Private Tour

Make Your Own Soy Sauce in Japan’s Old Capital Asuka Nara

Overview

Available languages

Japanese

English

2 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

Soy sauce is an indispensable ingredient in Japanese food. After touring a genuine soy sauce brewery with a history of more than 100 years, visitors will enjoy a hands-on experience of pressing soy sauce from moromi, the base of soy sauce, using a traditional wooden press.

Finish by attaching your own label to the bottle. You will taste the freshly pressed soy sauce, which has not been heated, with fresh tofu on the spot.

[Highlights of the Experience]

Experience at a natural-brewed soy sauce shop that has been in continuous operation for three generations since 1918.

You will also have a chance to try your hand at squeezing soy sauce by hand using our original squeezer.

The squeezed soy sauce is then packaged in bottles and decorated. The squeezed soy sauce is then filled into bottles and decorated to create your own personalized soy sauce.

Mitarashi dumplings with an original sauce made from Tokusei soy sauce in collaboration with a popular local store of long standing.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Founded 105 years ago, Tokusei Soy Sauce has been making soy sauce on the approach to Okadera Temple in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. After touring the brewery, visitors can use an original press to press their own original soy sauce from the mash. The tour is completed by attaching your own label to the bottle. The freshly pressed soy sauce will be tasted on the spot with tofu from Shimode Tofu in the village. Afterwards, you will be served excellent Mitarashi dumplings with the original sauce made from Tokusei Shoyu's soy sauce.

What‘s Included

Snacks

Private transportation

Options

Make Your Own Soy Sauce in Japan’s Old Capital Asuka Nara

Reviews

5.00

22 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Highly recommend
Christine B,,Nov 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Highly recommend! Such a fun off the beaten path soy sauce making experience. We learned all about the process for making soy sauce and then made some ourselves.
Educational and fun!
deannacE5685BG,,Nov 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was such an awesome experience. I learned so much. There were so many nice extra little touches that made me feel welcome. Beautiful area too. Highly recommend!!!
Amazing Experience
Keith S,,Nov 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Amazing experience. The town was beautiful and the soy sauce class was very informative and fun. Would 100% recommend.
Great Experience
Tim B,,Nov 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was a great experience learning about the history of the soy sauce factory and how it is made .We were able to make our own soy sauce and bring a bottle home .Its a great day out from the city and we would highly recommend a visit here .
Fabulous Soy Sauce Factory Tour
Z9884NDlisam,,Nov 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fabulous experience with Chikara who took us to Tokuboshi Soy Sauce (Shoyu) for a factory tour. Learnt about soy sauce making using traditional cedar vats, then squeezed our own soy sauce to take home. Fun. Fascinating.
Soy Sauce Squeezing
johnvD9300DL,,Nov 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I enjoyed the historical and traditional atmosphere. We were fortunate enough to have a private session of the soy sauce brewing experience. The staffs were excellent and friendly. We had initially arrived to the brewery location but were kindly escorted to souvenir shop to begin the journey.
Get away from crowd and experience a wholesome activity
Storyteller736463,,Nov 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Amazing experience!! My fiancé and I were the only ones who booked that day so it was pretty much a private event. Very wholesome experience and you definitely get away from the crowds. Highly recommended. Got to squeeze fresh fermented soy bean and got to take it with us essentially as a souvenir. Decorated our own bottle!! When I have soy sauce I will think about this place :)
Great shoyu tour
Meeshpogo,,Oct 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It was a lovely experience! So amazing to see the shoyu barrels. The dumplings were delicious. The owner was very open and kind.
Best experience ever!
673caitlynj,,Oct 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
If there is one thing to do in Japan, it is this. This experience should be on the top of your list. While a bif hard to get to, it was a joy to experience pressing, bottling, and tasting soy sauce made locally in Asuka, Japan. Next year, Asuka is going to be a designated World Heritage site. Our guide, 力、 told us all about the area and its history. We got to learn all about the steps of making soy sauce, wear costumes to keep our clothes clean, and go up to the barrels to see the fermentation! It was one of the coolest things and quite possibly the highlight of our time here! Thank you to Chikara and the wonderful staff!
Fascinating, do not miss it!
alisonmerlef,,Oct 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
If we could give more than 5/5 we would! This was a completely unique experience and the highlight of our trip. Must do!!!