Meiji-gura

Enjoy tasting Shochu at the most famous Shochu brewery in Kagoshima. Meiji-gura is Satsuma

Shuzo’s Shochu factory and museum. Satsuma Shuzo is producing traditional handmade

Shochu “Tezukuri Meijigura”and other traditional making style Shochu like “Banshokou”, “Satsuma

Shiranami Kametsubo Jikomi”, and “Meiji no Shochu” etc.

The name Meijigura is a Japanese word made up of the words Meiji, from the Meiji Era, and the

word Gura, for distillery. We use this name Meiji because we use the traditional methods from

the Meiji Era for making our handmade Shochu brands.

Location of Ibusuki

General information

Address	26 Tategami-honmachi, Makurazaki-city, Kagoshima-prefecture
Access	60 minutes by a vehicle from Kagoshima-city 120 minutes by a vehicle from Kagoshima Airport 60 minutes by a vehicle from JR Ibusuki Station 60 minutes by a vehicle from Chiran
Open hours	9:00 to 16:00
Admission fee	No fee is required
Days closed	December 31 and January 1