Saga Prefecture Kashima is a city where east was facing the Ariake Sea. Southwest of Kashima City forms a border between the Nagasaki Prefecture, is a town with a population of about 30,000 people. Kashima City of ?Hizen Hamashuku? is made at the mouth pouring into the Ariake Sea, it is a militia town that still has old streets. The town prospered as a port city, a post town, brewing has been carried out from the Edo era (1603-1858) in that there is abundant water and rice. Among them, Fukuchiyo sake brewery was founded in the late Taisho (around 1920), is the Japanese wine cellar of 1000 stone (100,000 bottles), and has received high evaluation, etc. to win the award in various awards ceremony recognizing excellence. Brand "Nabeshima" in 2011 is the fact that won the world's highest award of the world in the IWC International Wine Challenge sake department, was collected at once many people's attention. The Japanese wine cellar, tourists began to visit many from Japan across the country. Then, with a focus on the opening of a storehouse for the first time in the year and "Kashima brewery tourism" began. In 2015 it seems to give the attract of 70,000 people in two days.
© Y.Harigane

Architects: yHa architects

Location: Kashima, Saga Prefecture, Japan

Area: 154.75 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Y.Harigane
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