Hakata’s sole brewery with a one-hundred year history familiar to the locals
Ishikura Brewery is the only sake brewery left in Hakata. Its history started when Ishikuraya, a shipping company, opened a sake brewery in the Edo Period. The factory in operation and commonly known as Hakata Hyakunen-gura was built in 1872 as the second brewery of Ishikuraya. Here at Hakata Hyakunen-gra, sake brewing technique cultivated with Japanese culture and wisdom has been handed over ever since the Meiji Period.

In addition to the factory shop where tasting of sake such as ‘Hyakunen-gura’ and ‘Ginjo Josui’ is available, Hakata Hyakunen-gura is familiar as the premises for receptions and events, taking advantage of its heritage character remained in the town. Ishikura Brewery is rooted in Hakata Old Town as its first factory destroyed in air raids in the war was in Kamiya-machi of the Town. The Executive Director Ishikura says “We hope many people will come for tasting sake and shopping at Hyakunen-gura, a place you can feel history in the middle of the city.”