Warehouses and shops were already owned but, for example, the Kanto region through to northern Japan was dotted with Goshu warehouses which were owned by entrepreneurs in distant places where brewery workers sent to the locales would be employed on a seasonal basis as required.
蔵や店舗は自前の所有であったが、たとえば関東地方から東北地方に点在した江州蔵（ごうしゅうぐら）のように、はるか遠方に住む経営者が資本を持ち、派遣された蔵人が必要に応じて土地の労働者を季節雇用して営んでいるところもある。