COMPANY/PROFILE
PROFILECompany Profile
Company information about SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery Co., Ltd.,
which has walked alongside the people of Hiroshima since its establishment in 1918.
- Company Name
- SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery Co., Ltd.
- Location
- 1-12-1 Sakurao, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 738-8602 Japan
- Phone Number
- (0829)32-2111 (representative)
- Established
- October 8th, 1918
- Capital
- One hundred million yen
- Representative
- Koichiro Shirai, President and CEO
- Business
- Manufacturing and selling alcoholic beverages, food products (starch, glucose, beverages, seasoning), pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics; importing/selling alcohol, restaurant business, real estate services, insurance agency work
- Branch / Store
- Tokyo Branch: 1-2-14 H1O Hamamatsucho, Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo 105-0012 Japan
SAKURAO DISTILLERY VISITOR CENTER (same location, 1F) - Affiliated Company
- Hakuei Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Associations
- Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association / Japan Distillers' Association / Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association / National Mirin Association / Hiroshima Sake Brewers Association
Location & Access
SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery Co., Ltd.
- Address
- 1-12-1 Sakurao, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 738-8602 Japan
- TEL
- (0829)32-2111 (representative)
- Hours
- 8:30–17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and our company holidays)
- Access
- 10-minute walk from Hatsukaichi Station (JR / Hiroshima Electric Railway)
○Drivers of cars or bicycles, persons under 20 years of age, and pregnant or breastfeeding women are not permitted to sample alcoholic beverages.
History
- October 1918
- Chugoku Sake Brewing Partnership established
- August 1938
- Reorganized as a joint-stock company and renamed Chugoku Jozo Co., Ltd.
- October 1963
- Commenced sake brewing; all-season brewing cellar No. 77 completed
- October 1967
- Industry-first paper-container sake "Hakosake Ichidai" released jointly with Tupac (Germany)
- February 1974
- Bottling plant No. 88 completed
- February 1976
- Comprehensive wastewater treatment facility completed
- August 1977
- "Hakosake Ichidai" released in Tetra Brik packaging
- June 1984
- Canned chuhai "Kanpea" released
- October 1986
- Large paper container filling equipment completed
- January 1989
- Sakurao Distribution Center Phase 1 completed
- October 1990
- Sakurao Distribution Center Phase 2 completed
- November 1990
- New small-bottle filling line completed
- September 1991
- New 1.8L bottle filling line completed; industrial water pipe rehabilitation completed
- August 1992
- Ultrafiltration equipment for fresh sake completed
- January 1997
- Automatic koji production system introduced
- March 1998
- SF filter introduced
- February 2000
- Large paper container filling machine introduced
- April 2000
- Pure water system introduced
- December 2003
- Raw material pulverizer for shochu introduced
- December 2003
- Ginjo moromi pressing system introduced
- June 2004
- Additional pot still installed
- November 2004
- Additional shochu raw material processing equipment installed
- May 2006
- Sake "Ichidai Misen" series established as brand
- June 2006
- "Gyabaricci Umeshu" released
- November 2006
- Online shop "Yasuragi Hakko-bo" launched
- July 2010
- "Pretty Umeshu kawaii" released
- April 2012
- Direct store "Yasuragi Hakko-bo" opened
- November 2013
- "Momiji Manju no Osake" released
- December 2015
- High-carbonation gas filling equipment introduced
- April 2017
- Refrigerated warehouse expanded
- December 2017
- SAKURAO DISTILLERY completed
- October 2018
- SAKURAO DISTILLERY VISITOR CENTER opened
- 2019
- SAKURAO DISTILLERY Phase 2 construction (grain whisky distillation equipment and new whisky warehouse)
- 2021
- Company name changed to SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery Co., Ltd.
- 2021
- SAKURAO DISTILLERY Phase 3 construction