Who will enjoy this brewery
- People who want to visit a sake brewery within walking distance of the station on the way to Oboke (大歩危) or Iya (祖谷) (it is about a 7-minute walk from JR Awa-Ikeda Station)
- People who want to book ahead to watch, or help with, the work of making sake (there are paid tours, and hands-on work experience is in the mornings from November to May)
- People who think “sake is too dry for me”
- People who want to take home a souvenir bottle they labeled themselves
About Miyoshikiku Shuzo
Miyoshikiku Shuzo (三芳菊酒造) is a small sake brewery in Ikeda, Miyoshi (三好市池田町), Tokushima Prefecture. 馬宮作太郎 began making sake here in 1889. In 2024, a new company, “株式会社三芳菊酒造” (Miyoshikiku Shuzo Co., Ltd.), took over the business, and its Representative Director is 馬宮和子. Its brand is “Miyoshikiku (三芳菊)”.
Brewery tours are available (paid, booking required; checked on September 30, 2026). Tours and sake-making experiences are booked through the official website of the local tourism organization “にし阿波～剣山・吉野川観光圏”.
Awa-Ikeda, a town on the upper Yoshino River
Awa-Ikeda (阿波池田) is a town in the central part of Shikoku, on the upper reaches of the Yoshino River (吉野川).
The same city of Miyoshi also has the gorge of Oboke and the mountain villages of Iya. The “Kazurabashi” (かずら橋) in Iya is a suspension bridge woven from the vines of a plant called シラクチカズラ. It is 45 meters long and 14 meters above the water. It is rebuilt every 3 years, and is designated a national Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.
Miyoshikiku Shuzo’s brewing water is spring water from the 松尾川 river, which is underground water of the Yoshino River. It is very soft water.
“Walk on the wild side”
Miyoshikiku Shuzo makes sake that is different from traditional dry sake. In sake, “karakuchi” (dry) does not mean salty or spicy-hot; it means a taste in which you sense little sweetness. The brewery describes its way of thinking on its official website like this.
We threw away the idea that “sake must be like this”, and have devoted ourselves to creating the world of a single sake. Rather than walking on the rails, we “walk on the wild side”. わたしたちは「日本酒はこうでなくてはならない」という考えを捨てて、ひとつのお酒の世界観を作ることに専念してきました。レールの上を歩くのではなく、”ワイルドサイドを歩く ” ——From the Miyoshikiku Shuzo official website
The label designs, too, are made with the intention of not looking like typical sake labels.
In the early 2000s, the brewery gave up the traditional system of leaving sake making to a toji (master brewer), and the head of the family at the time took on the role of toji and began making the sake personally. The three daughters of the head of the family helped with the brewery’s work from a young age, and the sake the three of them later brewed together was the start of “三姉妹のお酒” (“the three sisters’ sake”).
Miyoshikiku has many products, and the ingredients and brewing methods differ from product to product. Please check the label for the type and the name of the rice.
Visiting the brewery
Miyoshikiku Shuzo accepts tours and sake-making experiences by booking. The brewery makes sake all year round, and what you see and do on a tour or experience changes with that day’s work. At the end, you taste a variety of Miyoshikiku sake and can take home a souvenir bottle that you labeled yourself.
| Tours and experiences (checked on September 30, 2026) | |
|---|---|
| Morning session (experience + tour) | 9:00–11:00. Hands-on sake-making work and a tour, tasting, and labeling your souvenir bottle. 5,000 yen per person |
| Afternoon session (tour only) | 13:00–14:00 or 15:00–16:00. Watching the work, tasting, and labeling your souvenir bottle. 2,500 yen per person |
| Season | November to May: the morning includes the experience, the afternoon is tour only. June to October: both morning and afternoon are tour only |
| Suspended | Around the “四国酒まつり” sake festival in February |
| Group size | 2–10 people (if you join alone, you can take part by paying for 2 people) |
| How to apply | Through the experience booking page on the にし阿波観光圏 official website. The deadline is 17:00, 7 days before |
| Language | Japanese. Visitors from abroad are helped with simple English, gestures and translation apps |
| Inquiries | Miyoshikiku Shuzo 0883-72-0053 |
- People under 20 and people who will be driving should not take part in the tasting
Getting there
Address: 徳島県三好市池田町サラダ1754
- By train: About a 7-minute walk from JR Awa-Ikeda Station
- By bus: About a 4-minute walk from the Ikeda Bus Terminal
- By car: About 5 minutes from the 井川池田 Interchange. Parking is available
Travel times are estimates as of September 2026.
Opening days and tour arrangements may change. Please check the brewery’s official information before visiting.
Where to buy Miyoshikiku Shuzo’s sake
If you join a tour, you can take home a souvenir bottle that you labeled at the brewery. Whether you can buy sake at the brewery without joining a tour is not published.
Stores that carry Miyoshikiku
The brewery publishes a list of stockists on its official website. It lists about 100 stores, from Hokkaido to Oita Prefecture. From the list, we have picked stores that are easy to stop by during a trip (checked on September 30, 2026).
| Area | Store | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Awa-Ikeda Station | セブンイレブン キヨスク阿波池田駅店 | 徳島県三好市池田町サラダ1840 Open in Google Maps |
| Awa-Ikeda | ヤマザキショップ モリヤ店 | 徳島県三好市池田町サラダ1789-6 Open in Google Maps |
| Oboke | 道の駅大歩危 | 徳島県三好市山城町上名1553 Open in Google Maps |
| Iya | かずら橋夢舞台 | 徳島県三好市西祖谷山村今久保345-1 Open in Google Maps |
| Tokushima city | 徳島地酒屋 | 徳島県徳島市徳島町3-51 Open in Google Maps |
| Tokushima city | 太郎酒店 | 徳島県徳島市銀座14-1 Open in Google Maps |
| Tokyo (Yurakucho) | 徳島・香川トモニ市場 | 東京都千代田区有楽町2-10-1 東京交通会館1F Open in Google Maps |
| Tokyo (Shinjuku) | 三越伊勢丹 新宿店 | 東京都新宿区新宿3-14-1 Open in Google Maps |
| Tokyo (Yaesu) | リカーズハセガワ 北口店 | 東京都中央区八重洲2-1 八重洲地下街北1号 Open in Google Maps |
| Tokyo (Ikebukuro) | 東武百貨店 池袋 | 東京都豊島区西池袋1-1-25 プラザ館B1 Open in Google Maps |
| Osaka (Umeda) | 浅野日本酒店UMEDA | 大阪府大阪市北区太融寺町2-17 Open in Google Maps |
| Kyoto | 浅野日本酒KYOTO | 京都府京都市中京区富小路通鞘薬師下ル高宮町576-1 Open in Google Maps |
Please check the list for other stores and their phone numbers.
Before you buy
- The products a store carries change with the season and stock. Please check with the store before visiting.
- Miyoshikiku has many products, and the ingredients and brewing methods differ from product to product. Please check the label for the type.
- If you are taking sake home abroad: Bottles over 100 ml cannot go in your carry-on bag before security screening. Put them in your checked baggage, or buy them at a duty-free shop after security screening. Please check in advance what applies if you have a connecting flight, and the import limits of the country you are arriving in. → Travel tips
Brewery facts
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Brewery | 株式会社三芳菊酒造 (Miyoshikiku Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
| Founded | 1889 (the 22nd year of the Meiji era) |
| Representative | Representative Director 馬宮和子 |
| Address | 徳島県三好市池田町サラダ1754 Open in Google Maps |
| Phone | 0883-72-0053 (fax 0883-72-1158) |
| Main brand | Miyoshikiku (三芳菊) |
| Brewing water | Spring water from the 松尾川 river (underground water of the Yoshino River) |
| Official website | https://www.miyoshikikushuzo.com/ |
| Brewery tours | Available (paid, booking required. Through the にし阿波観光圏 experience booking) |
| Sales at the brewery | Not published (tour participants can take home a souvenir bottle) |
| List of stockists | Published on the official website (checked on September 30, 2026) |
| English support | Tours in Japanese. Help with simple English, gestures and translation apps |