About GEKKEIKAN SAKE (USA), INC.
GEKKEIKAN SAKE (USA), INC. is a sake brewery on Sibley Street in Folsom. Its website says the Folsom brewery is the latest chapter of a story that began almost 400 years ago in Fushimi, Japan. The site describes it as sake brewed in Northern California.
Sake here is made from rice and water. The website says the water comes from the American River and the rice from the Sacramento Valley. It also says the sake has no artificial additives, enhancers or sulfites.
The lineup runs from California sake like Haiku, Black & Gold and Nama to Kyoto sake like Horin, Suzaku and Nigori. There is a plum wine too. The site says Nama is an unpasteurized draft sake with a fresh and fruity flavor.
Gekkeikan runs a tasting room in Folsom, set against a Japanese garden. Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance, parking lot and restroom.
From Gekkeikan's own website and its Google listing, read October 15, 2026.
Been here? Write the first Brewery.fyi review.
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
Map
Questions people ask
Does Gekkeikan in Folsom have a tasting room?
Yes. The website lists a tasting room and a Japanese garden at the Folsom brewery. Tasting room hours change between summer and winter, so check the site.
What is Nama sake?
The website calls it draft sake. It is not pasteurized and goes through an ultra micro-filtering process before bottling. The site says this gives it a fresh and fruity flavor.
Does Gekkeikan sake contain preservatives or sulfites?
The website says no. It describes the sake as naturally fermented from rice, koji rice and water.
Where do the ingredients come from?
The website says the water is from the American River and the rice is from the Sacramento Valley.
Which breweries are close by?
Red Bus Brewing Company is 0.8 miles away. Uncle Charlie's Firehouse & Brew is 1.2 miles away. Frends Brewhouse - Folsom is 1.8 miles away, and BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is 2.5 miles away.
Answers come from Gekkeikan's website and its Google listing, read October 15, 2026.
Breweries near GEKKEIKAN SAKE (USA), INC.
Before you visit Gekkeikan
Check us.gekkeikan.com before you go. The tasting room hours change between summer and winter, and the site lists them. Bottle purchases have their own weekday hours there too.
Take a few minutes in the Japanese garden while you are there. The site also has Sake 101 and how-to-make-sake pages if you want to read up first.
Red Bus Brewing Company is 0.8 miles away. Uncle Charlie's Firehouse & Brew is 1.2 miles away, which makes a beer stop easy to add.