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The Sake Experience That Changes Everything

3-Hour Sake Tasting +Brewery Tour

3-Hour Insider Sake Brewery Tour + Sake Tasting + Food Pairing

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For those who want to truly understand sake

Visit a historic sake museum in Fushimi's sake district, then sit down with an expert for a guided tasting of 10 carefully selected sakes. You'll leave knowing not just what you like — but how to pick. The experience that changes how you see sake forever.

  • 3 Hours
  • From JPY ¥12,300 per person (From USD $76.63)
  • Insider Sake Brewery Tour
  • 10 kinds of sake tasting
  • Food Pairing

"I completely feel confident in knowing the types of sake, what I like and how to order it now."
— Julie Keshmiry  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Google Review

1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience

sake tasting

🌸 Great Introduction

Understand sake in 90 minutes

Learn the essentials of sake in a focused 30-minute session — the same knowledge distilled from Fushimi's brewing tradition. Then taste 7 carefully selected sakes with food pairing, guided by an expert. You'll leave knowing what you like and how to choose it. Perfect for first-timers, groups, and families.

  • 1.5 Hours
  • From JPY ¥9,800 per person (USD $61.06)
  • 7 kinds of sake tasting
  • Food Pairing

"I was not a sake consumer before this tasting but I will definitely enjoy the right sake for me in the future!"
— P Russell  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Google Review

Advanced Sake Tasting Experience

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🍶 For Deep Diver

Beyond Junmai Daiginjo

Most people think Junmai Daiginjo is always the highest quality sake. We disagree. This experience goes beyond what restaurants, bars, and most sake guides will ever tell you — exploring traditional brewing methods, minimally polished rice, and rare fermentation techniques through 10 specially curated sakes.

  • 1.5〜2 Hours
  • From JPY ¥10,800 per person (USD $67.29)
  • Advanced Insight
  • 10 kinds of unique (special) sake tasting

"As a wine sommelier, a sake tasting was a must do activity when visiting Japan... Enriching experience!"
— Daniel Meireles  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Google Review

3-Hour Sake Tasting +Brewery Tour

3-Hour Insider Sake Brewery Tour + Sake Tasting + Food Pairing

Most Popular

For those who want to truly understand sake

Visit a historic sake museum in Fushimi's sake district, then sit down with an expert for a guided tasting of 10 carefully selected sakes. You'll leave knowing not just what you like — but how to pick. The experience that changes how you see sake forever.

  • 3 Hours
  • From JPY ¥12,300 per person (From USD $76.63)
  • Insider Sake Brewery Tour
  • 10 kinds of sake tasting
  • Food Pairing

1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience

sake tasting

🌸 Great Introduction

Understand sake in 90 minutes

Learn the essentials of sake in a focused 30-minute session — the same knowledge distilled from Fushimi's brewing tradition. Then taste 7 carefully selected sakes with food pairing, guided by an expert. You'll leave knowing what you like and how to choose it. Perfect for first-timers, groups, and families.

  • 1.5 Hours
  • From JPY ¥9,800 per person (USD $61.06)
  • 7 kinds of sake tasting
  • Food Pairing

Advanced Sake Tasting Experience

sake tasting

🍶 For Deep Diver

Beyond Junmai Daiginjo

Most people think Junmai Daiginjo is always the highest quality sake. We disagree. This experience goes beyond what restaurants, bars, and most sake guides will ever tell you — exploring traditional brewing methods, minimally polished rice, and rare fermentation techniques through 10 specially curated sakes.

  • 1.5〜2 Hours
  • From JPY ¥10,800 per person (USD $67.29)
  • Advanced Insight
  • 10 kinds of unique (special) sake tasting

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3-Hour Insider Sake Brewery Tour + Sake Tasting + Food Pairing
3-Hour Sake Tasting + Brewery Tour




10 am / 11 am Less Crowded
Sake Basics
+
Making Process
10 kinds10 am / 11 am JPY ¥12,300~
(USD $76.63~)
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1 pm / 3 pm JPY ¥13,000~
(USD $80.99~)
1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience in Kyoto
1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience
Sake Basics7 kindsJPY ¥9,800〜
(USD $61.06〜)
sake tasting
Advanced Sake Tasting Experience

(Duration:1.5〜2 Hours)
Sake Basics
+
Advanced Sake Insight
10 kinds
(Special sake)
JPY ¥10,800〜
(USD $67.29〜)
Experience3-Hour Insider Sake Brewery Tour + Sake Tasting + Food Pairing
3-Hour Sake Tasting + Brewery Tour
sake tasting
1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience
sake tasting
Advanced Sake Tasting Experience

(Duration:1.5〜2 Hours)
Insider Sake Brewery Tour10 am / 11 am Less Crowded
DiscoverSake Basics
+
Making Process
Sake BasicsSake Basics
+
Advanced Sake Insight
Sake Tasting10 kinds7 kinds10 kinds
(Special sake)
Food Pairing
Price10 am / 11 am JPY ¥12,300~
(USD $76.63~)
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1 pm / 3 pm JPY ¥13,000~
(USD $80.99~)
JPY ¥9,800〜
(USD $61.06〜)
JPY ¥10,800〜
(USD $67.29〜)

What You will Experience

Uncover the little-known sake culture of Fushimi Sake District in Kyoto. Our insider sake brewery tour, sake tasting and food pairing with an expert will take you to the deep world of sake culture. At the brewery, come to understand the different types of sake and how these are produced. You’ll focus on the secret methods of sake brewing which have been passed down for generations. Through our expert-led tasting session you’ll get the chance to learn the unique characteristics of different varieties of sake, discovering which type you most prefer and how to identify your favourites on menus and bottle labels. Through our food pairing session you will discover the way the taste of sake can completely change when paired with different dishes. This is a fun and educational experience for anyone who wants to learn more about sake and have a chance to try different types of sake

Insider Sake Brewery Tour

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.   

Included in ..
3-Hour Sake Tasting +Brewery Tour               

insider sake brewery tour

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.

Included in..
3-Hour Sake Tasting +Brewery Tour
1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience

sake tasting

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.

Included in..
3-Hour Sake Tasting +Brewery Tour
1.5-Hour Sake Tasting Experience

Food Pairing

Latest Reviews

  • star rating  Kanpei! - We met our tour guide, Chika, inside the entrance of the museum on a very warm day in Kyoto. Everyone was on time for the tour, so she started... read more

    avatar thumb Lynda T
    2026-05-30

    star rating  Nihonshu ( sake) tasting.  - What an excellent afternoon. So informative. Our guide, Kiyomi was wonderful and answered all our questions. I now have a way better understanding of how to choose my favourite... read more

    avatar thumb Andrew S
    2026-05-30

    star rating  Really fun insight into sake  - Fabulous tour. Really helpful insight into the world of sake and all of its variety. Great to see around a beautiful sake museum and then taste so many different kinds... read more

    avatar thumb MaryA4843
    2026-05-30
  • star rating  Great experience! - We had a great time at the sake experience! Our guide Kiyomi was so knowledgeable and friendly — and her English was perfect. We tasted about 9 different sakes and... read more

    avatar thumb GoedeleVL1
    2026-05-29

    star rating  Great tastings in 90 minutes  - This informative, fun and lively sake tasting was excellent. I learned so much about sake that I never knew or understood until now. Well done!

    avatar thumb Love_to_Travel59
    2026-05-29

    star rating  Amazing  - Mai own guide was absolutely amazing she knew her stuff all about the the sake . Would book another one when I come back to Japan.

    avatar thumb Christina Z
    2026-05-29
  • star rating  Engaging tour with fun experience  - Did this on our trip to Kyoto, the biggest brewery museum and Kyoko was very knowledgeable, informative and was very engaging throughout, highly recommend.

    avatar thumb markhu2019
    2026-05-27

    star rating  An amazing g look in Sake making, choosing and drinking  - This was an amazing tour about the Sake making process. A guide through the museum. Then on to tastings of many different sakes(12 all up) with information on how to... read more

    avatar thumb Tina H
    2026-05-25

    star rating  Early Morning Sake Tasting!!  - I enjoyed a fun half day at the sake museum and trying so many different sakes!! The food pairings were also so interesting and cool. Definitely taking these skills with... read more

    avatar thumb Nicholas V
    2026-05-24

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