Haccoba Uchikanda Brewery to Open in Otemachi Gate Building

## Haccoba Uchikanda Brewery to Open in Otemachi Gate Building

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and haccoba Inc. will open a 'Craft Sake' brewery called 'haccoba Uchikanda Brewery' in September 2026. The brewery will be located within the '(tentative name) Food and Agriculture Industry Support Facility' on the second floor of the Otemachi Gate Building (scheduled for completion in July 2026). The brewery will also include a lab and showroom that highlights products and initiatives born from co-creation with players in the agriculture and food sectors, serving as a hub for spreading and co-creating Japanese food culture.

The Nihonbashi River, which the Otemachi Gate Building faces, served as a landing point for ingredients in the Edo period, and the surrounding Kanda area cultivated a rich food culture, including izakayas and soba restaurants.

In this location, which has profoundly influenced Japanese food culture, the brewery will produce 'Craft Sake,' a new category of brewed alcohol that adds ingredients like fruits and herbs based on sake brewing techniques.

Beyond brewing, the facility aims to create new value through urban-rural collaboration centered on food and agriculture. As part of the 'Megurumeku Project,' which aims to build a rich food culture and society by deepening mutual understanding between regional producers/processors and urban dwellers, the brewery will host events to foster exchange and co-creation among stakeholders, as well as collaborate with companies, organizations, and restaurants in the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho (Daimaruyu) district.

Since the inception of the 'Megurumeku Project,' haccoba has been a contributor to the formation of the 'Megurumeku Community' by speaking at various programs and releasing co-created products with other players. The brewery intends to continue this tradition of co-creation to aim for new value creation.

■ About haccoba Uchikanda Brewery

Use: Restaurant, Brewery
Area: Approx. 72.6 sqm (approx. 22 tsubo)
Scheduled Opening: September 2026
Purpose:
- Promoting Japanese food culture and brewing through sake production
- Functioning as a lab and showroom for the Megurumeku Project
- Developing brewing experience programs
- Manufacturing 'Craft Sake,' a new genre of sake

■ About haccoba

Established in February 2021 in Odaka, Fukushima Prefecture—a town that temporarily saw its population drop to zero due to the nuclear disaster. Since July 2023, it has also operated a brewery in the neighboring town of Namie. Driven by the motto 'Make sake brewing freer,' the company expresses traditional 'doburoku' culture and recipes in a modern way, engaging in free-spirited sake brewing that transcends genres. Since 2024, it has organized the new regional festival 'YoiYoi' together with Gotch (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION). The company also works on regional cultural development, including collaborating with JR East to transform the nearest unmanned station (Odaka Station) into a brewery and public market. It is genuinely committed to restoring autonomous local culture and free sake brewing culture through its business.

This project represents a major challenge for haccoba, which is based in Fukushima Prefecture, and has received significant support from the local community. Financing was made possible through syndicated loans from local Abukuma Shinkin Bank and Toho Bank, as well as an investment from the 'TOHO Next Stage Fund' operated by the Toho Bank Group and Sparkle Inc. The company will showcase the 'beauty of Fukushima's food culture,' which has been connected with an indomitable spirit even after the nuclear disaster, to the world as 'Team Fukushima.'

Company Name: haccoba Inc.
Representative: Taisuke Sato, Representative Director
Headquarters: 2-50-6 Tamachi, Odaka-ku, Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture
Links:
- Website/Online Store: https://haccoba.com
- X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/haccoba
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haccoba
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haccoba
- LINE: https://page.line.me/184glmhu
- Note: https://note.com/haccoba

■ Past Collaboration Examples

haccoba Uchikanda Brewery looks forward to collaborating with companies, organizations, and restaurants in the Daimaruyu district. As a preliminary example, in 2025, it brewed original sake for Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. in collaboration with OPENBOOK (Openbook Sake Brewing LLC, Shinjuku, Tokyo; Representative: Kai Tanaka).