Category : Sake Breweries and Tasting
Tour Duration : 3.5 hours 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Included : English speaking guide / Sake tasting

Overview

Welcome to the Kobe Sake Tasting Experience. We will introduce you to three or four of our favorite breweries. We love sake, and we will tell you about the process of making sake by comparing different types and brands of sake. You can taste the difference between the finest sake, unfiltered unpasteurized sake, and other seasonal sake. You will also have the opportunity to taste the difference between the finest sake and unfiltered, unpasteurized, seasonal sake. You can taste and taste the freshly made sake and learn about the production process.

Schedule

1:00 pm,
Gather in front of the ticket gate of Ishiyagawa Station, Hanshin Line. (Ishiyagawa Station, Hanshin Line)

1:30 p.m.
First Brewery

One of the smallest breweries in Nada with 250 years of history. Production is as small as 40,000 bottles of 1.8L per year. Despite its small production scale, it is a nationally renowned luxury brand. You will taste a fresh sake that can only be reliably produced in Japan.

*Please note that we will be closed on weekends, but will visit another brewery.

14:00
Second Brewery

We offer a wide selection of authentic and varied sake, including Junmai Ginjo, which was served at the Nobel Prize Dinner.

15:00
Third Brewery

Japan’s largest brewery! Walk along the giant sake tanks and enter the Sake Museum. Wear a half-size happi coat and take a commemorative photo.

15:30
Fourth brewery

One of the smallest breweries which has craft, unfiltered, and unpasteurized sakes. It has a locally-famous eighty-year-old sake master.

16:30
Hanshin Line Uozaki Station end. (Uozaki Station, Hanshin Line)

What you can expect on this tour

As the saying goes, “Men drink from Nada (Kobe) and women drink from Fushimi (Kyoto),” Nada sake is influenced by mineral-rich water and has a dry taste. We will guide you on how to enjoy snacks that go well with sake. To enjoy a variety of types according to your enjoyment of the season. Come learn and explore sake in depth.

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Additional Information

Please note that transportation and lunch are not included. Comfortable shoes are recommended as a little (easy) walking is required.

The legal drinking age in Japan is 20. Parents with children may accompany their children free of charge.

Children are not allowed to drink alcohol for the time being. They are welcome to join us for a non-alcoholic, healthy and delicious drink called amazake, which will be given to them. If you are bringing children, please let us know when you make your reservation.

If you want to carry some souvenirs for your loved ones, a long backpack is recommended.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received less than one week in advance will receive a 90% refund minus a handling fee.
Cancellations received less than 3 days in advance will receive a 50% refund.
No refunds will be given for cancellations made the day before or the day of the event.
Please contact us to reschedule and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Meeting place

In front of the Ishiyagawa Station ticket gate.

From Umeda area】Umeda Station (Hanshin Line) ⇒ Mikage Station (Hanshin Line) ⇒ change to a local train ⇒ Ishiyagawa Station (Hanshin Line). (37 min.)

From Namba】 Osaka Namba Station (Hanshin Namba Line) ⇒ Amagasaki Station (Hanshin Line) ⇒ Express train transfer ⇒ Mikage Station (Hanshin Line) ⇒ Regular train transfer ⇒ Ishiyagawa Station (Hanshin Line) (50 minutes)

From JR Kyoto Station] Kyoto Station (JR Line) ⇒ Sannomiya Station (JR Line) ⇒ walk to Kobe Sannomiya (Hanshin Line) ⇒ Kobe Sannomiya Station (Hanshin Line) ⇒ Ishiyagawa Station (Hanshin Line). (1 hour and 10 minutes)