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A group of people standing around a wooden table outdoors. 1
Two people holding glasses, likely tasting beverages, in a wooden interior setting. 2
A traditional Japanese building with a tiled roof, a tall communication tower, and a modern apartment building in the background. 3
Wooden barrels and wooden racks, likely in a storage or processing facility. 4
Two individuals in a brewery, one stirring a large wooden barrel with a long pole, and the other standing nearby. 5
By Origin Sake Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €122 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
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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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Sake Tour with a Sake Brewer

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 12:45
Price details
€122.10 x 1 Adult€122.10
€55.50 x 1 Youth€55.50
Total
Price is €55.50
Until Tue, 22 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Inclusions
    Taste various types of local sake
  • Inclusions
    Explanation of traditional sake brewing techniques
  • Inclusions
    Guided Sake Tasting with your host (comparative tasting of different grades of sake)
  • Inclusions
    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 travellers
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a private individual (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law will not apply to your booking.

Activity itinerary

沢の井

  • 10m
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

  • 1h
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

  • 1h
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

  • 1h
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

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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