亀萬
KAMEMAN
Japan's southernmost naturally brewed sake.
日本最南端の天然醸造蔵元
Tsunagi-cho
Founded 1916
Southern sun
Shiranui Sea
Ice brewing
Local sake rice
Where geography said no
Where they said yes.
At Japan's southernmost naturally brewed sake kura, the climate sits at the very edge of what sake allows. Kagoshima's sweet-potato shōchū and Kuma's rice shōchū surround it—this is shōchū country.
The Takeda family chose to make sake here anyway—using clear spring water, local rice and a method born from the heat itself.
Drawing out the greatest power of this land.
Japan's Mediterranean
A warm coast.
A cool resolve.
Dekopon citrus ripens on the slopes above the Shiranui Sea. Soft, mineral-rich spring water filtered through Mt. Ozeki and Kumamoto-grown sake rice give Kameman its unmistakable southern depth.
南端氷仕込み
Southern Ice Brewing
The method the heat built
Ice brewing
Generous amounts of ice are added to the moromi to hold its temperature down, giving slow fermentation the cool the south lacks.
Unmixed moromi
The fourth-generation toji never stirs the moromi at all—a break from convention that trusts time, rice and yeast.
Paddy to bottle
The kura grows its own Yamada Nishiki in Tsunagi, brews with local spring water and watches over every drop.
受け継ぐ人
The People of the Kura
Those who carry it forward
For decades, Kameman's sake was made by seasonal toji who travelled in for the winter. Today the brewing is led by the Takeda family's own next generation—a young toji who trained in Tochigi and came home to Tsunagi.
Working alongside a team the family treats as its own, he honours the old ways while finding new answers to the climate, the harvest and the table ahead.
Learn from the old. Create the new.
Why we choose Kameman
Sake Ichiban selects.
亀萬 萬坊
Kameman Manbō · Junmai Ginjo
Clean and easy-drinking, with a gentle rise of ginjo aroma. Brewed from duck-farmed (aigamo) Hananishiki grown in neighbouring Minamata. Best chilled to around 10°C.
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亀萬 純米限定
Kameman Junmai Gentei
Soft rice sweetness and rich body with a clean, moreish finish. A multiple Gold winner for warm sake—best gently warmed.
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亀萬 熊本純米
Kameman Kumamoto Junmai
Kumamoto rice, Kumamoto water, Kumamoto yeast—an all-Kumamoto junmai with savoury depth. Enjoy at room temperature or gently warmed.
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Sake born for food.
Kyushu coastal table
Try Manbō with kingfish sashimi, oysters, prawns or grilled scallops dressed with citrus.
Australian table
Junmai Gentei meets roast pork, duck, earthy mushrooms and deeply savoury grilled dishes.
Temperature guide
Kameman · Tsunagi · Since 1916
Japan's south proves its point.
Discover a sake born from a warm coast, mountain spring water, local rice and the resolve to brew where the climate barely allows it.
