William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery
Yokohama (Yamate), Kanagawa, Japan · Est. 1870
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Japan Pass 1. Continuity as recorded: PREDECESSOR SITE; END DATE NOT RESOLVED IN PASS 1. Entity type: HISTORICAL_PRODUCTION_BREWERY. Founder: William Copeland. Owner/parent as recorded: HISTORICAL / NONE. Kirin identifies the brewery as the site and lineage predecessor to Japan Brewery. Keep Spring Valley distinct from Japan Brewery and modern Kirin; the precise closure/transfer chronology remains a later archive task.
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Sources
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Brewery record compiled in Tally's Japan master, Pass 01 — national and historical anchors (research workbook), which cited https://www.kirinholdings.com/en/journal/alcohol/stories/20220217_01/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Japan master, Pass 01 — national and historical anchors (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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Common questions about William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery
- Is William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery still open?
- No. William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery has closed. Japan Pass 1. Continuity as recorded: PREDECESSOR SITE; END DATE NOT RESOLVED IN PASS 1. Entity type: HISTORICAL_PRODUCTION_BREWERY. Founder: William Copeland. Owner/parent as recorded: HISTORICAL / NONE. Kirin identifies the brewery as the site and lineage predecessor to Japan Brewery. Keep Spring Valley distinct from Japan Brewery and modern Kirin; the precise closure/transfer chronology remains a later archive task.
- When was William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery founded?
- William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery was founded in 1870 in Yokohama (Yamate), Kanagawa, Japan.
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