About Us

Message from the CEO

Top Message - 01Perfecting Our Authentic Rice Shochu, and Fulfilling Our Mission to Protect the Kuma Shochu Brand

For over a century since its founding in 1900, Takahashi Shuzo has been fixated on making authentic rice shochu in the Hitoyoshi Kuma region, located in the southernmost point of Kumamoto Prefecture. It is not just any rice shochu that we make; it is Kuma Shochu with over 400 years of history. Kuma Shochu is a brand that has been permitted by the National Tax Agency to display a geographical indication. Alongside Iki Shochu(Nagasaki prefecture), Satsuma Shochu (Kagoshima prefecture) and Ryukyu Awamori (Okinawa prefecture), it is one of only four authentic shochu brands in Japan, and we have a mission to protect this Kuma Shochu and pass it on to future generations.

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Top Message - 02Rice and Water Are the Only Ingredients in the Authentic Rice Shochu That We Make.

We use rice, the ingredient of which the Japanese people are most fond, and that is why we cannot deceive our customers. We meticulously select the rice and water. Our talented and proud distillers have mastered the traditional techniques, and every day they relentlessly continue to strive for innovation to use these techniques to create the finest authentic rice shochu.Good rice. Good water. Good people.We at Takahashi Shuzo took this opportunity to restore our corporate theme back to its roots of rice, water and people. We will continue to dedicate ourselves to authentic rice shochu and challenge ourselves in achieving a balance between tradition and reform to fulfill our mission of protecting the Kuma Shochu brand.

Takahashi Shuzo Co., Ltd.
The Chief Executive Officer
Mitsuhiro TakahashiMitsuhiro Takahashi

Headquarters, Distillery and Research Laboratory

Takahashi Shuzo Co., Ltd.
Headquarters

Address498 Gonoharumachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto, 868-8505, Japan
TEL+81-966-24-5155
FAX+81-966-24-8115

Takahashi Shuzo Co., Ltd.
Taragi Distillery

Address813 Okuno, Taragimachi, Kuma-gun, Kumamoto, 868-0504, Japan
TEL+81-966-42-2366
FAX+81-966-42-6529

Hakutake Shuzo Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Address792-7 Inokuchimachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto, 868-0027, Japan
TEL+81-966-22-2155
FAX+81-966-23-5666

Basic Information

Trade Name
Takahashi Shuzo Co., Ltd.
Location

【Headquarters】
498 Gonoharumachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto, 868-8505, Japan
TEL +81-966-24-5155

【Kumamoto Sales Office】
Suizenji Center Building 5F, 1-20-22 Suizenji, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
862-0950, Japan
TEL +81-96-383-4101

【Fukuoka Branch】
Momochihama Bus Terminal 2F, 2-3-33 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
814-0001, Japan
TEL +81-92-823-1291

【Taragi Distillery (Orders Center)】
813 Okuno, Taragimachi, Kuma-gun, Kumamoto, 868-0504, Japan
TEL +81-966-42-2366

Founding
February 1900
Establishment
November 2001 (became stock company)
Capital
30 million Japanese Yen
Employees
76 (including Hakutake Shuzo Research Institute)
Land Area
24,000 m²
Building Area
7,000 m²
Production
18 million liters (includes Hakutake Shuzo Research Institute)
Related Companies

【Hakutake Shuzo Research Institute Co.,Ltd.】
792-7 Inokuchimachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto, 868-0027, Japan
TEL +81-966-22-2155

【Kuma Shochu Museum Hakutake Densho-gura】
461-7 Gonoharumachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto, 868-0026, Japan
TEL +81-966-32-9750

【Takahashi Holdings Co., Ltd, Brand Strategy Department】
Suizenji Center Building 5F, 1-20-22 Suizenji, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
862-0950, Japan
TEL +81-966-285-7995