Kyoto

3 Hours Kyoto Insider Sake Experience

Kyoto, Japan

From $85.42

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3 hours
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Gain a better understanding of sake during this tour that explores the Fushimi Sake District of Kyoto. Visit Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum, one of the largest sake breweries in Fushimi, and end your visit with a sake-tasting session. Not only will your guide be able to explain the basics of sake and introduce you to new kinds you may have never tried, but your tastings will also be paired with Japanese snacks that enhance the tasting experience.

An insider’s guided visit to one of the largest sake brewery in Fushimi, with an exclusive tasting
Compare multiple sake brews, from dry to sweet and fruity, including one only found in Japan
Get in-depth background on the rich history of Japan’s tasty rice-based brew from your guide
Sample Japanese snacks that have been picked to pair with certain sake to enhance your tasting experience

What's Included

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

Transportation to/from attractions
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

697 Motozaimokuchō, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8043, Japan
Meeting point : Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum (Meet the guide inside the museum) 25 min from JR Kyoto Station : Take a train on Kintetsu Line to Momoyamagoryo-Mae Station then walk about 10 min. 20 min from Gion-Shijo Station : Take a train on Keihan Line to Chushojima Station then walk for 5 min.

End point

AMAZAKE HOUSE 自家製生甘酒専門店
271-1 Kurumamachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8365, Japan

What To Expect

Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Kyoto Insider Sake Experience

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate

A small amount of walking is involved; comfortable walking shoes are recommended
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
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.
Drinking and driving is strictly prohibited by law in Japan. Make sure to come to the tour by public transportation.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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.

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Featured review

Tessa_v

We decided to do this to maybe learn a little and have some Japanese sake. We didn’t know much of what to expect, but it was by far one of the best things we did in Kyoto! Kotaro was incredibly knowledge and patient with all of our questions. We learned so much, and got to taste tons of delicious drinks. I highly recommend if you are in Kyoto, take this tour!

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This was a great tour....

Deawodi_L, May 2024

This was a great tour. Momoke did a great job and was so knowledgeable! A friend recommended this and I'm glad we did it. We learned so much about sake and got to drink a lot of it too!

Highly recommend this tour

Tyler_L, May 2024

This experience was incredible. We learned so much about Sake through the core tour and tasting, but also through the questions I was able to ask throughout. I've been on countless brewery (beer), winery and distillery tours, but hadn't had the opportunity to learn about how sake is made. This tour was perfect. Greg (our guide) was very knowledgeable and charismatic. Not only did he teach us all about the process, but he provided helpful guides and tips that we can take forward in buying and experiencing sake back in the states. Highly recommend this tour.

A highlight from our trip!

Marissa_C, Apr 2024

Greg was an awesome guide. Was super informative and catered to all levels of sake drinkers. Tried about 12 sakes total, food pairing was super interesting. Highly recommend and would book the advanced class if we were here longer.

Great sake experience

Brian_K, Apr 2024

Such a great experience. Had Greg as our tour guide and he taught me so much about sake that I didn’t know! Got a pretty sizable amount of sake in the tasting and would definitely recommend to anyone!

Great experience - lots...

Christopher_M, Apr 2024

Great experience - lots of sake drinking and lots of education on sale and it’s history. Greg, our guide, was knowledgeable and fun.

Super Insightful Sake Tour!

Taryn_A, Apr 2024

I learned so much from this experience! The museum itself was very cool with a lot of information, and it was very nice having a guided tour of it. I enjoyed learning about the history and methods of making sake. The tasting was very extensive, and they even gave us a cheat sheet to use for future guidance. I only wish we could have seen inside the sake brewery and learned more about the modern day practice of making sake as well. If you are interested in sake, would recommend!

Great

Paul_G, Apr 2024

Great tour. Highly recommended. Greg was really good at explaining the different types of sake. Includes a cheat sheet card which is useful for putting the learning to use later on in the trip.

Gotta try this!

PaulBaya, Apr 2024

Wonderful small-group tour with fully knowledgeable tour leader. Nice food pairing options and explanations of what to look for when ordering sake. Great experience!!

Sake Tour in Fushimi

Stephen_B, Apr 2024

Guide was very knowledgeable about sake brewing. Tasting and food pairing was great fun and really helped me appreciate sake more.

A Great Into to Sake

David_F, Apr 2024

This is a great way for beginners to learn all about the brewing process of sake. It's a complicated process but Momoko was able to make it simple and easy to understand. An interactive tour with a few "only in Kyoto" samplings made this a great way to be able to begin to appreciate sake. She even offered to email us the information so we didn't have to worry about remembering everything and could focus on enjoying the experience.

Amazing

Barbara_S, Mar 2024

A wonderful education on sake production paired with a great tasting-a terrific experience. Our guide brought everything to life

one of the best tours I did on my trip

Blaise_B, Mar 2024

really enjoyable experience - start out in a museum to learn how its made (does not feel like too much info / too long at a museum). then the tasting is close by and so much fun. you try without food and then with food to see the difference...really learned a lot. my dad and I would love to do it again

My husband and I booked...

Martin_B, Mar 2024

My husband and I booked this Sake experience on our honeymoon in Kyoto. We love Sake and got to taste a ton of sakes and learned so much about the process! The guides were really knowledgable and very friendly! We tasted sake with and without food. It was such a fun way to spend the afternoon!

A great way to learn about sake!

Hannah_B, Mar 2024

We had the best experience with Momoko as our guide! She was so sweet and knowledgeable. The tour started with a guided tour through the sake museum and included three tastings and a cute tasting cup! My husband’s tasting cup somehow got stuck in his coat pocket and everyone on the tour tried to help him get it open! When everyone had failed, Momoko got him a new cup so he could still taste the sake! After the museum tastings, she guided us on a 5 minute walk to our private tasting room. There we enjoyed 7 sakes, snacks to pair, and learned all the ins and outs of the different kinds of sakes. It really was a great way to spend an afternoon and I highly recommend booking this!

Absolutely brilliant!

RALUCA_G, Mar 2024

Absolutely brilliant afternoon spent with Greg. He knows so much about sake and has a great way of explaining all the complicated details surrounding it. Would definitely recommend!

Kyoto fun

Emily_j, Mar 2024

We loved our afternoon with Greg. He was very knowledgeable and kind. My boyfriend, who is an avid sake drinker, learned new information and we tried many sakes. I previously thought I didn’t like sake and I walked away with a new appreciation for sake. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon! We learned a lot and had fun. It has been fun to use our new knowledge on the rest of our Japan trip.

Worth the value

Karen_B, Mar 2024

Covered a full array of history, sake making process, how to read the bottle, tasting notes with and without food pairing all with a congenial guide. A good amount of tastings.

Very informative tour.

Shitley_F, Mar 2024

It was a very interesting tour. Our favorite part of experiences were tasting Sake, as well as, learning about the variety of Sake and how to read bottle labels.

Fun and Delicious!

Maria_C, Mar 2024

This was such a wonderful tour. I had drunk sake in the past, but knew absolutely nothing about it. This tour changed all that. The tour guides were knowledgable and passionate about sake. The tour of the museum was informative and enjoyable. We had some tastings right there in the museum and then walked a short distance to a local restaurant where the real sake tasting began. We were given "cheat sheets" to help us identify different elements of a sake and then taken through a lesson on how to read the salient parts of a sake label in Japanese. It was a really hands-on and relaxing way to learn about all the different typse of sake, what type we liked the best, and then how to identify a bottle in the store. And then the food pairing! They brought out a tray of different tastes that we paired with the different sakes and it was phenomenal. They were small bites, but absolutely delicious. I am vegan and they were very accommodating - I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything. If you are even somewhat hesitating to book this tour - just book it! It is so worth it! I will be taking this tour again the next time I'm in Kyoto.

Learned a lot!

Susan_F, Mar 2024

This was an excellent overview of the sake brewing process, followed by tastings of a wide variety of styles of sake.

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