Sake Tour with a Sake Brewer

By Origin Sake Tours

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Overview

Join an expert brewer for an exclusive journey through Japan’s most famous sake region. Go beyond the free tasting areas to explore traditional techniques, visit a master cooperage where barrels are still handcrafted, and enjoy a guided tasting of sake made from three different rice varieties.

• Exclusive Tastings: Sample rare Nama (unpasteurized), barrel-aged, and ultra-premium Daiginjo sake.
• Behind-the-Scenes Access: Visit a workshop where skilled craftsmen still hand-build traditional wooden sake barrels.
• Expert Insights: Learn centuries-old brewing secrets and local culture from an experienced sake brewer.
• Sake Knowledge: Enjoy a guided Sake Flight with your host at an active sake brewery.

For weekend dates, please check my other tour at Origin Sake Tours, available Fri, Sat and Sun

Activity location

沢の井
- 12
- 658-0046, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Mikage Station
- 4 12
- 658-0046, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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Dates

Travelers

Sake Tour with a Sake Brewer

4h
English

Language options: English

Starting time: 13:00

Price details

P 8,484.26 x 1 AdultP 8,484.26

Total

Until Wed, Aug 19

What's included, what's not

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Taste various types of local sake
Explanation of traditional sake brewing techniques
Guided Sake Tasting with your host (comparative tasting of different grades of sake)
Guided by a local sake brewer, not a tour guide

Know before you book

- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

沢の井

Enjoy a welcome drink in front of the crystal-clear spring water of Sawa no I well. This natural spring is directly beneath the elevated tracks of Hanshin Mikage Station in Kobe and holds deep cultural importance both for the naming of the Mikage area and for the region's brewing history.

Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

Our first stop begins with traditional sake brewing. Your guide is an experienced sake brewer and has experienced the Edo-period brewing techniques on display. He will be on hand to show you around their interactive museum and explain the various tools and equipment on display. This is also a chance to see the workings on a fully operational craft sake brewery. Free sake tasting is provided.

Kiku-Masamune Shuzo Kinenkan

Our first stop is Kiku-Masamune, founded in 1659. Today they are famous for their continued use of traditional brewing techniques such as cask-aged sake (taruzake) and the natural kimoto method. Here you will visit the workshop where dedicated craftspeople still make these casks by hand (subject to availability) and try the sake aged in them based on a traditional Edo-period (1603-1868) recipe.

Hamafukutsuru Ginjo Brewery

Our last stop takes us up to the modern age of sake brewing at one of Nada's smallest breweries. Hamafukutsuru is a interactive brewing facility, built after the devastation of the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. They concentrate on the luxurious ginjo method of sake brewing, known for its light and floral brews. Here you will enjoy a comparative tasting of 3 different kinds of ginjo made from 3 different rice varieties.

Location

Activity location

沢の井
- 12
- 658-0046, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Mikage Station
- 4 12
- 658-0046, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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