Japanese Sake and Sakura are Held―
There are three exhibition rooms in the Kinen-kan:
the Planned Exhibition Room, the Sake Reference
Room and the Sasabe Sakura Reference Room.
Various exhibitions are held according to the season.

Hakushika Memorial Museum of Sake, lovingly nicknamed “Sake Museum”,
was established as Japan’s one and only museum of sake and sakura (cherryblossom trees) in 1982. The museum consists of two buildings, theKinen-kan and the Sakagura-kan. It was established with the purpose ofpassing down the history and culture of traditional sake brewing as part ofour living cultural heritage, and of cherry blossom trees, which has been
capturing Japanese people’s hearts for innumerable generations.

Sakagura-kan

Audio VisualRoom

Kinen-kan

and2nd Floor❶

SAKURA

Restroom❷
Reception→❸

1st Floor

Entrance❶ Sake Reference Room
Exhibitions related to the history andculture of sake are held twice a year. Avariety of materials are selected inadherence with the theme and arechosen from historical documents,
works of art, sake vessels and more.
The Sasabe
Sakura Collection collectedby Sasabe san is one of Japan’sforemost collections ofmaterials regarding cherry
blossom trees which consistsof around 5,000 items!

Sakurako-chan
A fairy of Sasabe-zakura
cherry blossom tree
created by Mr. Sasabe.

JAPAN’S ONE AND ONLY MUSEUM OFSAKEConference
Room→

Kinen-kan―Where Exhibitions of Varieties of Works of Art,

❷Planned Exhibition Room
Various exhibitions are held according
to the season, presenting a variety ofworks of art and dolls of the seasonal
festivals from the collection of the sakebrewing Tatsuuma family. Materials
related to the deity Ebisu who isenshrined at nearby Shinto shrine
Nishinomiya Jinja and local materials
from Horiuchi Ebisu Collection are
also featured.
❸ Sasabe Sakura Reference Room
Exhibited in this room is the Sasabe
Sakura Collection (entrusted to themuseum by Nishinomiya City), one ofJapan’s foremost collections of materials
regarding cherry blossom trees collectedby Sasabe Shintaro, who devoted his life
to protecting and nurturing indigenous
Japanese cherry blossom trees.

Sake Museum(Incorporated Foundation Hakushika Memorial Museum of Sake）
Address: 8-21, Kurakake-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture662-0926 Japan
TEL: 0798-33-0008
FAX: 0798-32-2790
E-mail: sake-museum@hakushika.co.jp
Official Website
Website: https://sake-museum.jp/en/
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.（Admission until 4:30 p.m.）
Admission: General Admission 500yen, Junior High/ Elementary School Students 250yen（When both Kinen-kan and Sakagura-kan are open.）※Special exhibitions are priced separately.
Holiday: Tuesdays(If a Tuesday is a national holiday, the museum is open on the day andclosed on the next business day.), Summer Holidays (3 days), the Year-end and New Yearholidays

Transportation:[On Foot]・From Hanshin Nishinomiya station, walk approx. 15 min. to the south along Fudabasuji
Route.
[By Bus]・Hanshin Main Line or JR Kobe Line: From Nishinomiya station, take Hanshin Bus bound for“Marina Park” to “Kotsu Koen Mae”, walk approx. 1 min. to the south.
・Hankyu Railway Kobe Line: From Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station, take Hankyu Bus boundfor “Asanagi-cho” to “Higashi-machi”. Walk to the south and turn right at the intersection of
Rinko Route and walk approx. 7 min. to the west.
[By Car]・Hanshin Expressway Route 3 Kobe Route: From Osaka, approx. 12 min. from theMukogawa exit. / From Kobe, approx. 4 min. from the Nishinomiya exit.
・Hanshin Expressway Route 5 Bayshore Route: From Osaka, approx. 4 min. from the
Nishinomiyahama exit. / From Kobe, approx. 9 min. from the Minami-Ashiyahama exit.
・Meishin Expressway: From Kyoto, approx. 6 min. from the Nishinomiya exit.

Sakurashukugawa
Ebessan-suji Ave.

KoroenNishinomiya-jinja
ShrineHanshinNational Route 2To Osaka

Nishinomiya

Nishinomiya

Hanshin Bus

Nishinomiya Exit

Yamate-Kansen RouteRouteJR

Nishinomiya-kitaguchi

FudabasujiHankyuShukugawa
To KobeImazu
Hanshin Expy Route 3 Kobe Route
National Route 43

Sakagura-kan
Sake Museum
Kinen-kan

Rinko Route

Hakushika Classics
Nishinomiya Ohashi BridgeKoshien

Region in a Brewery Built in 1869―❻ Koji Making❾ Pressing▲⓬ Casking & Shipment▲⓫ Maturation▲

Filtration &❿ Pasteurization

Drawing Miyamizu water from thewell using hanetsurube.

Moromi (Main Mash)❽ Making▲Moto (Yeast Starter)❼ Making❺ Cooling Process

Rice Washing❸ & Soaking▲❹ Rice Steaming❷ Rice Polishing▲❶ Tool Washing▲

The museum building was built in 1869 and housed the original
Tatsuuma-Honke Sake Brewery. Visitors can explore the traditional sakebrewing process through watching videos and listening to the songs ofsake brewing as well as be able to get hands-on with traditional sakebrewing tools. A set of sake brewing tools and a set of tools for making
sake brewing tubs and vats were designated as Tangible Folk Cultural
Properties of Hyogo Prefecture
and Nishinomiya City.

Traditional Sake Brewing Process▲Sakagura-kan―Introducing the Traditional Sake Brewing of Nada

＊The numbers apply to the floor map of Sakagura-kan. ❷ There is no exhibit of rice polishing.

Sake Brewing in the Nada Region

Maturation
Pressed sake was matured in thevats until shipment.
Itaishimichi
In order to transport a
daihachi-guruma cart loadedwith Miyamizu water casks,
the cart followed the roads thatwere double-lined withflagstones called Itaishimichi.

Restroom

❾❻❿

⓫

⓬

Reception❼❸

The building ofSakagura-kan, a set of sake brewing
tools and a set of tools for making sakebrewing tubs and vats, and the remains ofrice steaming place kamaba in theSakagura-kan were recognized as
Cultural Properties
of Japan Heritage in 2020!

❽❺❹Entrance❶Small HallSake-kun
A Kansai-jin(a person from the Kansai region)
who is obsessed with sake.

KamabaThese are the remains of thekamaba, which is where sake rice
was steamed.

Front Yard
Every fall before the sake brewing
began in winter, workers would
wash and dry the sake brewing
tools at the front yard. This
practice is called Akiarai.

Located between Mt. Rokko and the Seto Inland Sea, Nada-go-gō hasbeen the largest sake brewing region in Japan since the Edo period(1603-1867). Nada-go-gō literally means "five sake production areas forNada sake". Listed in order from east to west, the five areas are Imazu-gō,
Nishinomiya-gō (in present-day Nishinomiya City), Uozaki-gō,Mikage-gō and Nishi-gō (in present-day Kobe City), and are all within
Hyogo Prefecture. The refined sake in this region is brewed with
“Yamada Nishiki”, which was created in Hyogo Prefecture in 1936 andknown as the king of sake rice, and well water “Miyamizu”, which canonly be drawn from a certain area of Nishinomiya. Miyamizu has beenconserved since its suitability for sake brewing was discovered in the Edoperiod. Additionally, the cold and dry wind that blows down from Mt.
Rokko, known as “Rokko-oroshi”, creates a suitable climate for sakebrewing. Highly-skilled sake brewing craftsmen who established the basis
for refined sake brewing inJapan “Tanba Toji”, produce
sake in this region.
During the Edo period,
approximately one million
sake casks were transportedby tarukaisen cargo vessels
f r o m Ni s h i n o m i y a a n d
Osaka to Edo (present-dayTokyo) in one year. Thissake was called kudarizake
and gained popularity
Products of Greater Japan
during this time.
Shipping Newly Brewed Sake in Settsu Province