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    Toji (Master Brewer)

    Motoyoshi Yamaga

    Toji (Master Brewer), Asahi Shuzo (Asahi-gura facility)

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    Portrait of Motoyoshi Yamaga

    Portrait of Motoyoshi Yamaga

    i. Biography

    Motoyoshi Yamaga is a Japanese master brewer (toji) associated with Asahi Shuzo Co. Ltd. the maker of Kubota sake. Motoyoshi Yamaga of Asahi Shuzo, and a sake education profile says he joined Asahi Shuzo in 1985, became a full-time employee in 1991, and was appointed toji in 2012.

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