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30 minutes
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Takayama city had 56 brewers more than 300 years ago. Good water and good environment made lot's of Sake brewer.
Now there are 7 brewers inside 200m area remain cityside of Takayama.
(This density is very rare things in all over the world.)
You can see the oldest & biggest sake brewery in our tour.
If you need other language guide, please let us know.
(e.g. Italian,Spanish,Chinese...)
If you wanted to private tour let us know.
Not less than 2 person.
Under Japanese law, alcoholic beverages under the age of 20 are not allowed.
Please call us if you want to do our tour within few hours.
If it's raining/snowing possible to do this tour.
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchair accessible
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
You can see facilities & Kura to make Sake
Tax
Guide in English
Tasting Sake
Any other things
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You can see inside factory and tasting in this place.
62 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Patrik H,
Aug 11, 2025
- Viator
The tour was very interesting and the guide was very friendly. He answered all the questions. The highlight was the tasting of 7 different sake bottles.
Kristie K,
Oct 24, 2024
- Viator
Our tour guide was informative and polite, but seemed unenthusiastic about being at work and unengaged with the group on the tour. He rushed through his explanations and the sake tasting so quickly that even the 20 something’s in the group were not keeping up.
Katarzyna B,
Apr 22, 2024
- Viator
It was a good event, although the group was very small (3 people + guide) and it felt a bit awkward. But the history of brewery and tasting sake was very nice ^^
Uri B,
Apr 13, 2024
- Viator
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 loud and obnoxious and the guide said nothing. Really bad atmosphere. Tasting was just Ok with very little information about what we’re tasting except the type of the rice - nothing about the different methods that were used to create each one. We also only got to try 4 types of sake and one type of yuzushu. All in all I wish I hadn’t booked it and just went to do the tasting alone - like I’m doing in the other breweries in the area.
Paola A,
Dec 26, 2023
- Viator
The tour guide was very friendly. The tour is in English. The sake samples were delicious. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the sake. Our 8 year old son enjoyed the tour too. They offered him fresh water instead, of course!
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