About the brewery : Hakutsuru is located in the Nada district of Kobe, a famous sake production site throughout Japan. The district of Nada has a high quality spring water and cold winters. Two essential elements in the production of sake. Located in the hometown of a sake brewer guild known as Tamba toji, brewers' skills have played an important role locally in the quality of sake. Hakutsuru is now one of the largest sake producers in Japan in terms of volume and influence.