Urban Sake Brewery "KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY" Opens in Osaka with Brewery-View Pub on November 1st

Godo Kaisha Rokuni Saketen will open the urban sake brewery "KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY" in Osaka Umeda on Friday, November 1, 2025.

Exterior image of KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY

1. SAKE Label "KOFUNE" Launches

KOFUNE label logo

KOFUNE is a SAKE label with a unique concept, positioning itself as "the SAKE version of a music label," distinct from traditional sake breweries.

This framework focuses on the creativity of individual brewers, providing a system that supports them in making the sake they truly want to create.

By handling high hurdles for brewers such as fundraising, equipment investment, manufacturing licensing, and distribution, KOFUNE allows brewers to concentrate solely on sake making.

2. "KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY" - A Pub Where You Can Watch Sake Being Made

Interior view of the brewery and pub

KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY is a facility that combines a shared brewery where KOFUNE's brewers make their respective sake, with a pub where drinkers can enjoy sake while watching the brewing process right in front of them.

The main feature is an attached standing pub where fresh sake served from taps can be enjoyed.

Since some members work as "office workers by day, brewers by night," visitors can experience watching koji-making and brewing processes through glass during the lively evening hours when the pub is bustling. The facility aims to create a high-energy space where brewers and drinkers can interact regularly.

3. About the Sake Production

Sake bottles display

KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY has obtained a license for "other brewed alcohol" under the Liquor Tax Act. They produce a variety of sake based on traditional Japanese sake ingredients and brewing methods, including "substantially Japanese sake" made using fungal additives that have minimal flavor impact, as well as new flavor profiles featuring herbs and fruits as secondary ingredients.

KOFUNE defines the category of sake that includes both traditional Japanese sake and these new varieties as "SAKE."

As a label that respects individual brewers' personalities, there is no specific "KOFUNE taste." Instead, they offer diverse SAKE flavors reflecting each brewer's sensibility. The rice, yeast, secondary ingredients, and brewing methods differ for each brewer, allowing visitors to enjoy unique flavors reflecting their individual philosophies.

4. Grand Opening Special Event

Grand opening event image

To commemorate the grand opening, a special event will be held for three days from Friday, November 1st to Sunday, November 3rd.

During this period, talented chefs from Fukuoka and Osaka will be invited to provide special event-only food menus paired with KOFUNE's SAKE.

This is an opportunity to experience this unique SAKE experience.

Details about the event, operating hours, and participating chefs will be updated regularly on the official Instagram.

5. About the Representative

Mutsuhiro Ueda

Born in 1987 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. Representative of KOFUNE / KOFUNE Brewer

After graduating from Keio University's Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, he joined SoftBank Mobile (now SoftBank) as a new graduate and worked on new business planning and business strategy planning. Later, he worked at IT startup Viibar (now VideoTouch) on new business planning and development direction. He then entered the sake world by launching the sake brand MUEZ and running the sake YouTube channel "Youchubu" (formerly Parallel Multiple Fermentation), and trained in sake brewing at Abe Shuzo in Niigata Prefecture. After working as a brewer by renting space at breweries nationwide for a while, he launched KOFUNE / KOFUNE SAKE BREWERY in 2025.