Senbazuru

by Sato Shuzo

Senbazuru is the brand of 3rd generation brewer Sato Shuzo from Oita prefecture, Kyushu Japan. The translation of Senbazuru is "A thousand paper cranes", named after the novel of Nobel Prize Winner Yasunari Kawabata who was friends with the President of Sato Shuzo at the time. Compared to other brewers in Oita prefecture, Sato Shuzo specialise in sake only (and not shochu) and produce rare kimoto and yamahai styles.