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.[2] 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. | ||||||
Location: Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan | ||||||
Opened: 1890 (as a factory)1987 (as a museum) | ||||||
Type: Beer museum | ||||||