Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum, Sake brewing museum in Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Japan.
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum displays traditional sake production with large Japanese cedar fermentation vats and cooling equipment spread across multiple exhibition areas. The collection includes the main tools and machines used in the brewery over many decades.
The brewery built this sake storehouse in the 1910s and used it as its main No. 1 storehouse until March 1969, when it was converted into a museum. The building was kept as it was, with the traditional brewing process preserved in place and life-sized figures recreating the work.
The exhibits show how sake is made in Japan through life-sized figures performing traditional steps. Visitors see how this craft has been practiced across many generations and its place in Japanese culture.
The museum is a five-minute walk from Hanshin Sumiyoshi Station. It is open from 09:30 to 16:30, with last entry at 16:00, and groups must book in advance. It closes over the New Year holidays and during Obon.
The museum occupies a sake brewery that operated as the main storehouse No. 1 until March 1969, built in the 1910s. The building was kept as it was and turned into the museum, so the wooden storehouse structure itself is part of the exhibit.
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