Fun and Educational – Most Popular Sake Tasting Tour in Kyoto!
Fun and Educational – Most Popular Sake Tasting Tour in Kyoto!
We Are the Only Sake Tour Company Based in Kyoto’s Fushimi Sake District
We have been sharing our passion for sake since 2018. Our strong relationship with local breweries and insiders allows us to provide you with a deeper sake experience. Meet our local sake experts on the tour – we invite you to dive deep into the world of sake!
Through our expert-led tasting session you’ll get the chance to learn the unique characteristics of different varieties of sake and what food to pair it with. After joining Kyoto Insider Sake Experience, you will discover which type you most prefer and how to identify your favourites on menus and bottle labels. Joining our sake tour is surely a great introduction to your sake experience.
What Makes Our Sake Tour Unique
Private Sake Tasting Rooms
We have two sake tasting rooms dedicated to sake. Our tasting rooms are exclusive and inaccessible to the general public, allowing for tastings that focus on the subtle aromas and flavours of sake.
Certified Sake Experts
Because our tours are led exclusively by certified sake experts, we are able to answer your questions, find your sake preferences, and guide you deeper into the world of sake.
Fun and Educational
The entire tour is designed to be both entertaining and educational, with visual information and actual sake-related materials used throughout the tour. After the experience, guests can purchase their favourite bottles on the spot.
Take a tour with us and you will: -Discover the history of sake and the Fushimi Sake District of Kyoto whilst touring a traditional brewery/museum
-Come to understand the differences in flavour and smell and how these are produced. You’ll focus on the secret methods of sake brewing which have been passed down for generations
-Get the chance to compare the differences between Western wine and beer production and sake brewing, to understand what makes the sake brewing process so unique
Sake Tasting with an Expert
Through our expert-led tasting session you’ll get the chance to learn the unique characteristics of different varieties of sake. You will also discover which type you most prefer and how to identify your favourites on menus and bottle labels
Our expert will help you notice the difference in taste between ‘junmai’ sake (which has no added alcohol or sugar) and alcohol-added sake. We’ll also explain the effects of rice-polishing on the aroma and flavour
Pure rice sake, refined sake, cloudy sake, aged sake – we’ll help you discover the distinguishing characteristics of each type.
Food Pairing
Discover the way the taste of sake can completely change when paired with different dishes. We hope that the food pairing section of our tour will also allow you to find out a little about Japan’s food culture, as well as sake.
Reviews by Our Guests
YOU NEED TO DO THIS!! - Kotaro was amazing!! The food was delicious and ALL paired great! Prior to this tour I did not like Sake, I left and purchased two bottles to enjoy back home... read more in the US
E4811UDalfonsod 2025-03-25
Perfect class to learn about sake! - My husband and I enjoy drinking sake, but we signed up for this class to learn more about it. This experience was exactly what we were looking for. Miyuki was... read more an excellent guide. She walked the group through the sake museum explaining how sake is made. We then walked to their tasting room where we sampled 12 different sakes with and without food pairings. She explained how to identify the various types of sake and what to look for on the bottles. It was so educational!
JLPtraveler 2025-03-21
awesome tour even for Japan veterans - I’ve lived in Japan for many years. I’ve visited sake breweries around the country and done other sake tasting before but I even learned a lot today. 20+ years... read more living here and this is the first "new" experience I enjoyed in a long time.
If you like Sake, if you have some free time in Kyoto or are simply looking for a different kind of “experience” tourism, I cannot recommend their English guided seminar on sake nearly enough. We tasted 7 kinds of sake (actually 8) both straight and with food pairings in the 1.5 hour course. Our guide, Greg, was an amazing host and his explanation was easy to follow whether you are familiar with sake or not. Supposedly there is an advanced course that I will most definitely be taking some time soon too!
Cruiser09803539891 2025-03-21
Excellent tour! - Miyuki and Greg were our guides, they were both very comforting and friendly from beginning to end. Their expertise and passion for Sake was obvious and impressive. They definitely elevated... read more our experience Sake tasting and gave us a lasting impression of our time in Kyoto. Highly recommend these two wonderful sommeliers.
CarolinaMcA 2025-03-20
An interesting and enjoyable learning experience. - Mayo was very engaging and knowledgable. Her explanation of the way that sake is made and the vast array of sake styles was comprehensive but easy to follow, with great... read more handouts. We tasted 7 different sakes, learning about the variations and then paired the sakes with a variety of Japanese food. A rewarding experience and great value for money.
GavIn M 2025-03-20
Wonderful tour! - We had the best experience on this tour! It was both incredibly informative and fun with Greg being an excellent and engaging tour leader. We highly recommend this tour to... read more learn how to chose a sake well!
Jodie C 2025-03-19
Great Sake tasting experience - It was absolutely fantastic! The host was very knowledgeable and the experience was also very informative!
If I had stayed in Tokyo longer, I would have immediately booked their... read more other session!
Tom W 2025-03-17
Fun times - Very informative and fun. Greg was a great guide, very inclusive and helpful. Overall a great experience.
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Astha G 2025-02-25
A professional yet inspired initiation to Sake - We choose the 3 hour experience and were delighted! Sake is of course a world in itself but we learned just enough to be able to choose wisely and get... read more huge pleasure during our stay and hopefully beyond. Our guide was very knowledgeable and made the presentation and tasting very accessible and enjoyable. The location is genuine and beautiful, the service top notch !
Online Sake Classes are designed to meet the interests of all sake lovers, whether you are a sake beginner, a sake enthusiast or a wine, beer or whisky lover. We invite you to explore the deep world of sake through our online sake classes. We hope that sake fans all over the world will discover the way to enjoy great sake!
YOU NEED TO DO THIS!! - Kotaro was amazing!! The food was delicious and ALL paired great! Prior to this tour I did not like Sake, I left and purchased two bottles to enjoy back home... read more 
