3 Hours Kyoto Insider Sake Experience
Overview
Uncover the little-known sake culture of Fushimi, Kyoto on a 3-hour insider brewery visit + sake tasting and food pairing session with an expert.
Deepen your knowledge of sake making process and a bit of history of its production at Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum. Enjoy the samples of different types of sake as well as leaning details and varieties and personalized attention from your guide on this small-group tour.
This is a fun and educational experience to change your way of enjoying sake.
If you love sake but don't know what to select or want to know more about sake, join us and let's deep dive into the world of sake.
After you experienced this, you will know which type of Sake actually you like, and you will be able to select your favorite Sake from labels or restaurant's menu even if they are all written in Japanese.
*Gekkeikan Okura sake brewery will be undergoing renovation from 4th Dec 2023 to the end of Feb 2024. Please see our website for details during this period.
Deepen your knowledge of sake making process and a bit of history of its production at Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum. Enjoy the samples of different types of sake as well as leaning details and varieties and personalized attention from your guide on this small-group tour.
This is a fun and educational experience to change your way of enjoying sake.
If you love sake but don't know what to select or want to know more about sake, join us and let's deep dive into the world of sake.
After you experienced this, you will know which type of Sake actually you like, and you will be able to select your favorite Sake from labels or restaurant's menu even if they are all written in Japanese.
*Gekkeikan Okura sake brewery will be undergoing renovation from 4th Dec 2023 to the end of Feb 2024. Please see our website for details during this period.
Inclusions
- Local English speaking guide
- 10 Sake tasting (They are carefully selected for you to understand all sake categories from sweet to dry, freshly squeezed sake, and cloudy sake.
- Snacks for pairing with sake
- Cheat Sheet & Tasting Note (These will help you to choose your preferred sake in the future even you don't read Japanese!
- Snacks
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Entry/Admission - Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum
- Entry/Admission - Kyoto Insider Sake Experience
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum, 247 Minamihama-Cho, Fushimi-Ku, Kyoto 612-8045 Kyoto Prefecture
You’ll take a short walk to visit the largest sake brewery in Fushimi, where you’ll deepen your knowledge of sake and witness traditional brewing processes which have been passed down from generation to generation. At the end of your brewery tour you’ll have the chance to taste a few of the flavors produced there.
※Due to the coronavirus situation, the brewery we visit has decided not to allow guests to enter the production area. This means that the actual fermentation tank and its facilities are not visible. However, we will explain the brewing process while looking at old tools in the attached museum area. Therefore, the information and knowledge gained from this tour will be the same as usual.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Kyoto Insider Sake Experience, 271-1 Kurumamachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8365, Japan
Sake Tasting with an Expert
You’ll get to try flavors of sake you may never have experienced before – as we’ll introduce you to bottles which have never been exported. Your expert guide will explain the differences in taste – dry, sweet, rich, fruity – and how each of these are produced.
Food Pairing
You’ll also be served various Otsumami – Japanese snacks which traditionally accompany alcohol – so you can see which types of food and flavor best accompany the different sake types.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum, 247 Minamihama-Cho, Fushimi-Ku, Kyoto 612-8045 Kyoto Prefecture
You’ll take a short walk to visit the largest sake brewery in Fushimi, where you’ll deepen your knowledge of sake and witness traditional brewing processes which have been passed down from generation to generation. At the end of your brewery tour you’ll have the chance to taste a few of the flavors produced there.
※Due to the coronavirus situation, the brewery we visit has decided not to allow guests to enter the production area. This means that the actual fermentation tank and its facilities are not visible. However, we will explain the brewing process while looking at old tools in the attached museum area. Therefore, the information and knowledge gained from this tour will be the same as usual.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Kyoto Insider Sake Experience, 271-1 Kurumamachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8365, Japan
Sake Tasting with an Expert
You’ll get to try flavors of sake you may never have experienced before – as we’ll introduce you to bottles which have never been exported. Your expert guide will explain the differences in taste – dry, sweet, rich, fruity – and how each of these are produced.
Food Pairing
You’ll also be served various Otsumami – Japanese snacks which traditionally accompany alcohol – so you can see which types of food and flavor best accompany the different sake types.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- A small amount of walking is involved; comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Recommend to bring a bottle of water
- Stroller accessible
- Legal drinking age in Japan is 20; customers under 20 years of age will only be served non-alcoholic drinks
- Vegetarian option for snacks is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Near public transportation
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please note the venue for sake tasting session may be changed due to its availabilities.
- Recommended to have your lunch or brunch prior to the tour.
- “Sake Brewery Tour" will be replaced to"Small Walking Tour at Fushimi Sake District" during the new years holiday period ( from 28th December to 5th January ) due to closure of local breweries. We’ll see sake making process with some special experience and those brewing culture at our tasting room.
- Most travelers can participate
- Drinking and driving is strictly prohibited by law in Japan. Make sure to come to the tour by public transportation.
- Face masks recommended We only accept reservations for half the capacity.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.
Kayla G
May 2023
This was a great tour! We started by walking through a Sake Museum and learning all about the history and process of making sake. We got 3 tasters here. Then, we walked a short distance to a tasting room where we got 7 more (larger) samples, paired with small portions of food. Our guide was incre...
This was a great tour! We started by walking through a Sake Museum and learning all about the history and process of making sake. We got 3 tasters here. Then, we walked a short distance to a tasting room where we got 7 more (larger) samples, paired with small portions of food. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and able to answer all of our questions. We left feeling better equipped to order sake in Japan and at home.Richard T
May 2023
This sake (“nihonshu”) tour was so much fun! Our tour guide Kotaro was informative and entertaining. We learned a lot about the history and making of sake, and we were able to taste quite a few different kinds of sake. We learned how to choose the type of sake we like and how to pair it with food...
This sake (“nihonshu”) tour was so much fun! Our tour guide Kotaro was informative and entertaining. We learned a lot about the history and making of sake, and we were able to taste quite a few different kinds of sake. We learned how to choose the type of sake we like and how to pair it with foods - it was incredible how different the tastes were when the sake was paired with complimentary foods. We can’t wait to do the advance tasting course next time we’re in Kyoto!BeadyEyes
May 2023
In a word: awesome! Reiko and Kotaro were knowledgeable and wonderful hosts/guides. I have been drinking nihonshu for a while and I learnt so much in this class, it has really deepen my appreciate of it! The museum tour was really interesting - the nihonshu making process, type of rice, fermenta...
In a word: awesome! Reiko and Kotaro were knowledgeable and wonderful hosts/guides. I have been drinking nihonshu for a while and I learnt so much in this class, it has really deepen my appreciate of it! The museum tour was really interesting - the nihonshu making process, type of rice, fermentation period as well as the history of Gekkeikan Okura brewery. And then of course the sake tasting, primary and secondary categories, why I like what I usually like.. Now i know how to read sake labels and menus! Thank you for a wonderful and enlightening 3hrs. The slides are super helpful and we highly recommend this tour!AKDent
May 2023
Our guide was deeply enthusiastic and knowledgeable about sake and was also a really good teacher - complicated sake language and concepts was familiar and comprehensible after his excellent (and delicious) tasting. The museum at the start of the tour was fascinating and we enjoyed a comprehensi...
Our guide was deeply enthusiastic and knowledgeable about sake and was also a really good teacher - complicated sake language and concepts was familiar and comprehensible after his excellent (and delicious) tasting. The museum at the start of the tour was fascinating and we enjoyed a comprehensive selection of sake sample, along with tasty snacks to pair them with (we didn't need dinner that night). As soon as the experience ended, I wanted to sign up for the Advamced course!245aarushig
May 2023
this tour was really informative & an amazing experience in total. I got to learn about different processes of making sake, difference between varieties of sake and most of all which food goes well with which sake. It was a group tour and all the other participants were very friendly and the host...
this tour was really informative & an amazing experience in total. I got to learn about different processes of making sake, difference between varieties of sake and most of all which food goes well with which sake. It was a group tour and all the other participants were very friendly and the host-Momoko was very knowledgeable. I would recommend this tour to everyone traveling to japan.B4956HEstephaniea
April 2023
Excellent experience, very informative tour and good variety of sake to taste. Tour guides were very knowledgeable and spoke great English. Highly recommend!
Excellent experience, very informative tour and good variety of sake to taste. Tour guides were very knowledgeable and spoke great English. Highly recommend!