Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 at the Southern Entrance
Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 (鳳鳴酒造事務室二, Hōmei Shuzō Jimushitsu Ni) is a late Meiji-era office building of a sake brewery in Gofukumachi, Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture, entered on Japan's register of Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on September 19, 2003. It stands toward the south of the Homei brewery site, southwest of the Brewing Storehouse.
It is a single-storey wooden building with a hip-and-gable (Irimoya-zukuri) pantiled roof and a building area of 43 square meters, rectangular in plan with its ridge running north to south, and it contains a single office room. It is the only one of the nine registered Homei buildings for which the Agency for Cultural Affairs database names an owner: Homei Shuzo Co., Ltd.
The Back Door of the Brewery
The shop and museum face the street on the north, but the lot runs deep and meets another road at its southern end. The Agency notes that Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 stands near the entrance from that southern road, with its front door on the south side.
If the north street was the front door for customers, the south entrance was the way into the working brewery, where rice, supplies and the brewery hands came and went, and the office was placed on that side. The company's head office is still registered at 73 Gofukumachi.
Why Office No. 2 Was Registered
Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 was registered as contributing to the historic landscape. The Agency describes it as one of the core facilities of the brewery's working area, which extended from the center of the lot toward the south.
Office No. 1, which shares the name, is a one-room hut of 6.3 square meters beside the main house on the north street. Office No. 2 is nearly seven times larger and carries a more formal hip-and-gable roof. A small office attached to the shop at the front and an office running the brewery at the back: their different roles show in their size and form.
Visiting Office No. 2
Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 is not part of the museum route described on the brewery's website, and the interior is not open. The route begins in the main house on the north side and does not lead round to the southern entrance.
The sources consulted do not show how much of the building can be seen from the southern road. The south side of the site is the company's place of business and should not be entered without permission.
Q&A
- What is Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2?
- It is a late Meiji-era office building southwest of the Brewing Storehouse on the Homei brewery site in Gofukumachi, Tamba-Sasayama City. The single-storey wooden building has a hip-and-gable pantiled roof, covers 43 square meters and was registered on September 19, 2003.
- Where is Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2?
- Toward the south of the site, near the entrance from the southern road, with its door facing south, on the opposite side from the shop on the north street.
- Why was Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 registered?
- The Agency for Cultural Affairs regarded it as one of the core facilities of the brewery's working area and registered it as contributing to the historic landscape.
- Who owns Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2?
- According to the Agency's database, Homei Shuzo Co., Ltd.
- Can I visit Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2?
- No. It is not on the museum route and the interior is closed.
Basic Information
| Name | Homei Sake Brewery Office No. 2 (鳳鳴酒造事務室二) |
|---|---|
| Location | 73-7 Gofukumachi, Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture (listed under Sasayama City in the Agency database) |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (building), registration no. 28-0135 |
| Year Designated | Registered September 19, 2003 |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Wooden, single storey, tiled roof, building area 43 square meters |
| Owner | Homei Shuzo Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | Closed to the public |
References
- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties: Homei Shuzo Jimushitsu Ni
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00003583
- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties: Homei Shuzo Shikomigura
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00003581
- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties: Homei Shuzo Jimushitsu Ichi
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00003576
- Homei Shuzo official site: Jokagura and tour route
- https://houmei.wixsite.com/houmeisyuzou/projects-3
- Homei Shuzo official site: Company profile
- https://houmei.wixsite.com/houmeisyuzou/about-8
Last verified: 2026.09.30
