DRINKS TOURS · BREWERY TOURS IN KYOTO
The 7 best brewery tours in Kyoto 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.”
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.”
Taste 18 sakes in Kyoto’s Fushimi district, visit two historic breweries, and learn how Japan’s favorite drink is made in 150 minutes.
“our guide Yuko was outstanding! we got a lot of information, laughs, and insights. she went above and beyond for not only this tour, but recommendations for other sights to see. Can't thank her enough!!”
Review of Kyoto’s Fushimi sake tour, with brewery tastings, historic sights, guide quality, costs, and practical booking advice.
“despite rain, spent a great afternoon sampling sake in se eral breweries in Fushimi. enjoyed our guide who previously worked brewing Sake and even went to Kaiser High school in east Oahu close to our home in Hawaii”
Explore Kyoto’s Fushimi sake district with tastings, a local lunch, brewery stories, and an English-speaking guide in a small group.
“My son Chris and I had a great time touring Kizakura Kappa Country Sake Brewery and learning about the history of Sake. The lunch was great and then my son and I sampled 18 sakes. Hiroe was a great guide and I would strongly recommend her.”
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