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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 |

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