Hiroshima Sake Tastings
Asakusa Sumo Wrestler Show & Lunch Experience (Tokyo)
Would you make a good sumo wrestler? Find out in this unique restaurant in Asakusa. Watch a Japanese dance performance and a sumo bout, eat a chanko nabe wrestler meal, and, if you’re brave, suit up and challenge a real sumo wrestler in the dohyo!
Ramen Class with Handmade Noodles and 3 Ramen Types
Learn how to make ramen noodles from scratch at home, then add your finished noodles to three different ramen broths. From the classic soy sauce ramen to the delicate-tasting salt ramen and the punchier miso ramen–you’ll get to taste all three!
Make Japanese Sweets (Nerikiri) & Matcha with Nariko (Kyoto)
Unleash your inner confectionary artist with a nerikiri-making class in Kyoto! Join Nariko to learn how to make 5 different nerikiri (Japanese wagashi sweets) then enjoy a matcha-making & tasting experience.
Osaka Food Tour (13 Delicious Dishes at 5 Hidden Eateries)
With Andy, your Japanese-Australian cultural guide and interpreter, you’ll experience Osaka like a local. Hop between food stalls and eateries, drinking and eating your way through the city’s best hidden gems.
Sake Tastings in Hiroshima
Visiting Hiroshima? If you’re a lover of Japanese sake, you’re in the right place. Hiroshima is famous for being one of Japan’s top sake producers. Saijo in Hiroshima is one of the three major sake-producing regions in Japan (the others being located in Fushimi in Kyoto and Nada in Kobe). Every October, Saijo hosts the annual Sake Festival, which brings together sake connoisseurs from all across the world. With eight sake breweries, Saijo capitalizes on its local “shikomi mizu,” water that is the perfect hardness for sake brewing. Discover the pride of HIroshima during a sake tasting in Hiroshima, where you can try a variety of styles of Japanese sake from aged sake to unfiltered and raw sake. And if you think you don’t like sake, these Hiroshima sake tastings could prove you wrong! There’s an immense variety of sake, not just limited to the dry sake you may have tried before. Hiroshima is the perfect place to challenge your palate to recognize new notes and aromas that you may not have tasted before, and experience Japanese sake in a whole new way. With insights from sake producers and experts, you can educate yourself and become a better taster, and maybe even meet your new favorite brand of Japanese sake!