Niigata
Niigata produces light, dry ginjo sake from soft snowmelt water and local rice.
About the region
Niigata, Japan's top sake prefecture, uses soft low-mineral snowmelt water and Gohyakumangoku rice to produce tanrei karakuchi—a distinctively dry, clean, light-bodied style. Home to over 80 kuras; Kubota and Hakkaisan are benchmark producers.
