Name: Kumejima's Kumesen Co., Ltd.
Registration: Manufacturing and Selling Awamori
Representative Director: Shujin Shimabukuro
Founded: 1949
Output: 4,200,000 Liters
Sales Amount: 4,000,000,000yen
Capital: 11,250,000yen
Number of Employees: 50
Head Office and Distillery: 2157 Uegusuku Kumejima-cho Shimajiri-gun Okinawa 901-3101 Japan

Tel: +81-(0)98-985-2276
Fax: +81-(0)98-985-2013

Sales Office: 2-3-3 Minatogawa Urasoe-shi Okinawa 901-2134 Japan

Tel: +81-(0)98-878-2276
Fax: +81-(0)98-878-0011

Bankers: Bank of Okinawa, Bank of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Kaiho Bank
URL: http://www.k-kumesen.co.jp/english/

 

 

1974: Prizewinning in the Fair of Awamori
(prizewinning every year since 1974)
1977: Gold Prize winning in the Fair of Awamori
1984: Governor Prize winning in the Fair
of Awamori
1987
~1991
Gold Prize winning in the World @ Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
1992: Grand Gold Prize, Gold Prize, High Quality Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
1993: Gold Prize winning in every entry to the World Selection of Spirits and LiqueursGovernor Prize winning in the Fair of Awamori
1994
~1995
Grand Gold Prize, Gold Prize, High Quality Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
1996: Gold Prize, High Quality Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
1997: Gold Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
1998: Gold Prize, High Quality prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
2000
~2001
Gold Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
2002: Gold Prize, High Quality Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs
2003: Grand Gold Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize winning in the World Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs

1949: Founded
1970: Company renamed "Nakazato Distiller Limited Partnership"
1975: Shipment to Okinawa Island started
1983: New distillery established
1984: Distillery enlarged
1986: Naha Office established and shipment to mainland Japan started
1987: Sales Office established in Urasoe Second distillery established (Bottling automation and underground storehouse established)
1990: Delivery center newly built in Urasoe
1993: Company renamed "Kumejimas Kumesen Co., Ltd."
1995: Storehouse enlarged Warehouse established in Naha
1997: Second distillery enlarged Automatic rice-washing machine, rice-steaming machine, rice-malting machine equipped
1999: Storehouse enlarged Sales of refreshing drink [mash vinegar drink] started
2002: Warehouse established in Osaka
2003: Warehouse established in Tokyo