Tanzan was founded in Nara in 1877. They started brewing sake near the first torii gate of Sakurai Tanzan Shrine, famous for its autumn leaves. This area, located in front of Shorinji Temple, which is home to the national treasure Eleven-Headed Kannon, has been blessed with clean water since ancient times, and even today, the groundwater that gushes out from the well inside the brewery purifies the taste of the sake. The Eleven-Headed Kannon came from Miwa, so it is said that the god of water and the god of sake are also living in the Kannon holding the water bottle. They brew sake under the protection of the god. They use a lot of rice produced in Nara Prefecture. They use their own well water for brewing. It is said that "Where there is good water, there is good sake." Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture is known as the birthplace of sake, somen noodles, sumo, and Japanese performing arts, all of which began in Sakurai.