About the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House
The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House (金光酒造井戸小屋) is the single-storey timber well house of the early Showa 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 single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 11 square metres; registration number 34-0270. 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 Well House was registered as a structure that contributes to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as the source of the water vital to brewing.
What to Look For
The well house stands in the south-east of the site, joined to the gate and wall running east from the main house: a single-storey gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) timber shelter with pantiles on four corner posts (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Only the south side is walled, in white plaster with exposed posts; the rest is open, with a stone-curbed well at the centre (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well 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.
- 📍 Plan Your Visit to Hiroshima
- Find tours, activities & transport passes near Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House
- [ Itsukushima Shrine & Hiroshima Peace Memorial ]
Q&A
- When was the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House built?
- In the early Showa period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What does the Kanemitsu Well House do?
- It supplies the water vital to brewing (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 Well House registered?
- On April 3, 2020.
- Can you visit the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House?
- It is part of a working brewery with no official visiting information; view it from outside.
Basic Information
| Name | Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House (金光酒造井戸小屋) |
|---|---|
| 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 single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 11 square metres |
| Owner | Not listed in the national record |
| Public Access | No official information on public access |
References
- Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Well House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013328
Last verified: 2026.10.08
