A White Store on the Street Corner
The Kaba Sake Brewery Side Storehouse (蒲酒造場袖蔵) is a sake store that is, with the main house, a symbol of the street 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).
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The Agency records a two-storey plastered storehouse with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 106 square metres; registration number 21-0131.
A Sake Store at the South-East Corner
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).
The side storehouse stands east to west at the south-east corner of the plot, a two-storey gabled sake store 4 ken by 8 ken with an iron-sheet roof, its door in the north of the west wall, facing the earth floor of the main house (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Its white plaster above battened weatherboards is kept in very good order, and with the main house it is loved as a symbol of Ichinomachi-dori (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
At the Kaba side storehouse, look for the white plaster over battened weatherboards and the pairing with the main house on the street (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 south-east corner of the plot.
- What does it look like?
- White plaster over weatherboards.
- Why does it matter?
- It is a symbol of the street.
- When was the Kaba Sake Brewery Side Storehouse registered?
- On July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kaba Sake Brewery Side Storehouse (蒲酒造場袖蔵) |
|---|---|
| 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, 106 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | Brewery tours by reservation |
References
- Kaba Sake Brewery Side Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006533
- Kaba Shuzojo (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation, in Japanese)
- https://www.kankou-gifu.jp/spot/detail_3836.html
Last verified: 2026.10.30
