A Store with a Western Ceiling Rose
The Kaba Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse No. 2 (蒲酒造場仕込蔵二) is a former ryotei store with Western-style details inside of 1906 in Furukawacho Ichinomachi, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey plastered storehouse with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 45 square metres; registration number 21-0134.
A Store at the Corner of the Canal
The Kaba brewery occupies a plot facing south onto Ichinomachi-dori in Hida Furukawa, with the Setogawa canal along its north side; its buildings date from 1906, after the great fire of 1904 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Brewing storehouse No. 2 stands north to south at the north-west corner of the plot, where the Setogawa canal meets the Oyokocho lane; it is a two-storey store 4 and a half ken by 3 ken (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Its gabled roof is set on top as a separate cover, with the ridge raised over the southern 1 and a half ken.
It was once the store of a ryotei, a high-class dining house, and is notable for Western-style details inside such as the central ornament of the ceiling (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a structure that would not be easy to reproduce.
What to Look For
At Kaba brewing storehouse No. 2, look for the raised ridge at the south end of its separate roof and the Western-style ceiling ornament inside (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. It is a working brewery; according to the Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation, tours must be booked a week ahead and are not offered from October to December, costing 500 yen per person for up to 10 people, with guidance in Japanese only. The main house, side storehouse, archive storehouse and 2 brewing storehouses are introduced together on the Kaba Sake Brewery page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1906 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- At the corner of the canal and Oyokocho.
- What is the roof like?
- A separate gabled roof, raised at the south.
- What is inside?
- A Western-style ceiling ornament.
- When was the Kaba Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse No. 2 registered?
- On July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kaba Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse No. 2 (蒲酒造場仕込蔵二) |
|---|---|
| Location | 6-6 Furukawacho Ichinomachi, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2007/07/31 (Heisei 19) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey plastered storehouse, iron-sheet roof, 45 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | Brewery tours by reservation |
References
- Kaba Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse No. 2 (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006536
- Kaba Shuzojo (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation, in Japanese)
- https://www.kankou-gifu.jp/spot/detail_3836.html
Last verified: 2026.10.30
