Sapporo Breweries Ltd Gunma Factory

These buildings serve a series of functions as Sapporo Beer's malt factory. Barley used as a raw material for malt is stored in a warehouse, soaked in water for germination in a germinating building, roasted and dried in a kiln, stored in a silo, and shipped. All the buildings are compatible with the system used in Germany, the home of beer-making, so the buildings were designed to recreate that atmosphere.