DRINKS TOURS · BREWERY TOURS IN JAPAN
The 9 best brewery tours in Japan you can book right now, with what each one costs, how long it runs and how much drinking is included. Start at number one.
Learn how sake is made, taste 10 styles, and pair them with Japanese snacks on this friendly three-hour Kyoto tour.
“This was our favorite tour of the trip! Very educational and you get a LOT of sake in the tasting portion. I feel like I can order sake confidently at a restaurant now :)”
Explore Kyoto’s Fushimi Sake District, tour a historic brewery, taste 10+ sakes, and learn bottle labels, styles, temperatures, and pairings.
“This is a great tour, totally worth your time especially if you want to learn more about Japanese culture and be less afraid when ordering drinks at a restaurant in Japan (or elsewhere that serves Sake!). Kyōko is the perfect tour guide, super professional, friendly, patient and is very passionate about teaching people about the history and culture behind Sake (Nihonshu 😉). She is very approachable and is an awesome teacher, her approach to teaching you how to find what flavours you enjoy was refreshing and made me very motivated to get into the world of Nihonshu You learn many methods along with how to read the labels and what…”
Explore Kyoto’s Fushimi sake district, visit the Gekkeikan museum, and taste up to 18 local sakes on this small-group walking tour.
“We had a great time with Karen (Karie) on our sake tasting tour. She was great to hang out and talk with and the sake and food (food purchased separately at sake tasting restaurant) was very good. It ended up only being myself, my wife, and another adventure loving tourist along with Karie but that made it nice and quant and simple. Definitely recommend. Oh, and we drank “all the sake” and had a strong “buzz” but by no means was “drunk”, so it was a good balance and we learned a lot at the museum as well as during our sake tasting/meal.”
Explore Kobe’s Nada sake district, taste premium brews, visit historic breweries, and learn local traditions on this small-group walking tour.
“This whole experience was EXCELLENT! The sake breweries were all unique and our guide Hiro was very knowledgeable about the region and sake making. I would definitely recommend this tour if you’re planning a trip to Kobe.”
Taste eight sakes at seven Saijo breweries, learn Hiroshima’s sake traditions, and enjoy a relaxed 2-hour walking tour with an English guide.
“thanks to Grand guide, and young lady, They are eargerly explaining and best efforts for me, thanks again! BongKun Cho from Seoul”
Explore Kobe’s Nada sake district on a small-group tour with brewery visits, tastings, tofu snacks, and an English-speaking guide.
“Hiro and Fuma were fantastic guides. they were friendly and passionate about their sake. Able to taste varies types of sake and learn so much about them. would definitely recommend.”
Tour Fushimi’s sake district, visit Gekkeikan Museum, explore shrines and canals, and taste 18 Kyoto-made sakes with a local guide.
“Fantastic Tour - our guide, Shinya, was very knowledgeable about the sake brewing history of Fushimi and all-round a very interesting guy! The sake we got to try was delicious (and a very generous amount!) Highly recommend this tour while in Kyoto.”
Review of Kobe’s private sake and Japanese life tour, with brewery tastings, local shopping streets, costs, guides, and practical booking advice.
“Not fun and not really as described. Admit the Sake Brewery museum was interesting. We thought tour would be more like a food tour only with sake stops instead of food stops. Turned out our guide doesn’t even like sake. So that lack of enthusiasm on guide’s part surely contributed to the blah experience.”
Explore Saijo’s sake culture on a two-hour English tour, tasting at up to seven breweries and learning how local water shapes its gentle flavor.
“Ami was a great Guide and we had a lot of fun during the tour. The breweries have been very interesting and we learnt a lot about Sake Production and its History.”
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