Sekinoichi Sake Brewery

Sekinoichi Sake Brewery

The Sekinoichi Sake Brewery (世嬉の一酒造場) stands by the Iwai River in Tamuracho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, on part of the former quarter of the middle and lower samurai of the Ichinoseki domain; its 7 buildings of 1919, the former shop and office, sales warehouse, pressing room and sales warehouse, brewing storehouse, workshop and boiler room, rice store and mill, and bottling store and koji room, were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on August 23, 1999 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). They are owned by Sekinoichi Shuzo Co., Ltd.

Designed by Obara Yusuke

Sato Tokuzo of Surisawa Village bought the Kumabun brewery and rebuilt it, to designs by his cousin Obara Yusuke, a pupil of Tatsuno Kingo (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Plastered stores, among them a brewing storehouse 27 metres long, stand with stone buildings, a brick store and a timber workshop around the site, linked by frames and verges of dark fired brick.

The former brewing storehouse is now the Sake Folk Culture Museum, and the other buildings are in use by the brewery (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each building is described on its own page.

Visiting

They are owned by Sekinoichi Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Agency for Cultural Affairs). According to the company, the Sake Folk Culture Museum opens from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with admission of 300 yen (200 yen for elementary and junior high school students).