Sake Made with Hiroshima-style Sake and Shin-Ginmai Rice The 4th product of Aki Tsubaki, "Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo-Genshu", has won a wine contest IWC for 4 consecutive years! Winner of the IWC wine contest for the fourth consecutive year!

2025.05.28 09:30

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Sasaki Shoten Co. (Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture; Representative Director: Koji Sasaki) has won the Bronze Prize in the Junmai Daiginjo category in the SAKE category of the world's largest annual wine competition "IWC (International Wine Challenge) 2025" held in London, which is the fourth edition of its original sake "Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu" that has been sold only at its store since March 5, 2025. It was awarded the Bronze Prize in the Junmai Daiginjo category of the SAKE category at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) 2025, one of the world's largest wine competitions held in London every year.

This is the fourth consecutive year that the company has received this award, following last year's Bronze Award.

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Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu 1

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Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu_Bronze Award Certificate

This is the fourth in the "Aki Tsubaki" series, which began production in 2022, the 100th anniversary of Sasaki Shoten's founding, with the hope of returning the favor to the hometown where we were born and raised, and with a commitment to using only Hiroshima-grown ingredients, including water, rice, and yeast.

Due to last summer's heat wave, the sake rice in Hiroshima Prefecture was harder than usual, and alcoholic fermentation and saccharification took longer than usual, but the sake fermented slowly, resulting in a clean and refreshing taste. This "Aki Tsubaki" (35/50m) uses Yamadanishiki rice polished to 35% for the sake mother and koji rice, and Senbonnishiki rice polished to 50% using Satake Corporation's "Shin Gin" rice polishing technology for the premium rice. We hope that many people will enjoy this sake that has been further refined through the persistence of a local sake brewery, and we hope that you will enjoy the Hiroshima-style sake brewing.

Shin Gin" is a registered trademark of Satake Co.

Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu

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Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu 1

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Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu 2

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IWC Bronze Award winning screen in 2025

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Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu 3

IWC(International Wine Challenge) 2025 official website

Screen shot of the award announcement

https://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/canopy/beverage_details?sid=20212

What is IWC (International Wine Challenge)?

The "IWC", the world's largest wine competition, is held in London every year and is said to be "the most influential wine competition in the world". The "SAKE Division" was established in 2007. In 2025, the SAKE category judging will be held in London from April 14 to 17, with 387 companies in each of the 10 sake categories (11 of which are from overseas), and the total number of entries in the SAKE category is 1,000. In the SAKE category, 387 companies (including 11 overseas companies) will be judged in 10 categories, and 1,476 brands (including 22 overseas brands) will be blind tasted by a total of 70 judges from 18 countries, and medals will be awarded based on the results of the tasting. (Gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal, and recommended sake of the competition)

Product Characteristics of Aki Tsubaki (35/50m) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo-Genshu

Taste: Fruity and mellow aroma with green apple-like acidity.

Color: The color is transparent with a slight greenish tinge.

Recommended drinking method: You can enjoy the change in aroma and taste from chilled to room temperature as if it were a white wine.

ã€€It goes well with Japanese cuisine using white fish and vegetables, as well as with marinades, carpaccio, and other oil-based dishes.

Rice, brewing water, yeast

Item : Sake

Content ：720ml

Rice ： 80% Senbon-Nishiki (Kake rice), 20% Yamadanishiki (Sake mother, Koji rice)

Water used for brewing : Enokigawa River subsoil water from Mikumari Gorge, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima

Yeast ：Hiroshima Momiji Yeast

　　　　　　　　(Developed by the Food Industrial Technology Center, Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Technology)

Rice polishing ratio ： 50% Senbon-Nishiki, 35% Yamadanishiki

Sake meter : +3.8

Acidity : 1.7

Amino Acidity ：1.1

Alcohol content: 16%.

Producer/Seller

Toji ：Taki Jizodo

Producer ：Miyake Honten Co.

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Appearance : Miyake Honten

Seller ：Sasaki Shoten Co.

Product Planning ：Koji Sasaki

佐々木商店外観

Exterior view of Sasaki Shoten

◎The origin of the name "Aki Camellia

Aki" = "Miyajima of Aki" and "Aki County," the name of the region

Camellia = Camellia japonica, the town flower of Fuchu-cho

35/50m" = 35% Yamadanishiki for the mother sake and 50% Satake's Shin Gin Seibai (prototype polished rice) for the premium rice, and the "m" of Momiji yeast, a yeast produced in Hiroshima Prefecture, is used in the sub-name.

All of Aki Tsubaki's ingredients are produced in Hiroshima Prefecture. Therefore, we wanted to use a word that would represent the region in the brand name as well, so we used the name "Aki" to describe the area, which is still called Aki no Miyajima and Aki County.

Water Quality (Enokigawa River subsoil water from Mikumari Gorge, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun)

The water is quite soft, with a hardness of 23, which represents the characteristics of the water. The water has a very soft and gentle taste.

◎Yeast/Hiroshima Momiji Yeast

This yeast was developed by the Food Industry Research Center of the Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Technology. It is characterized by its gorgeous, fruity aroma with a clean aftertaste.

Brewery: Miyake Honten Brewery (7-9-10 Hondori, Kure City, Hiroshima 737-0045)

The brewery is the originator of the famous sake "Senpuku," known by the commercial "How about a cup of Senpuku? The brewery has won numerous awards not only at sake competitions in Hiroshima Prefecture, but also at the National New Sake Competition.

Selling price

720ml 3,500 yen (tax included)

How to purchase

Since this sake is produced in limited quantities, it is not distributed to the general public.

Please contact us directly.

IWC (International Wine Challenge) Awards

2022 "Aki Tsubaki" (JinJin) Unfiltered Junmai Daiginjo Genshu COMMENDED (Recommended Sake)

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