Collection: GOJOSHUZO

奈良県五條市は、“明治維新の魁”といわれる『天忠組』ゆかりの地です。大和盆地の南西に位置し、北に金剛山、南に近年世界遺産にも登録された紀伊の山並みをはるかに眺め、市の中央を吉野川が滔々と流れる風光明媚な土地でもあります。
その五條の地に、五條酒造が創業したのは大正13年。
初代・中元藤浩が、吉野山系に鉱脈を見つけたのを機に、さまざまな経営に乗り出したうちのひとつであったと伝え聞きます。山々に囲まれたこの地は、ことのほか酒造りに適しておりますようで、冬ともなれば、金剛山から冷たい北風が吹きおろし、酒造りに最適なやや軟水の伏流水が井戸に溢れます。
恵まれた環境の中、伝統の但馬流の造りで酒を醸し、近隣の方々に、『五神』の銘柄でご愛飲いただいております。

Gojo City in Nara Prefecture is a quarter with celebrated connections to the “Tenchugumi Incident” of 1863 – precursor to the subsequent Meiji Restoration phase of Japanese history. Situated at the southwest part of the Yamato Basin, the city offers spectacular views in the distance of Mt. Kongo to the north and the Kii Mountain Range (added to the World Heritage Site List in 2004) to the south. With the Yoshino River also flowing robustly through the center of town, this is a city noted for the breathtaking scenic beauty of its majestic setting.

Gojoshuzo Co., Ltd. was established here in Gojo in 1924. It is said that the enterprise was one of the numerous businesses launched by our founder Fujihiro Nakamoto in the wake of the discovery of mineral veins in the Yoshino Mountain Range. Enclosed by mountains on all sides, the area was found to be highly suited to the brewing of sake. With the arrival of winter, chilly northerly winds gust down from Mt. Kongo, with local wells coming to overflow with riverbed water soft in nature and ideal for the production of sake.

Nestled in these magnificent surroundings, sake came to be brewed in methods remaining true to the approach perfected by the traditional Tajima School, with the resulting beverages savored by local residents under the brand name of “Goshin.”