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長崎県

Nagasaki

Hamanokawa Spring in Shimabara. Stone-lined basins set in flagstone paving hold clear spring water, and a stone pillar in the foreground is engraved with the words "100 Remarkable Waters of Japan, Shimabara Springs, Hamanokawa Spring"
The Hamanokawa spring in Shimabara City. One of the Shimabara springs selected for the 100 Remarkable Waters of Japan, its spring water collects in stone-lined basins.663highland ／ CC BY 2.5 ／ Wikimedia Commons（resized to 1280 px on the long side）

Sake in Nagasaki

Nagasaki Prefecture lies in northwestern Kyushu and includes, besides its mainland, islands such as Iki, Tsushima and the Goto Islands. The Nagasaki Sake Brewers Association has 23 member breweries in the prefecture that make sake or honkaku shochu (a Japanese distilled spirit made from rice, barley, sweet potato and other ingredients) (as of October 2026). Of these, 13 breweries make sake, and 11 of those 13 also make shochu.

The sake breweries are scattered across the prefecture. There are 4 breweries on the Shimabara Peninsula, and others in Sasebo City, Hirado City, Isahaya City and Hasami Town, and on the islands of Iki and Tsushima. Mount Unzen rises in the center of the Shimabara Peninsula, and Shimabara City on the peninsula has more than 50 spring sites. These “Shimabara springs” have been selected for the Ministry of the Environment's “100 Remarkable Waters of Japan.”

Iki has 7 breweries that make shochu, and shochu made in Iki was designated in June 1995 as “Iki” under the geographical indication (GI) system, which protects the names of production regions. In December 2015, Nagasaki Prefecture put into force the “Ordinance on Promoting Toasts with Alcoholic Beverages Made in Nagasaki Prefecture,” which encourages toasts with drinks made in the prefecture. Before that, in 2013, Iki City and Hasami Town in the prefecture had each made a similar ordinance.

Brewery map

Sasebo: 3 breweriesUnzen: 2 breweriesMinamishimabara: 2 breweriesShimabara: 2 breweriesHirado: 2 breweriesHasami: 1 breweriesIki: 1 breweriesTsushima: 1 breweriesIsahaya: 1 breweriesSasebo1. 森酒造場12. 重家酒造2

Breweries by municipality (dot size shows the number of breweries)Featured breweries

  1. Mori Shuzojo 森酒造場Hirado
  2. Omoya Shuzo 重家酒造Iki

The 16 breweries on our list are grouped by the municipality where they are located. Each dot marks a representative point of the municipality, not the brewery itself (featured breweries are shown at their actual locations). Locations are based on the address search of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.

Featured breweries