Pharmaceutical Pioneer Continues Soothing Japan’s Ills in Its Fifth Century

Exhibits in the museum at Uzukyūmeigan’s Takanezawa Plant convey a feel for the company’s remarkable history of more than four centuries.

Drawings of 56 medicinal herbs adorn the ceiling in the Uzu Yakushidō.

The Seiiken has provided generations of Uzu patriarchs with a contemplative setting for absorbing the secrets of the Uzukyūmeigan formula.

Uzukyūmeigan uses state-of-the-art equipment to manufacture kanpō products at its Takanezawa Plant (photo courtesy of Uzukyūmeigan).