Sapporo Beer Museum

The Sapporo Beer Museum (サッポロビール博物館 Sapporo Bīru Hakubutsukan) is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan. The red-brick building was erected originally as a factory of the Sapporo Sugar Company in 1890, and later opened as a museum in July 1987. The building also houses the Sapporo Beer Garden in the south wing.

The history of the Sapporo Beer Museum dates back to Meiji period, when William Smith Clark, who visited Hokkaidō as an O-yatoi gaikokujin, started beer production, and the Hokkaidō Kaitaku-shi, the former government of Hokkaidō, established a number of breweries in Sapporo. William Clark was a president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, which had one of the best techniques of beet production in the United States at that time, and he hoped to establish the beet cultivation in Hokkaidō during his stay. After Clark went back to the United States, the Kaitaku-shi began beet production in Nanae Village, where is currently a part of Hakodate. This was the first beet cultivation in Hokkaidō.

サッポロビール博物館 / iyoupapa

WebSite:

Name : Sapporo Beer Museum

Category : Culture/History

Website : http://www.sapporobeer.jp/brewery/s_museum/index.html

TEL : 011-748-1876

Area : Hokaido (Hokaido)

Address : 9-1-1 Kitananajohigasi Higashi-ku Sapporo-shi 065-8633
〒065-8633 北海道札幌市東区北7条東9-1-1
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