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Sake Tour and Tasting in Kobe with a Sake Brewer 10% OFF
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Kansai, Japan
$149.92
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Overview
Join an expert brewer for an exclusive journey through Japan’s most famous sake region. Go beyond the free tasting areas to explore traditional techniques, visit a master cooperage where barrels are still handcrafted, and enjoy a guided tasting and food pairing at a local standing bar.
> Exclusive Tastings: Sample rare Nama (unpasteurized), barrel-aged, and ultra-premium Daiginjo sake.
> Behind-the-Scenes Access: Visit a workshop where skilled craftsmen still hand-build traditional wooden sake barrels.
> Expert Insights: Learn centuries-old brewing secrets and local culture from an experienced sake brewer.
> Sake Knowledge: Learn about different styles of sake and how to pair them with food directly from an industry insider.
> Exclusive Tastings: Sample rare Nama (unpasteurized), barrel-aged, and ultra-premium Daiginjo sake.
> Behind-the-Scenes Access: Visit a workshop where skilled craftsmen still hand-build traditional wooden sake barrels.
> Expert Insights: Learn centuries-old brewing secrets and local culture from an experienced sake brewer.
> Sake Knowledge: Learn about different styles of sake and how to pair them with food directly from an industry insider.
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Sake Tour and Tasting in Kobe with a Sake Brewer
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 4 hours
- Light snack provided with the final tasting
- Explanation of Traditional Sake Brewing Techniques
- Guided by a local sake brewer, not a tour guide
- Guided Sake Tasting with your host (comparative tasting of different grades of sake)
- Taste various types of local sake
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Transportation cost to and from the tour are not included.
Meeting point
Uozaki Station is on the Hanshin Railway Line, offering convenient access from Osaka, Kyoto and Himeji.
Return details
Our tour ends in Mikage at Mikage Station on the Hanshin Line. This station is convenient for a return to places such as Osaka, Kyoto and Himeji.
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Join your host along the Sumiyoshi River for a quick welcome drink served in traditional ceramic sake vessels. This river is the lifeline of the local region and has been essential to sake brewing.
- Enjoy a leisurely stroll through Uozaki, one of Nada's famous Five-Villages, to see the main sake brewing district. Along the way, we will pass the towering brewery of Sakura- Masamune and see Kenbishi, one of Japan's oldest breweries. Your guide will talk about the history and developments of this famous brewing region. (pass by)
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Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery MuseumOur first stop is Kiku-Masamune, founded in 1659. Today they are famous for their continued use of traditional brewing techniques such as cask-aged sake (taruzake) and the natural kimoto method. Here you will visit the workshop where dedicated craftspeople still make these casks by hand (subject to availability) and try the sake aged in them based on a traditional Edo-period (1603-1868) recipe.
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Hakutsuru Sake Brewery MuseumVisit Nada's largest sake producer to learn about traditional brewing techniques. Your guide is an experienced sake brewer who will be on hand to show you around their interactive museum and explain the various tools and equipment on display. Free sake tasting is provided.
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Enjoy an immersive sake tasting with your host at the former brewery of Kenbishi, one of Japan's oldest and most famous sake brands. We will sample three types of local sake paired with a light snack. This is a unique location offering you the chance to enjoy sake in the same place it was once made.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Sake Tour and Tasting in Kobe with a Sake Brewer 10% OFF
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Kansai, Japan
$149.92
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!