Sudo Honke (須藤 本家, Sudō Honke) is a Japanese manufacturer of sake headquartered in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. Founded in 1141, and run by the 55th generation of the Sudo family, it is the oldest sake brewery in Japan and one of the oldest companies in the world.[1]

Sudo Honke, Inc.
Native name
須藤 本家
IndustryAlcohol
Founded1141
FounderSudo Honke
Headquarters2215 Obara, ,
Key people
Yoshiyasu Sudo (President)
ProductsSake
OwnerSudo family
Websitewww.sudohonke.co.jp/en/

Although it was undamaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the brewery was threatened by the subsequent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, located approximately 130 km from the brewery. Subsequent tests confirmed no radiation had entered its centuries-old source wells.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jun Hongo, Nuke crisis tested oldest sake brewer Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Japan Times, Aug. 29, 2012, accessed January 8, 2013.