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Sake Tasting Tour: Explore Kobe's Nada Breweries
4.9
104 Ratings
Kobe
Embark on a sake tasting adventure in Kobe’s Nada area. Visit 4 local breweries, sample a range of high-quality sakes, and learn about the art of sake production. Book now!
Embark on a sake tasting adventure in Kobe’s Nada area. Visit 4 local breweries, sample a range of high-quality sakes, and learn about the art of sake production. Book now!
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kobe Shu-shin-kan Breweries - A 250-year-old, mid-sized brewery employing around 13 people.
- Okage Tofuan - Snack time! Enjoy some silky or deep-fried handmade tofu from this family-operated business. Delicious!
- Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum - The largest sake brewery in Japan featuring an interactive museum. Here, we will sample sake,…
- Kobe Shu-shin-kan Breweries - A 250-year-old, mid-sized brewery employing around 13 people.
- Okage Tofuan - Snack time! Enjoy some silky or deep-fried handmade tofu from this family-operated business. Delicious!
- Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum - The largest sake brewery in Japan featuring an interactive museum. Here, we will sample sake, yuzu, and plum sake.
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Kiku-Masamune Shuzo Kinenkan - Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery
1-9-1 Uozaki-Nishimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City 658-0026 - Hamafukutsuru Ginjo Brewery - One of the smallest breweries offering craft, unfiltered, and unpasteurized sakes. It boasts a locally-renowned eighty-year-old sake master.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Snacks
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Sake tasting
- Professional guide
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Snacks
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Sake tasting
What's Not Included
- Transportation to/from attraction
- Transportation to/from attraction
Additional Information
In this experience, you will get to visit about 3 of our favorite breweries located in the Nada area of Kobe. You will taste the differences between sakes—the highest quality, unfiltered, unpasteurized, and many other seasonable sakes. This tour includes an enriching experience in sake production. You will not only get to taste a wide variety of sake…
In this experience, you will get to visit about 3 of our favorite breweries located in the Nada area of Kobe. You will taste the differences between sakes—the highest quality, unfiltered, unpasteurized, and many other seasonable sakes. This tour includes an enriching experience in sake production. You will not only get to taste a wide variety of sake but also learn to appreciate them. A friendly English-speaking guide is present to answer any of your questions along the way. Come and join this thrilling experience!
- Not recommended for child aged 19 and under
- Minimum age is 20 years old
Location
Ishiyagawa Station
In front of the ticket gate of Ishiyagawa station on Hanshin line.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(104 Ratings)
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Osaka32
Nov 30, 2024
Great sake tour in Kobe - This was a wonderful tour of 4 or 5 (lost count towards the end) sake breweries in the famed Nada region in Kobe. I did this as an afternoon trip from Osaka, taking the Hanshin Line train from there to Ishiyagawa train station, the start point for the tour.
Hiro was a great guide, explaining why Nada is such a good location for making sake and giving short histories of each of the breweries we stopped at. It was good to have a stop at Okage Tofuan for a tofu snack halfway through the tour. I bought a bottle of super dry Sensuke junmai ginjo at the Izumi Brewery store, which I’m enjoying drinking now I’m back home. This tour was the highlight of my trip to Japan.
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Roving16611567258
Nov 20, 2024
Everything you want at a leisurely pace - The tour was very enjoyable and educational. Aki-san was an excellent guide. Very friendly and passionate about sake. The tour was at a leisurely pace. Everyone had time to drink as much as they wanted and make any purchases without extending the tour past the estimated finish time. We went to 4 breweries. All had different flavors and styles. Very diverse for such a small area of town. Highly recommended.
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Martin
Nov 10, 2024
Fantastic and cozy - Fantastic guide, lots of good sake and information! I would recommend this to anyone interested in how sake is made and see the difference between different methods
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Deoind
Nov 9, 2024
Had a great time during this Sake tour. Definitely the highlight of my time in Kobe - I highly recommend this sake tour in Kobe. The guide Aki was very friendly and excellent knowledge of Sake history. The Sake selections were delicious. Try the lemon Sake. It’s to die for!
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Prudence_b
Nov 4, 2024
A great afternoon - Hiro was most certainly our group Hero for our sake tasting tour. Our small group took a few minutes to warm up, and for Hiro to understand that the American/Australian mix of the group were all very sake focused, not selfie focused visitors to the area.
The group dynamic was really relaxed, and Hiro made sure that she spoke to each of us individually during the tour - our little street side pitstop for some drinks and rice snacks was a great touch.
We all had ample time to shop at the distilleries we visited, and the tastings were well explained at each stop.
For a short afternoon, this tour was well worth the travel from Osaka.
My original booking had been moved by the organiser, which was a little bit of a shuffle from my schedule of the week (other tours and events planned), however the experience on the day was wonderful.
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Rou
Oct 27, 2024
Educational and learnt alot from the tour guide - It was a fun visit at a gd walking pace for all in the family. Aki was thoughtful and even built in a short rest break, complete with some rice crackers and yuzi infused alcohol between the visits to keep the energy up. The teen was offered a soft-serve ice cream at one of the stops, which he thoroughly enjoyed.
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539gillians
Oct 23, 2024
A Really Fun Experience - We had a great time on our sake tasting tour with Hiro. He was a great guide and we found out so much about sake. We also drank a lot of sake!! A very enjoyable experience. I highly recommend this tour.
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Kerstin
Oct 17, 2024
Sake Tour - Top activity - The tour was really great. We were welcomed at a brewery and museum. The guide spoke wonderful English and explained the history of the brewery and the production of sake at the beginning. Afterwards we went to a small restaurant where the tasting with food took place. It was really funny and very interesting. Thank you so much!
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Janette_a
Oct 13, 2024
Amazing sake experience, highly recommended. - Our guide, Hiroko (Hiro) was very knowledgeable, funny and kept the walking tour fun! Only visited 3 breweries this time. Will definitely do this tour again to visit the other sake breweries next time with Hiro again!
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Angela_d
Oct 12, 2024
Fun and knowledgeable experience - We wanted to experience Sake off the beaten tourist track and our tour guide Aki delivered all that and more! We visited famous breweries, local breweries and sake museums. Aki was very knowledgeable and educated us on the different types of sake and how it was made. Wear your hiking shoes and bring an empty backpack because you are going to want to buy souvenirs.
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