Matsumoto Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.

Matsumoto Jihei founded the brewery under the trade name 'Sawaya' in Yasaka Yumiya-cho, Kyoto, and began sake brewing after moving to Shichijo Honmachi.

Under the 7th-generation head Jihei, the brewery was relocated to its current headquarters site in Yokooji Misu-Daikoku-cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.

On June 21, the company was reorganized as Matsumoto Shuzo Co., Ltd.

The storage warehouse was completed and designated a Kyoto City Historic Building of Distinctive Design.

Certified as a Heritage of Industrial Modernization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

The rice-polishing warehouse (in-house rice polishing) was completed.