About the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House
The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House (金光酒造瓶詰所) is the two-storey timber bottling house of the early 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 timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 50 square metres; registration number 34-0266. 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 Bottling House was registered as a structure that contributes to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as part of a dwelling converted into a bottling house, forming part of the brewing facilities.
What to Look For
The bottling house stands at the west end of the central area, joined to the south of the brewing storehouse: a two-storey gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) timber building with pantiles, a lean-to on the east and walls fully rendered in white plaster (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The bottling machine stands on the earth floor downstairs, and upstairs two six-mat rooms sit side by side (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling 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 Bottling House built?
- In the early Taisho period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What was the Kanemitsu Bottling House originally?
- Part of a dwelling, converted for bottling (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 Bottling House registered?
- On April 3, 2020.
- Can you visit the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House?
- It is part of a working brewery with no official visiting information; view it from outside.
Basic Information
| Name | Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House (金光酒造瓶詰所) |
|---|---|
| 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 timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 50 square metres |
| Owner | Not listed in the national record |
| Public Access | No official information on public access |
References
- Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013324
Last verified: 2026.10.08
