Taishō
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A late Taisho workshop at the core of a Yuzawa brewery in Akita; soy sauce is heated, filtered and bottled under a king post truss and lantern roof. Registered 2024.
An early Taisho storehouse where soy sauce ages in 24 cedar vats at a Yuzawa brewery in Akita; some vats are too big for the door. Registered in 2024; on the tour.
Ryozeki Sake Brewery No. 3 Storehouse in Yuzawa, Akita, is an early Taisho earthen storehouse with no ridge tablet, sheltered by an outer roof that keeps off snow.
Ryozeki Sake Brewery Main Building in Yuzawa, Akita, is a 1923 office and home with a gabled front showing its wagoya beams. It holds Akita's registration No. 1.
Ryozeki Sake Brewery No. 4 Storehouse in Yuzawa, Akita, is a 1916 earthen storehouse designed from the start to store sake, wider than its other stores.
The office and residence of the Watanabe Hikobei Shoten brewery in Gojome, Akita, built in 1925, joins a street-front shop with a through passage to tatami rooms.