It was built in 1933. This liquor store had been open since the Taisho period in what is now Shirokane, Minato Ward, and apparently also sold miso and soy sauce.

Although it has a signboard for a soy sauce store, it seems that its main business was as a liquor store. On display are Kotobukiya (currently Suntory) whiskey, sake such as Ozeki and Gekkeikan, and Asahi bottled beer. There is also a poster with the famous catchphrase "Let's drink Toris and go to Hawaii". There were also canned goods and soy sauce as advertised, and it was worth seeing to get a feel for the social conditions of the time.

I would like to drink at a pub like this.

It is said to be a soy sauce store that has been operating in what is now Shirokane, Minato Ward since the Taisho era. In addition to soy sauce, they also sold miso/alcoholic beverages. This building is characterized by the armrests under the eaves and the girders above. The building has been recreated as it originally appeared in 1933 (Showa 8), and the appearance of the store as a retail store has also been recreated. In the brewery, the history of soy sauce/sake brewing, the work process, and photographs (black and white) from the time are on display. It was interesting both as a building and as a glimpse into the state of commerce at the time.

2023.12 This store was built in Shirokane, Minato Ward in 1930. Even the miso, soy sauce, and sake bottles have been recreated in detail.

It looks like a soy sauce shop, but it's full of sake and whiskey bottles. A liquor store?

Exhibition building of an old soy sauce shop😁 The exterior looks old, but the soy sauce bottles and advertising posters are still intact, giving it a Showa era feel. It was a kind of calming place.

It is said to be a soy sauce store built in the early Showa era with a degata structure. Until the late 1950s, products were sold by weight or by weight. It's fun to see machines that look like remnants of those days.

If an exhibit like this had been held back then, it would have made an impact.

Machiya architecture from the early Showa period. The eaves on the first floor are interesting. In 1919, the Urban Building Law was enacted, making it impossible for the eaves to protrude beyond the building boundaries, and two dilemmas arose for Degashira-zukuri from then on. One is that if you cut down the eaves, you won't be able to show off your impressive height. Another reason is that you cannot use the trick of arranging products under the overhanging eaves (beyond the architectural boundaries). You can see the answers that the store owner at the time came up with for these two dilemmas. One is the lintel part on the first floor. Well, it's thick and thick. Its thickness stands out when compared to the neighboring Kawano Shoten. I imagine that this was an attempt to compensate for the inability to get a higher digit. The other is a roll-up awning installed under the eaves. Since this is treated as a structure rather than a building, it is not a violation even if it crosses the building boundary. And sure enough, you can see in the in-store display photo how the products are lined up under the unfolded awning (lol)

ここも一つ一つに味わいがありましたね。レジなんかも自分なんかじゃ打ち方もわからないような年季の入った物。醤油の入れ物も今はペットボトルが当たり前ですが、自分が子供の時は瓶が当たり前。それより以前は見たこともない入れ物。そんな展示を見ているだけで、変に楽しくなっちゃいます。 年取るとなんで昔が良かったと思うようになるんですかね？