storage room Chateau Kamiya was Japan's first full-scale winery, founded in 1903. The office, fermentation chamber and storage room are still extant. They have great historic value and in 2008 were designated by the government as important cultural properties. In 2020, they were certified as Japan Heritage. The storage was a facility where secondary fermentation and aging of wine were carried out. It is curren…

Chateau Kamiya was Japan's first full-scale winery, founded in 1903. The office, fermentation chamber and storage room are still extant. They have great historic value and in 2008 were designated by the government as important cultural properties. In 2020, they were certified as Japan Heritage. The fermentation room is the main facility for wine and cider brewing in the Ushiku brewery, and it has a basement sap…

In the Edo period, Katsunuma grapes were transported by horse and wagon to Edo (now Tokyo), the capital of Japan at that time, along the Koshu Highway, a trip which took several days. However, most of the Katsunuma grapes species are fragile, and they tended to rot during these long hours of transportation. Only rather sour species, such as the Koshu Grape, would arrive in Edo without suffering great loss of quality.…