Factory / Workshop Spots in Yuki / Chikusei Area

  • Yuki Sake Brewery
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 1589
    A sake brewery established in the Edo period located a 10-minute walk from the north exit of JR Yuki Station. The brewery building was originally built in the Ansei era; this and the large brick chimney added on in the Meiji period are designated a National Tangible Cultural Property. Visitors can enjoy food along with Fukufuku, a traditional and renowned sake which has been brewed since the Edo period, served at various temperatures. Yuiyui, another of the brewery's famous sakes, is decorated with a design created by a local calligrapher depicting a thread ring surrounding the character for good fortune. Made with underground water from the Kinugawa River system, this sake is characterized by its mild flavor.

    結城市木町交差点近くにあり、井戸水を使った昔ながらの製法でお酒を造っている[結城酒造]さんになります。好適米「山田錦」を自家栽培して仕込んだ大吟醸酒『富久福』が、平成14年の全国新酒鑑評会で金賞を受賞しました。酒蔵は江戸時代に建てられたもので老舗の趣があり、常時見学できます(要予約)。

  • FP Corporation Kanto Recycling Plant
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    Ibaraki Pref. Yukigunyachiyomachi Hiratsuka 4448
    A recycling plant located along the Live Line connecting Prefectural Routes 125 and 56. Visitors can tour the plant and watch as plastic trays from supermarkets and other materials and separated and recycled. After the tour, visitors can watch a DVD explaining the plant's workings and ask a representative question, making the facility an excellent place to learn how recycling is actually carried out. Tours are reservation only; applications are accepted over the Internet and via fax machine. Two tours are offered every weekday starting at 9:00 and 13:00. Tour-goers can also have a bento box lunch from the plant sold at cost.
  • Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Ibaraki Factory
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    Ibaraki Pref. Sashimagungokamachi Kawatsuma 1232-2
    Located a seven-minute drive from Kurihashi Station on the JR Utsunomiya Line, visitors to the factory can learn about the production process involved in making the products which bear the Yakult name, a company founded in 1955. The facility makes use of easy to understand videos, ensuring visitors of all ages can have fun and learn. Yakult products have long been a favorite of Japanese households, and the strict safety standards employed here as well as the overwhelming scale of the facility also make the factory an excellent topic for a child's summer vacation school research project. Tours are offered from Monday through Saturday and take around one hour. Tour-goers can view production processes up close and also sample Yakult products.
  • Buyu
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    Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 144
    A long-established sake brewery founded in the Keio era (late Edo period). The brewery produces dry sake with a perfect balance of rich rice flavor and sharp dryness. The brewery also offers paid tours where visitors can observe traditional sake brewing and listen to explanations on how to enjoy and select sake and food pairings.
  • Kewpie Goka Factory
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    Ibaraki Pref. Sashimagungokamachi Kotesashi 1800
    Kewpie's factory in Goka-machi, Sashima-gun, offers free factory tours where visitors can learn about the history of Kewpie and mayonnaise, and observe the mayonnaise and dressing production process through a special course. Tours must be booked in advance.
  • MORINAGA Milk Industry TONE Plant (Tour)
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    Ibaraki Joso-shi Uchimoriya-machi 4013-1
  • Kewpie Goka Plant
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    Ibaraki Sashima-gun Gokamachi Kotesashi 1800
  • Yamazaki Baking Koga Plant
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Okazato 7
  • Aoki Brewery
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Ibaraki Koga-shi Honcho 2-chome 15-11

    天保2年(1831年)十一代将軍家斉の時代に、 古河に創業ています。 古河唯一の地酒を造る酒屋さんです。 清酒御慶事は三代目当主の方が大正天皇御成婚の折、 皇室の繁栄と日本の国のますますの隆盛への願いを込めて 「最高のよろこびごと」という意味で「御慶事」と命名したそうです。

  • Okujunhombayukitumugisomeorishiryoukanteorinosato
    Travel / Tourism
    Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 12-2
  • Yakult Head Office Ibaraki Plant
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    Ibaraki Sashima-gun Gokamachi Kawa Tsuma 1232-2
  • Takemura Brewery
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    Ibaraki Joso-shi Mitsukaidotakaramachi 3375-1
  • Nishioka Main Store
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    Ibaraki Sakuragawa Makabechota 6-1
  • Yamanaka Brewery
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    Ibaraki Joso-shi Shinishige 187
  • Nomura Brewing
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    Ibaraki Joso-shi Motoishige 2052
  • Hagiwara Brewery
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    Ibaraki Sashima-gun Sakaimachi 565-1
  • PASTLAKE
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    Ibaraki Shimotsuma-shi Nagatsuka Otsu 70-3
  • Murai Brewing
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    Ibaraki Sakuragawa Makabecho Makabe 72
  • Raifuku Sake Brewing
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    Ibaraki Pref. Chikuseishi Murata 1626
  • Waka Sugi Hanko kobo
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    Ibaraki Chikusei-shi Nunogawa 1311-4

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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