A Workshop and its Water Tank
The Sekinoichi Sake Brewery Former Workshop and Boiler Room (世嬉の一酒造場旧作業場・釜場) is a brewery workshop whose roof frame keeps its first form of 1919 in Tamuracho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 23, 1999 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a slate roof and a building area of 295 square metres; registration number 03-0023.
The Workshop and the Boiler-Room Tank
The Sekinoichi brewery stands by the Iwai River, on part of the former quarter of the middle and lower samurai of the Ichinoseki domain (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Sato Tokuzo of Surisawa Village bought the Kumabun brewery and rebuilt it, to designs by his cousin Obara Yusuke, a pupil of Tatsuno Kingo.
The former workshop and boiler room, of 1919, is a single-storey timber building between the former rice store and mill and the former brewing storehouse (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It has been converted into a Japanese-style dining hall, but the roof frame of the old workshop keeps its first form.
Its entrance was made from the reinforced-concrete water tank of the old boiler room, and keeps the shape of the original gable (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a structure that would not be easy to reproduce.
What to Look For
At the former workshop and boiler room, look for the old roof frame of the workshop and the entrance made from the boiler-room water tank (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
They are owned by Sekinoichi Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Agency for Cultural Affairs). According to the company, the Sake Folk Culture Museum in the former brewing storehouse 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). The other buildings are in use by the brewery. The 7 buildings are introduced together on the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1919 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- Between the rice store and the brewing store.
- What survives?
- The old roof frame of the workshop.
- What is the entrance?
- The old boiler-room water tank.
- When was the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery Former Workshop and Boiler Room registered?
- On August 23, 1999 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Sekinoichi Sake Brewery Former Workshop and Boiler Room (世嬉の一酒造場旧作業場・釜場) |
|---|---|
| Location | 14 Tamuracho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 1999/08/23 (Heisei 11) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, slate roof, 295 m² |
| Owner | Sekinoichi Shuzo Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | The museum in the former brewing storehouse is open |
References
- Sekinoichi Sake Brewery Former Workshop and Boiler Room (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001225
- Museum and Literature Hall (Sekinoichi Shuzo, in Japanese)
- https://sekinoichi.co.jp/museum/
- Sekinoichi Sake Brewery Former Rice Store and Mill (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001223
Last verified: 2026.10.30
