Kubo Brewery
About History
During the Edo period, Kubo brewery served as a shrine-dedicated brewery for Usa Main Shrine which is a national treasure as the head shrine of all the Hachimangu shrines around Japan. This brewery is located in the part of Nagasu district that belongs to the World Agricultural Heritage site because this area is the largest granary in Oita Prefecture mainly by wheat cultivation. Kubo brewery's Shochu crafted with great care by hand through nearly every step in the brewing process by using a hull-less barley of ‘Ichibanboshi’ harvested locally in Usa City, and blessed water from a land associated with the water deity.
Location
Usa City is in the northern part of Oita Prefecture, at the base of the Kunisaki Peninsula. Usa Hongu Shrine, the head shrine of over 40,000 Hachiman shrines nationwide, is located here. The Usa district, which developed as the torii gate town of Usa Shrine; the Yokkaichi district, which developed as a temple town; and the Nagasu district, which developed as a port town: these three districts have traditionally been the economic and cultural centers. The rest of the area is forming the prefecture's largest grain-producing region. The site where Kifune Shrine once stood that has been reborn as Kubo brewery in the Nagasu district.
