Japanese sake Brewery "Tanaka Shuzo" in Otaru 3 !

by Kazu

Above is the room for fermentation to make Japanese sake and on the left is for making wine from blue berry, prune and apple made in the adjacent towns Niki and Yoichi.

 Approximately forty Japanese sake breweries had been in operation when a bunch of fish herring had swamped to the coast of Otaru for spawning.

The building of the brewery made of stone blocks had been used as warehouses by a trader family  "The Okazakis".  It was built on the cape but the surrounding ocean was filled up with soil. Yes, The surrounding area is the land reclaimed from the sea.