Discover Kobe’s sake culture with expert-led tours, premium tastings, and traditional brewing insights. Experience the best of Japan’s sake heritage.
- Sakuramasamune Kinenkan Sakuraen - Enjoy a leisurely stroll through Uozaki, one of Nada’s renowned Five Villages, to explore the main sake brewing district. Along the way, we will pass the towering brewery of Sakura-Masamune and see Kenbishi, one of Japan’s oldest breweries. Your guide will discuss the history and developments of this famous brewing region.
- Kiku-Masamune Shuzo Kinenkan - Established in 1659, Kiku-Masamune is celebrated for its continued use of traditional brewing techniques such as cask-aged sake (taruzake). Here, you will visit the workshop where dedicated craftspeople still handcraft these casks (subject to availability). After the tour, we will sample some of this traditionally made sake.
- Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum - Visit Nada’s largest sake producer to learn about traditional brewing techniques. Your guide, an experienced sake brewer, will show you around their interactive museum and explain the various tools and equipment on display. Free sake tasting is provided.
- 灘五郷酒所 - Enjoy an immersive sake tasting with your host at a former brewery site belonging to Kenbishi, one of Japan’s oldest and most famous sake brands. We will sample three types of Kenbishi along with a complimentary snack. This unique location offers you the chance to enjoy sake in the same place it was once made.
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Taste various types of local sake
- Guided Sake Tasting with your host (comparative tasting of different grades of sake)
- Explanation of Traditional Sake Brewing Techniques
- Visit three of Japan’s most prestigious sake breweries
- Guided by a professional sake brewer
- Light snack provided with the guided tasting
- Transportation cost to and from the tour are not included.
Explore the fascinating world of sake during your visit to Japan. Accompanied by an expert sake brewer, you will visit some of the country’s most prestigious sake producers and taste a variety of local sake, including fresh Nama-zake, barrel-aged sake, and the ultra-premium Daiginjo.
Throughout the tour, you will learn about traditional brewing techniques, taste sake from various esteemed producers, and learn about the meticulous craftsmanship of barrel-making. The tour will culminate in a guided sake tasting at one of Japan’s oldest sake makers, where you can compare and contrast different styles of premium sake.
• Taste a wide variety of local sake
• Visit some of Japan’s most prestigious sake makers
• Taste ultra-premium Daiginjo and fresh Nama-zake
• Learn traditional techniques from a professional sake brewer
• Enjoy a guided Sake Flight with your host at a former sake brewery
• Visit the famous Five Villages of Nada
- Only those of legal drinking age in Japan (20yrs or over) can participate.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.