1893
- Founder Kumataro Yoshida
- Founded Yoshida Kumataro Shoten
1926
- 2nd president Kumaji Yoshida
1950
- 3rd president Takeshi Yoshida
- Established UMENOYADO BREWERY Co., Ltd.
1960
- Sales of our Tenka-Ichi house brand of sake topped 3500 koku (1 koku = 180 L)
1965
- Tetsuo Ishihara of Tajima toji (master brewer)
1979
- Transformed to develop house-brands and started full-scale brewing of Ginjyo-shu sake
1984
- 4th president Akira Yoshida
1987
- Introduced the automatic rice polishing machine
1989
- Started year-round hiring of brewers
1991
- First brewer in Japan to hire a British citizen
1995
- Mikio Takahashi of nambu toji (master brewer)
1997
- First open day at Umenoyado
2000
- Launched “Tsuki Usagi” sake made using secondary fermentation in the bottle
2001
- Obtained a liqueur and shochu manufacturing license
- Opened Tokyo Office
2002
- Launched “Umenoyado no Umeshu,” a liqueur made with sake
- Launched “Sanaburi Shochu,” a kasutori shochu
- Started overseas exports
2007
- Full-scale launch of “Aragoshi Umeshu,” a sake-based liqueur made using fruit pulp
2008
- Obtained a miscellaneous liquors manufacturing license
2009
- Obtained a sweet fruit liquor manufacturing license
2010
- Hiroji Kitaba of nambu toji (master brewer)
- Launched “Minori no Sparkling,” a sparkling liqueur
2013
- 5th president Kayo Yoshida
- 120th anniversary
2017
- Changed from a toji (brew-master) system to a team-based sake production system
2018
- Awarded the Nara Prefecture Overseas Expansion Leading Company (Exports) Award
- Selected as one of the “Companies Driving Regional Growth” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2020
- Obtained a spirits manufacturing license
- Awarded the 58th Shining Women Award at the Kansai Economic and Management Summit
2022
- Relocated the Head Office and brewery buildings
- Awarded the Exports/International Bureau Director's Award for 2022, which honors top businesses that engage in exports
- Launched “Aragoshi Mikku-shu” to celebrate our 130th anniversary
- Launched the PARLOR Aragoshi Series, “Strawberry” Otona no Kaniku no Numa and “Mikan” Otona no Kaniku no Dressing
2023
- Awarded Special Recognition in the 15th Japan Marketing Grand Prize
- Certified by the Osaka Prefecture Food Safety and Security Certification System
- Launched Aragoshi Ginger (Portion Type) single-serve sake
2024
- Launched “UMENOYADO GIN,” a Japanese craft gin
