HEIWA Sake Brewery

Surrounded by mountains in Kainan City, Wakayama prefecture, Heiwa Shuzo have only been brewing Kido (also known simply as Kid) for a few years. The brewery itself has been around for much longer and was in fact originally a temple but underwent a couple of rebirths, the first being in 1952 when they renamed to Heiwa Shuzo as a nod to the end of World War Two (Heiwa meaning “peace”). The birth of the Kido name comes from combining the Kishu 紀州 name of the area with fudo 風土(environment or topography) into Kido 紀土 which also provides the wordplay “Kid” identifying the brand and brewery as young up and comers. This brewery was awarded as “SAKE BREWER OF THE YEAR 2019” by International Wine Challenge