About the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House
The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House (金光酒造包装所) is the two-storey earthen packing house of the early Meiji period at the Kanemitsu sake brewery in Nomio, Kurose-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on April 3, 2020.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs records it as a two-storey earthen-walled building with a tiled roof and a building area of 51 square metres; registration number 34-0267. Eight structures at the brewery, the brewing and storage storehouses, packing house, bottling house, annex, well house, gate and wall, and chimney, were registered on the same day (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House was registered as a structure that contributes to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as a household store converted into a packing house, forming part of the brewing facilities.
What to Look For
The packing house stands north of centre, its north-west corner joined to the brewing storehouse: a two-storey gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) earthen store with pantiles and white plaster, with three tiers of drip tiles on the east gable (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The earth-floored ground floor serves for packing, and the boarded upper floor for storage (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House
Kanemitsu is a working brewery, and we found no official information on visits to the storehouses. Please view them from outside the site. The address is 1364-2 Nomio, Kurose-cho, Higashihiroshima City.
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Q&A
- When was the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House built?
- In the early Meiji period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What was the Kanemitsu Packing House originally?
- A household store, converted for packing (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- How many Kanemitsu brewery structures are registered?
- Eight: the brewing and storage storehouses, packing house, bottling house, annex, well house, gate and wall, and chimney (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House registered?
- On April 3, 2020.
- Can you visit the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House?
- It is part of a working brewery with no official visiting information; view it from outside.
Basic Information
| Name | Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House (金光酒造包装所) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1364-2 Higashimonzen, Nomio, Kurose-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2020/4/3 (Reiwa 2) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | A two-storey earthen-walled building with a tiled roof and a building area of 51 square metres |
| Owner | Not listed in the national record |
| Public Access | No official information on public access |
References
- Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packing House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013325
Last verified: 2026.10.08
