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    Toji (Master Brewer)

    Akiko Fujita

    Toji (Master Brewer), Yoshimura Hideo Shoten

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    Portrait of Akiko Fujita

    Portrait of Akiko Fujita

    i. Biography

    Akiko Fujita is the toji (master brewer) at Yoshimura Hideo Shoten in Iwade. She stepped into the role. Before leading brewing operations there, she spent a decade as a kurabito (brewer) at Kano Shuzo in Kaga.

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    • When did Akiko Fujita become the master brewer at Yoshimura Hideo Shoten?

      She became the toji at Yoshimura Hideo Shoten.

    • Where did Akiko Fujita work prior to Yoshimura Hideo Shoten?

      She worked as a kurabito at Kano Shuzo in Kaga to 2013.

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