Fire burns old sake brewery

Fire burns old sake brewery

FUKUOKA, Japan - A fire burns a wooden sake brewing facility, built about 140 years ago and registered as a national cultural asset, in Fukuoka's Hakata district in southwestern Japan on Oct. 8, 2011.

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