Gekkeikan
Gekkeikan KK ( Japanese 月桂冠 株式会社 , Gekkeikan Kabushiki kaisha , English Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese brewery from Kyoto that produces sake (" rice wine "). It was founded in 1637 by Jiemon Ōkura. Translated, the name means " laurel wreath ". Due to its longevity, the company is a member of the Association les Hénokiens , an organization steeped in family history .
Gekkeikan is represented in the USA by Gekkeikan Sake (USA), Inc. with a branch in Folsom (California) and controls about 25% of the American sake market there.
Web links
Commons : Gekkeikan - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Japanese, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal du net Les 39 Hénokiens en détails
- ↑ Gekkeikan: Overseas Business ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Gekkeikan. Accessed March 23, 2015.
