There were problems such as the water at that place was very hard, rice wasn't imported from the inland of Japan freely, and many sake breweries had poor facilities in the point of safe brewing, and ready-made sake froze in the cold climate there.
現地の水がひじょうに硬水だったこと、内地からの米の輸入が不自由だったこと、いまだ安全醸造に至らない貧弱な設備の蔵が多かったこと、既成の日本酒は現地の極寒の気候では凍ってしまうことなどの問題があった。