Matsuiya Shuzojo (有限会社松井屋酒造場)
Matsuiya Shuzojo is a sake brewery in Tomika, Gifu Prefecture, producing the sake Mutsudori and Shoin. It keeps an Edo-period townhouse and a sake-making museum on site.
What kind of brewery is Matsuiya Shuzojo?
The main house was built in 1795 and preserves the look of an Edo-period townhouse. There are two brewery buildings, one about three hundred years old and one about a hundred years old. Together with the main house, these three buildings, along with 3,143 sake-making tools and 459 documents, were designated Gifu Prefecture Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties in June 1995. The museum displays the tools following the order of the brewing process.
Can you visit Matsuiya Shuzojo?
- Tours
Visits are not accepted during the brewing season (December to about the end of January).
- Shop
The shop sells sake from 10:00 to 18:00, closed on Mondays and January 1.
The Matsuiya sake museum is open 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays, with admission of 300 yen for adults and 150 yen for children up to junior high.
Hours and booking rules change, so check before you go. Official website
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: jimdofree.com