Suntory Natural Water Brewery Tokyo-Musashino

Japanese: サントリー〈天然水のビール工場〉東京・武蔵野

Fuchu, Tokyo

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In short

Suntory Natural Water Brewery Tokyo-Musashino is Suntory's first beer factory, opened in 1963. The Premium Malt's was born at this brewery. The brewery's website provides information on guided tours through the production process.

Suntory's First Beer Factory: Although it has "Musashino" in its name, it is located in Yazakicho, Fuchu City, and covers an area of about 110,000 square meters.
Dedication to Natural Water: Brewing beer in the Musashino area, where natural water is drawn, remains an enduring philosophy.
How Beer Is Made: The website introduces the steps from the selection of ingredients to mashing, fermentation, lagering (conditioning), filtration, and packaging.

History and Highlights

Suntory Natural Water Brewery Tokyo-Musashino is Suntory's first beer factory, established in 1963. Although the name includes Musashino, it is located in Yazakicho, Fuchu City. The site covers approximately 110,000 square meters.

The Premium Malt's was born at this brewery.

The brewery's website states its unchanging philosophy of striving to brew beer in the Musashino land blessed with natural water. The ingredients of The Premium Malt's are only carefully selected malt, hops, and natural water.

In 2023, Suntory celebrated the 60th anniversary of its beer brewing in Musashino. The guided tour was updated in 2024, and the opening video was also renewed to convey the challenges and history of their beer brewing. It shares the spirit of "Yatteminahare" ("Go for it"), passed from founder Torii Shinjiro to the second-generation president, Saji Keizo.

Touring and Experience Highlights

How Beer Is Made: The process progresses through ingredient selection, mashing, fermentation, lagering, filtration, and packaging. In mashing, crushed malt is added to heated natural water, breaking down the malt's starch into sugars. Hops are then added and boiled to produce aromatic, bitter wort.
Double Decoction Method: A brewing method that draws out the richness and flavor of the malt by boiling the mash in a mashing kettle. Suntory repeats this step twice.
Guided Tour and Brewery Shop: The brewery's website provides information on tours where visitors can observe the production process and taste freshly poured The Premium Malt's after the tour. The brewery shop offers limited-edition beers, snacks that pair well with beer and can only be purchased here, and more.

Visitor Tips

It takes about 15 minutes on foot from Fuchuhonmachi Station. Exit the ticket gates, go down the stairs on your left, and proceed straight toward Kawasaki along the JR Nambu Line; you will see the brewery on your right. Searching for the brewery name on a map app may sometimes guide you to the back gate. A free shuttle bus from Bubaigawara Station is listed, but its operation details may change depending on the weather and other conditions.

Those who drive cars, ride motorcycles, or ride bicycles, as well as persons under 20 years of age, cannot drink alcohol. Persons under 20 years of age cannot enter on their own. The details of the tour and reservation acceptance may change, so please check the brewery's website before setting out.

About 500 meters to the southwest is the Fuchu City Kyodo-no-Mori Museum.