Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse

The single-story partner of the north storehouse

Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse (賀茂鶴酒造一号蔵南土蔵, Kamotsuru Shuzō Ichigōgura Minamidozō) is a single-story Dozo-zukuri earthen storehouse from the early Meiji period (1868 to 1882) on the founding site of Kamotsuru Sake Brewery in Saijo Honmachi, Higashihiroshima City, registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on June 28, 2017.

It stands immediately south of the north storehouse, gable-end to the west like its neighbor, and measures 7.7 meters by 5.3 meters, with a building area of 41 square meters.

Alike, but not identical

The roof is gabled with the entrance in the gable end (Tsumairi) and covered in pantiles, over a Japanese Wagoya frame. The agency describes the design as almost the same as the north storehouse, only a little larger.

The figures show where. Its length, 7.7 meters, is almost the same as the north storehouse's 7.6 meters, but at 5.3 meters against 4.1 meters it is more than 1 meter wider. And where the north storehouse has two floors, the Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse has one: broader and lower, so the two gables side by side differ in roof pitch and eave height.

Dating and registration of the Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse

The national database dates the Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse to the early Meiji period; Higashihiroshima City's Historic Site materials place it in the mid-Meiji period and the north storehouse in the late Meiji period, so the sources differ on which came first. This article follows the national database.

It was registered for its contribution to the historic landscape, the agency citing the paired gables, and in 2024 the No. 1 Brewhouse became part of the Saijo Sake Breweries Historic Site.

Visiting the Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse

No interior access is announced for the Kamotsuru Sake Brewery No. 1 Brewhouse South Storehouse, and the city notes that parts of the No. 1 Brewhouse are closed. Like the north storehouse, it is seen from the west wing side, most easily during a visit to the No. 1 Brewhouse shop (10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).