Founded over 320 years ago, the brewery began brewing sake in the Genroku period (1702), the height of Edo culture. Flood control and reclamation of the Toki River basin, which meanders through the town, led to the creation of a beautiful rural area with rippling waters, and the town was named Mizunami after the beautiful waves of Mizuho. The eastern Mino area of Gifu Prefecture, where the brewery is located, is a thriving area for ceramics and forestry, with soil that is approximately 20 million years old. The brewery's sake brewery, which makes use of the soft water nurtured by this rich natural environment, is loved by people all over the world.