About the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse
The Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse (金両醤油蔵) is the single-storey timber soy sauce storehouse of the Taisho era at the Kinryo soy sauce brewery in Noma, Shodoshima Town, Shozu District, Kagawa Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on January 31, 2003.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs records it as a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 217 square metres; registration number 37-0133, owned by Kinryo Co., Ltd. Six structures at Kinryo, the north moromi storehouse, soy sauce storehouse, and the Fujii main house, storehouse, main gate and wall, were registered on the same day (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse was registered as a structure that contributes to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs notes that it was originally the koji mixing room and machine room, and that its western half now serves as a soy sauce shop.
What to Look For
The soy sauce storehouse stands south of the eastern half of the north moromi storehouse: a single-storey east-west building 22 metres long, gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) with pantiles, with a raised ventilating roof along almost the whole ridge (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The roof is carried on king-post trusses (Agency for Cultural Affairs); the long raised roof served to ventilate and light the work rooms for koji and machinery.
Hishio no Sato
According to Shodoshima Town, Hishio no Sato is an area of soy sauce breweries and the houses of families who prospered from the trade; many brewery buildings are registered cultural properties still used for brewing today.
Visiting the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse
Shodoshima Town advises checking with each business before visiting the soy sauce breweries of Hishio no Sato. According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the western half of the Kinryo soy sauce storehouse is used as a soy sauce shop. The address is 842-1 Uchihama-ko, Noma, Shodoshima Town; enquiries to the Shodoshima Town lifelong learning section (0879-82-7015).
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Q&A
- When was the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse built?
- In the Taisho era (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What was the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse originally?
- The koji mixing room and machine room; its west half is now a shop (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What is the roof of the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse like?
- A raised ventilating roof along almost the whole ridge, on king-post trusses (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Can you visit the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse?
- Check with the business before visiting (Shodoshima Town).
- When was the Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse registered?
- On January 31, 2003.
Basic Information
| Name | Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse (金両醤油蔵) |
|---|---|
| Location | 842-1 Uchihama-ko, Noma, Shodoshima Town, Shozu District, Kagawa Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2003/1/31 (Heisei 15) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | A single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 217 square metres |
| Owner | Kinryo Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | Check with the business before visiting |
References
- Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00003140
- Modern industrial heritage of Hishio no Sato (Shodoshima Town)
- https://www.town.shodoshima.lg.jp/gyousei/kakuka/shogaigakushuka/2/1/3151.html
Last verified: 2026.10.08
