Private Tour
Private Sake Brewery Visit and Tasting Tour in Hida
Overview
Available languages
2 hours
Mobile ticket
This is a private sake brewery tour dedicated for small groups who want to escape from tourist crowds to have the authentic sake experience, including a leisurely town walk and sake tasting. The tour is held at the small country town named Hagiwara, which is near from Takayama but definitely no tourist here. You can enjoy understanding the sake brewing process and the beautiful sake tasting at your own pace without any stress.
On the way to the Tenryo Sake Brewery, your guide will share not only the introduction of sake but the historical background of town. Inside the brewery, you will understand the brewing process of sake step by step with seeing the actual facilities and machines for production. Afterward, you will taste various excellent sake of Tenryo (天領) to enjoy the difference of flavors, and you can get a lot of useful tips to drink and order sake. If you love sake, please do not miss this opportunity!
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Participants can bring and store suitcases inside of our garage during the tour with additional charge (1,000 JPY / group) so that they can directly head to the next destination such as Kyoto or Tokyo just after the tour
When it rains or snows, we will basically hold the tour as scheduled
If it is canceled due to poor weather, you will be offered a different date or a full refund
The specific departure point is Hida-Hagiwara station, and your guide will pick you up at the station before the tour starting time
No refund or no alternative date will be given when you do not show up at the meeting time for any reason (meeting time is 10 minutes before start time of tour)
Minimum drinking age is 20 years
You can join with your child but he/she is not allowed to drink sake
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What To Expect
Meet up with your guide at the JR Hida-Hagiwara station.
Tenryo Brewery
The facility of sake brewery does not work on weekend and holidays.
What‘s Included
English speaking local guide
5 cups of sake tasting (only for adults above 20)
Admission to see the facilities of sake brewery
Local taxes
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Train ticket between Takayama and Hida-Hagiwara station
Options
Private Tour
Only for 1 group
Starting point:
Hida-Hagiwara Station, Hagiwaracho Hagiwara, Gero, Gifu 509-2517, Japan
Reviews
65 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly recommended!
Xue M,Feb 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We came from Spain. We are sake lovers. We always wanted to visit a sake brewery where we could see the whole process. Mr. Dai is very professional and he loves what he does. He explained the history of sake, and all its processes in great detail. He answered all our questions. The brewery staff was very attentive in everything. Highly recomended.
Best sake tour in Japan
penchas J,Apr 27, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We stayed in Hida ( well worth a two day visit) and the Sake tour and visit of the village with Dai was one of the highlights of our two week tour of Japan. Dai is delightful and fluent in English and he explained life in rural Japan as well as the Sake process and qualifications so well. We now really understand more about rural Japan (amazing) what we love drinking. We were only sad that we did not know he will also take you on a bike tour. If you can- enjoy both as this area is part of the Japanese countryside- similar to riding in Swiss alps. Just gorgeous.
SAKE DAY
Vacation36560378916,Nov 12, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing experience! Guide was energetic, friendly and very detailed. We got to see hard to access sake brewery and he was so understanding with the endless questions I had ! Absolutely recommend !
genuine not touristic tour in the heart of Hida region
Y5450OEelenam,Nov 9, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Lovely tour in a not touristic place not far from Takayama. The sake brewery is family run so small and genuine with a great atmosphere. It was great to find out more about sake and taste it. Thanks to Dai for great explanations!
Wonderful sake brewing experience
fizgigh,Jul 24, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My wife set up this tour for me and it was a great experience. It is about a 45 minutes train trip from Takayama so it is a bit out of the way but that was part of what made it so good. Dai was a great guide and spoke excellent English. The tour was at a small sake brewery that had been run by the same family for 9 generations(if I remember correctly). One of the long time employees joined us for the tour so I was able to ask many questions and learned a lot about the sake making process. There is one step in the process that is a secret and we couldn’t go in that room; however, the employee had been there 40 years and he could go in the room either! Would highly recommend this tour for everyone because Dai talked about not only the process but the history of sake brewing so very interesting.
Sake tasting
PZW 1984,Jul 18, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Was a very informative tour around the making of sake, the connection with the Shinto Shrine and the SakeTasting. 😊
Sake Tour
AkireBl,Jun 25, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dai is such a great story teller. We learned a lot not only about the history and the process of making sake but also the history of Hida.
Unforgettable sake tour in hida
901yangw,Jun 17, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The sake tour given by dai enables the foreign tourist to have a real closer view and deep dive into the process of how a great local sake was made on the factory . The sake factory in hida has a long history and this is a family inherited company which enable you to have the rare opportunity to taste such great flavor which can’t have in big cities like Tokyo or Osaka. Again if you wanna to pay a visit to Takayama or hida and wanna to know the Japanese culture, please don’t miss this tour.
Great Sake Tasting & Tour
firelane55,Apr 17, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The sake tasting experience was amazing! Got to visit a brewery in a very small town. The production seems to be a mix of traditional & modern production methods. Tasted some fantastic sake, which was a quality I've never had before.
A nice homely sake factory tour and tasting experience 🍶
Siddhartha 90,Apr 7, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dai is a fun and knowledgeable tour guide, he knows his sake well. I asked him all kinds of questions since I am very curious about the sake process and he was able to answer all with clarity and panaché! Tenryo brewery has a rich history and goes about its work in a heartfelt manner. There's rooms with large barrels storing the sake and steamers and washers for the rice. They have kept up with modern processes and are one of the few to produce sake in the warm climates when it's primarily a cold weather production process. Sake tasting was fun as well and we got to try out some Doburoku and Muroka as well (unfiltered, unpasteurized, a stronger taste). Some of them were smooth as water and a pleasure to get thru
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