Top Hiroshima Prefecture Sake Tasting

Hiroshima is a great food city and this private tour allows you to eat your way around the city just like a local. Your guide will take you to three eateries that are loved by Hiroshima locals. At each place you'll try traditional favorites such as okonomiyaki, oysters, and local sake. As you explore, your guide will fill you in on local food culture.

Let your guide show you some of the best eats and drinks in Hiroshima and help you to navigate the city streets at night, too. You’ll be treated to three different foods and three alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks. It’s up to you. If you have certain dietary requirements, those can be accommodated, too. Just let your guide know, and enjoy the evening in Hiroshima.

The town has eight breweries, seven of which are situated along Sakagura-Dori (Sake Brewery Street). On our tour, we will take a stroll through the historic streets going from brewery to brewery to enjoy samples of local sake. Saijo breweries are concentrated in such a tight area because of the “shikomi mizu,” the water that is essential for producing sake. Hailed as a “miracle water” with a medium hardness suited to sake brewing, it bubbles under the ground of this area in the Saijo district. What’s more, is that apparently there are subtle differences in the water’s components according to a brewery’s location. Shikomi Mizu is an absolute must for sake. If you want to discover the true taste of sake you must visit Saijo (Hiroshima Prefecture)

Join us to the Rabbit island and Saijo Breweries tour with English Speaking Private Guide! Let's discover Okunoshima island which is popularly known as Rabbit Island. Okunoshima is the only place in the world where visitors can wander freely among wild rabbits. There are over 900 rabbits there. They are so familiar and cute. You can enjoy tasting Sake(Japanese alcohol) in Saijo or Takehara city. If there is one drink that represents Japan, it is sake! This is Saijo Sake, the Japanese sake brewery town. We’ve also included how you can buy sake and how best to taste sake. So you can enjoy sake tasting at home.

Counted among Japan's top three sake brewing regions, Saijo in Higashihiroshima is a rare sake district with seven sake breweries located around Saijo Station. The flowing water from Mt. Ryuo, after more than 15 years, transforms into water rich in minerals suitable for sake brewing. Handled by skilled sake brewers inheriting traditional techniques, it evolves into Japanese sake. KAMOSU TABI is a wellness tour that invites you to feel a connection with 'nature,' 'local community,' and 'people' through the traditional Japanese art of sake brewing. This journey not only rejuvenates the mind and body but also provides insights for a better tomorrow."

Visit Japanese Izakaya and raise a toast in Hiroshima’s retro Yokogawa district, and explore the streets to find its charms! The Yokogawa district, located adjacent to Yokogawa Station in the northwest of Hiroshima City retains a retro character reminiscent of the immediate post-war period. From Yokogawa Station, your local guide will lead you through an inviting shopping street to a district bustling with bars and taverns. During the two and a half hours of strolling the town while enjoying its vintage atmosphere, you'll drop by two restaurants recommended by the guide, where you can compare bottles of Hiroshima sake and enjoy delicious izakaya dishes. Of course, you’ll also have a chance to chat with your guide and others over drinks! This tour is also a great way to meet the friendly people of Hiroshima.

Ginjo-shu is one of the most famous types of sake. This tour will take you to Akitsu, the birthplace of ginjo-shu, and Saijo, one of Japan’s three major sake brewery regions, to learn about sake while tasting Hiroshima's sake. The tour guide will explain about sake and sake brewing methods in Hiroshima, so you can deepen your knowledge of sake. Lunch will be served at a restaurant owned by Kamotsuru Sake Brewery, one of Saijo's sake breweries, where you can enjoy the famous local dish "Bishu-nabe" (sake hot pot). During the sake brewery tour, you will be given a sake stamp book so that you can keep your own memories of your sake brewery tour by picking up a representative sake label at each brewery you visit, pasting it on the book, and writing your impressions of the sake.

A tour in chronological order, so to speak, of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, followed by a delicious lunch of Hiroshima's local specialty. Following lunch, we'll take a comfortable and relaxed train ride through the Hiroshima countryside for a fascinating tour of the sakagura - the Japanese sake brewery district. This is a wonderful day to see into the events of the e d of the war eat a delicious specialty meal and then spend a relaxed afternoon touring the ancient sake breweries and meeting locals while tasting some of the best sake in Japan.

Takehara has been called Hiroshima’s "Little Kyoto.” The townscape, which has been selected as one of Japan's Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Building, offers a sense of serenity and relaxed passage of time. This tour, on which you’ll learn about and taste locally produced salt and sake, will let you enjoy an atmosphere different from that of the city center. You can also experience the Japanese art of “ikebana (flower arrangement)” and enjoy the view of the Seto Inland Sea from the train.

Take a stroll back in time at Takehara, Hiroshima's Little Kyoto. The ecotour site, Takehara, located in the south-central part of Hiroshima Prefecture, and facing the Seto Inland Sea, is known as a ”Little Kyoto'' town in Hiroshima. The Takehara Townscape Preservation District, lined by historical buildings from the Edo period (1603-1867) to the Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and Showa (1926-1989) eras, is designated as a Japan Heritage surrounded by a nostalgic landscape. In addition, saké using Hiroshima's unique “soft water brewing method'' and wa-én (和塩, Japanese salt) rich in mineral and nutritious are produced in Takehara by taking advantage of nature's blessings. A special experience for those who love art, history, nature and culture. The ecotours will provide an opportunity for visitors to see art making processes or experience ‘the artistic space of hospitality’ created by shohekiga paintings. Please join us!!

This tour is a very unique and one-of-a-kind tour of Hiroshima. You will experience Hiroshima as you have never seen it before. You will be taken around by your own private hire. You will be escorted by an English-speaking driver-guide. The tour starts from your hotel in Hiroshima City to Hiroshima Airport, so you can make an efficient schedule. There are three places to visit. The first stop is Kumano, a world-class cosmetic brush manufacturer. The second stop is Saijo, one of the three major sake breweries in Japan. Lunch is at a restaurant directly owned by a sake brewery. Finally, visitors will experience making Japanese scented bags at Aki Kokubunji Temple. This tour will allow visitors to experience the deep and rich traditions of Hiroshima.

Saijo is one of the three major sake brewing area in Japan. There are seven sake breweries within walking distance of Saijo Station. You can efficiently tour all the breweries in only two hours while listening to the English speaking guide's explanation about the history and sake of each brewery. You can also sample the sake recommended by each brewery. You can taste various types of sake, such as Daiginjo, Junmai, and Cloudy sake, so you are sure to find your favorite sake. Some of the breweries do not usually offer sake tasting on weekdays, so it is very valuable to be able to sample sake from all the breweries. If there is space available on the day of the tour, you can register up to 2 hours before the tour starts. Please come and find your favorite sake!