A Long Sake Brewery with a Shrine Shelf
The Ebiki Former Sake Brewery (Kura no Shiryokan) (海老喜旧酒蔵（蔵の資料館）) is a long brewery that conveys traditional sake making of the late Edo period, altered in 1979 and 2012 in Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey plastered storehouse, partly two storeys, with a tiled roof and a building area of 153 square metres; registration number 04-0157.
A Brewery with a Shelf for the Sake God
Ebiki is a merchant house of miso and soy-sauce brewers in the old castle town of Toyoma, with eight buildings on its site registered (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The former sake brewery, of the late Edo period, faces south in the north-west corner at the back of the site; it was used for brewing sake until 1908, and a shelf for the sake god is set up on its upper floor.
It is an east-west gabled store with a tiled roof, plastered walls and a vertical-board base. Inside, triple tie-beam frames stand at every bay, linked by tie rails (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency calls it a long store that conveys traditional sake brewing.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
Look for the triple tie-beam frames at every bay and the shelf for the sake god upstairs (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. According to the Ebiki website, the family business still makes and sells miso and soy sauce here. Ebiki and Tome City give the opening hours of the Kura no Shiryokan museum in the former sake brewery as 9:00 to 17:00, with admission of 200 yen; the former soy-sauce store (Ebiki Hall) is used for group meals by reservation only, and no other building is open inside. The eight buildings are introduced together on the Ebiki page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the late Edo period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Until when was sake brewed?
- Until 1908.
- What is inside?
- Triple tie-beam frames.
- How is it used now?
- As the Kura no Shiryokan museum.
- When was the Ebiki Former Sake Brewery (Kura no Shiryokan) registered?
- On May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Ebiki Former Sake Brewery (Kura no Shiryokan) (海老喜旧酒蔵（蔵の資料館）) |
|---|---|
| Location | 22 Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2018/05/10 (Heisei 30) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single storey, partly two, plastered storehouse, tiled roof, 153 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Ebiki Former Sake Brewery (Kura no Shiryokan) (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00012277
- Kura no Shiryokan (Ebiki, in Japanese)
- https://ebiki.com/?mode=f3
- Historic sights (Tome City, in Japanese)
- https://www.city.tome.miyagi.jp/kanko/tourism/see/rekishi/index.html
Last verified: 2026.10.28
