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15 Best Breweries Tours In Japan

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The 15 most popular breweries tours in Japan. What each one is really like, who runs it, and what you will pay.

15 Best Breweries Tours In Japan

3-Hour Kyoto Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Tastings & Pairings

3-Hour Kyoto Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Tastings & Pairings - Price and value: what $84.89 gets you in Kyoto

1.3-Hour Kyoto Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Tastings & Pairings

Most Popular★ 5.0

Learn sake basics at the historic Gekkeikan Okura Museum, then taste 10 sakes with otsumami pairings and label tips in Kyoto.

“I ended up being the only participant on the tasting led by Mai, but it was an excellent experience. I learned a bunch from the museum but also from Mai’s wealth of knowledge about sake. I tried 10 different sakes which showed the wide range of types available. I feel much more confident ordering sake…”

917 reviewsFrom $84.89by Add Stories Co.,Ltd.

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Arashiyama Bamboo, Temple, Monkeys, or Secret Sake Brewery

Arashiyama Bamboo, Temple, Monkeys, or Secret Sake Brewery - Meeting at Saga-Arashiyama Station (and why “north side” matters)

2.Arashiyama Bamboo, Temple, Monkeys, or Secret Sake Brewery

★ 4.8

A Kyoto walking tour through the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Okochi Sanso garden, Tenryuji Temple, and Iwatayama Monkey Park, with two options.

“We enjoyed hanging out with Kevin in Arashiyama! He not only gave us an informative tour of the bamboo forest, shrine, gardens and surrounding area of Kyoto, but spent a good amount of time getting to know us and talk about video games and life in general. He showed us to some excellent donuts and…”

886 reviews5 hoursFrom $87by Japan Tour Adventure

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Kyoto: Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Sake and Food Pairing

Kyoto: Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Sake and Food Pairing - Museum Walk: What Actually Shapes a Sake’s Flavor

3.Kyoto: Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Sake and Food Pairing

★ 5.0

Expert-guided Kyoto sake tasting in Fushimi with museum visit, 10+ styles, and food pairing. Learn labels and order confidently.

“Kyoko was an excellent tour guide. Not only was she extremely knowledgeable about all things sake, she was a very kind and funny tour guide. Learned so much about sake, its history, and what kind exactly that I would like. Definitely would recommend this tour if you’re interested in sake and its history.”

704 reviews3 hoursFrom $87by Add Stories Co., Ltd

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Kyoto Sake Brewery & Tasting Walking Tour

Kyoto Sake Brewery & Tasting Walking Tour - Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum: where the story becomes tasting

4.Kyoto Sake Brewery & Tasting Walking Tour

★ 5.0

Kyoto Fushimi sake tasting walking tour with the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum and an 18+ pour lineup, small group, 3 hours.

“What an amazing experience. So much information from a kind and very knowledgeable guide, who couldn't have been more helpful in answering all our questions. Would do it all over again.”

623 reviewsFrom $98.82by MagicalTrip Inc.

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KOBE Sake Tasting Tour at Breweries (tasting fee included)

KOBE Sake Tasting Tour at Breweries (tasting fee included) - Price and timing: what $109 buys you in the real world

Hiroshima Saijo Sake Tasting Tour with visit to 7 Breweries

Hiroshima Saijo Sake Tasting Tour with visit to 7 Breweries - What You’ll Taste: Eight Sake Styles Across Seven Breweries

Takayama: Authentic Sake Tasting at a Historic Brewery

Takayama: Authentic Sake Tasting at a Historic Brewery - Finding the meeting point in central Takayama

7.Takayama: Authentic Sake Tasting at a Historic Brewery

★ 5.0

Small-group Takayama brewery tour at Hirase Shuzo with an English guide and included sake tasting. 30 minutes in the mountains.

“The tour was super short and not very informative. It took about 15 minutes once we got into the brewery (not including the tasting). The guides English and was barely acceptable. One of the group was FaceTiming the entire thing and was loRead more”

65 reviewsFrom $50.86by Happy Tour

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Kobe: Guided Sake Breweries Tour with Tastings

Kobe: Guided Sake Breweries Tour with Tastings - The walking pace: getting from Ishiyagawa to your last pour

8.Kobe: Guided Sake Breweries Tour with Tastings

★ 5.0

Kobe’s Nada district sake tour with an English guide: 3–4 breweries, tastings, snacks, and museum stops for about 3.5 hours.

“The tour was great, Aya has been a fantastic guide and taught us a lot about Sake and Kobe. We have been taken to some very interesting locations we would have never found on our own, and ended in a very well furnished shop. Definitely recommend”

55 reviews3.5 hoursFrom $106by KampaiSakeTours

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Sake Brewery and Japanese Life Experience Tour in Kobe

Sake Brewery and Japanese Life Experience Tour in Kobe - Price and Value: What You Pay vs. What You Budget

9.Sake Brewery and Japanese Life Experience Tour in Kobe

★ 5.0

Private Kobe tour with Hakutsuru, Fukuju at Kobe Shushinkan, mirin and pickles, and local shopping streets, plus sake tasting.

“We had such a good time touring with our very knowledgable guide Norio. We visited 2 breweries (and one excellent museum) and he took us through all the different steps of making sake and explained us why/how Kobe still today produRead more”

39 reviewsFrom $83.56by OTOMO Travel Guide

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Kyoto: Fushimi Sake Brewery Tour – 18 Tastings in 2.5 Hours

Kyoto: Fushimi Sake Brewery Tour - 18 Tastings in 2.5 Hours - Gekkeikan Ōkura Sake Museum: where the process becomes understandable

10.Kyoto: Fushimi Sake Brewery Tour – 18 Tastings in 2.5 Hours

★ 4.7

A fast-paced Kyoto sake tour with 18 tastings, Gekkeikan and Kizakura museum stops, and a fun finish at Fushimizu Brewery Alley.

“Masa was the best! Super knowledgeable and fun to hang out with. He answered all our questions about both sake and anything else, and he helped us find a lot of local spots to try later! We got to try a huge variety of sake on the tour and learned a lot about the history…”

36 reviews2.5 hoursFrom $93by DeepExperience, Inc.

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Fukuoka: Yufuin & Beppu Day Tour (Dazaifu / Brewery Options)

Fukuoka: Yufuin & Beppu Day Tour (Dazaifu / Brewery Options) - Beppu’s Kamado Jigoku and Kannawa: What You Actually See

Hiroshima: Saijo Sake Tasting at 7 Breweries Guided Tour

Hiroshima: Saijo Sake Tasting at 7 Breweries Guided Tour - The 2-Hour Structure: Seven Breweries, Many Small Tastings

Private Tour: Tokyo’s Oldest Sake Brewery and Riverside Walk

Private Tour: Tokyo's Oldest Sake Brewery and Riverside Walk - Morning at Shinjuku: the 8:55 start and how to avoid stress

13.Private Tour: Tokyo’s Oldest Sake Brewery and Riverside Walk

★ 5.0

A private day trip from Shinjuku to the Tama River valley for an old Tokyo sake brewery, scenic walks, temple views, and a full lunch with tastings.

“Simon was an exceptional guide, an absolute pleasure to spend the day with. He took us on a tour through a historic sake brewery and a delicious lunch in a small, local eatery. We tasted many kinds of sake and learned our preferences. Would highly recommend!”

25 reviewsFrom $229.95by Tokyo Memories

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Kobe: 3-Hour Sake Breweries Tour with Special Tasting

Kobe: 3-Hour Sake Breweries Tour with Special Tasting - Hanshin Uozaki Station meet-up and the 3-hour walking pace

Unique Brewery Tour and One-of-a-Kind Sake Tasting Near Tokyo

Unique Brewery Tour and One-of-a-Kind Sake Tasting Near Tokyo - Visiting Yamane Sake Brewery: a traditional house setting and a clear brewing lesson

15.Unique Brewery Tour and One-of-a-Kind Sake Tasting Near Tokyo

★ 5.0

Small-batch Yamane Brewery in Hanno, Saitama: doburoku, wooden barrels, Hanno soil cups, and a hands-on sake tasting near Tokyo.

“The brewery highlighted by this tour is a small-batch distillery in the city of Hannō, Saitama that produces sake in the traditional style; that means using historically authentic barrels and distillation techniques which are practiced by only a hRead more”

17 reviewsFrom $100.43by 奧むさし飯能観光協会

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