About the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse
The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse (金光酒造貯蔵蔵) is the two-storey earthen storage storehouse of the late Meiji period, extended in the late Taisho 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 315 square metres; registration number 34-0269. 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 Storage Storehouse was registered as a structure that contributes to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs notes that it is visible from all around and shapes the look of the brewery.
What to Look For
The storage storehouse stands along the north edge of the site against the brewing storehouse: a two-storey earthen store 39 metres long, made up of a gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) east wing and a lower west wing (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Inside, the ground floor is earth-floored and the upper floor boarded, with storage tanks lined up on the ground floor of the west wing (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse
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 Storage Storehouse built?
- In the late Meiji period, extended in the late Taisho period, (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- How long is the Kanemitsu Storage Storehouse?
- 39 metres, a long two-storey earthen store (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 Storage Storehouse registered?
- On April 3, 2020.
- Can you visit the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse?
- It is part of a working brewery with no official visiting information; view it from outside.
Basic Information
| Name | Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse (金光酒造貯蔵蔵) |
|---|---|
| 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 315 square metres |
| Owner | Not listed in the national record |
| Public Access | No official information on public access |
References
- Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Storage Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013327
Last verified: 2026.10.08
