Historical documents show that the last year wine was produced in Japan was 1632 (IMAGE)
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Japanese domestic winemaking, which began in 1627, is thought to have ended in the wake of the Hosokawa clan's transfer to the Higo Domain (modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture). The documents were studied by the Eisei Bunko Research Center
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Professor Tsuguharu Inaba
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