: The G8 Okinawa Summit
2008: The G8 Toyako Summit
2010 and 2013: Gala dinner with members of the royal family of the Netherlands（the first time sake was used at such an event）
2008 to 2011: Award Ceremony of the Dutch edition of “Gault Millau”（the first time sake was used at such an event）
2011: Gala Dinner of the Sommelier Association of Paris（the first time sake was used at such an event）
2014: Gala Dinner of Chief Directors of the OECD（sake for the toast）
2014: Official party of the Hokusai Exhibition in the French National Grand Palais（the first time sake was used at such an event）
2015: Commemorative Sake of the 1200th Anniversary of the Founding of World Heritage Koyasan
2015: The Gala Dinner hosted by Premier and Mrs Abe at the occasion of the 7th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting
2018: Joint seminar with Le Cordon Blue Paris (the first time sake was used at such an occasion)
2019: The first sake to be used at the French gastronomic festival “Taste of Paris”