Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture; President: Kengo Suzuki) visited Toong Yeuan Enterprise Co., Ltd., a professional health food ingredients agent in Taiwan, in November 2025 and delivered a lecture titled “Smart Brewing: Updating the Traditions of Japanese Sake with Generative AI.”
In the presentation, Suzuki introduced Tsunan Sake Brewery’s initiatives under the brand philosophy “Brew for Future,” including “smart brewing,” which maximizes the elements of Japanese sake terroir—rice, water, microorganisms, and people—while optimizing premium brewing processes using generative AI. He also shared examples of circular food systems utilizing sake by-products.
The lecture additionally touched on the growing interest in the healthcare sector in Taiwan. Suzuki discussed the potential of product development utilizing functional components of sake—such as antioxidant and blood circulation improvement effects—and shared ongoing research examples, including “Green Sake” developed from Euglena-derived ingredients. The session also facilitated discussions on opportunities for future collaboration.
Comments from Kengo Suzuki, President of Tsunan Sake Brewery
“We will continue to strengthen our collaboration with trusted business partners in Taiwan, and further promote the development and introduction of new products tailored to the local market.
We are also committed to expanding our healthcare business, focusing on the functional components contained in sake and sake lees, to deliver health-beneficial products globally.
Furthermore, we aim to extend the resource-circulating brewing model cultivated in the heavy-snow terroir of Tsunan to international markets, contributing to global value creation through tradition × fermentation × sustainability.”
About Tsunan Sake Brewery
Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. is a sake brewery located in Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Situated in one of Japan’s heaviest snowfall regions, the brewery uses pure natural water sourced from mountains over 2,000 meters high.
With a unique brewing style that combines harmony with nature and modern innovation—utilizing local sake rice varieties such as Gohyakumangoku and Uonuma-grown Koshihikari—Tsunan Sake Brewery upholds its brand concept:
“Brew for Future – Brewing a Coexisting Future.”
In 2025, the brewery was awarded the Niigata Governor’s Prize (1st place) at the Echigo-ryu Sake Brewing Technology Championship.
Tsunan Sake Brewery Website: https://tsunan-sake.com/
