Sake Brewery Tour and Sake Tasting (Day Trip From Tokyo)
If you love sake (also known as nihonshu or “rice wine”), your Japan trip is not complete without a sake brewery tour! Join this brewery tour, just a short train ride from Tokyo, for a tasting.
Highlights
Enjoy the tour of a Japanese sake brewery with the help of a local guide
Sample three types of sake during a tasting
10 meals
Experience Details
You’ve been happily strolling around Tokyo, enjoying the many activities and delicacies the city has to offer. And yet, you feel like you are missing out on something. Leave the hustle and bustle for a while and learn how delicious Japanese sake is made. You can join a sake brewery tour, just a short train ride from the buzzing metropolis.
Your English speaking guide will meet you at your hotel or at the nearest station. At the brewery, you will have all your burning questions about sake brewing answered. Explore the facility, from the cellar to the barrel room where the magic happens. In the meantime, your local guide will provide a complete explanation of the manufacturing process, including the history, the role played by the rich Japanese soil, the time required for brewing, and the culture in which sake blooms.
Discover the variety of types of Japanese sake and learn how sake has gained popularity abroad. Then, find your personal favorite sake during a sake tasting, which features the newest creations of the brewery you’ve just visited.
Enjoy the full sake experience and leave the brewery with a free souvenir! Your guide will then bring you back to central Tokyo.
Inclusions
Transportation fee from Tokyo (round-trip) and hotel pick-up
Sake brewery tour
The guidance of a local English speaking guide
Three sake samples for tasting
A souvenir
Exclusions
Hotel drop-off
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Pick-up starts five minutes before departure.
Remarks
In Japan, the minimum drinking age is 20 years old.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 2 days before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
Over 14 million residents call Tokyo home. Functioning as Japan's economic and cultural center, it's no surprise the metropolis often appears at the top of travelers' bucket lists. Here, you can find everything from traditional tea houses to futuristic skyscrapers.
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10 meals
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