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
Informative and enjoyable sake experience – We had a great time learning about Sake from Mayo. She led us through an incredibly informative PowerPoint presentation so that we could taste each type of Sake with the… read more knowledge to understand it. While informative, it was a fun experience to enjoy with the other guests.
Lindsay A 2025-10-06
Brilliant learning experience! – We had a fun and informative time, met interesting g people and learnt a lot about sake!
The food pairing part of the experience rounded it off nicely!
Would recommend… read more it to anyone interested in sake!
The_CRAFFORDs 2025-10-05
A real highlight in a 2 week tour of Japan, highly recommended! – With our guide Kotaro, we had a blast. Probably too much information to retain, but he said we could get PDFs if we signed up with our email address after,… read more so we can refresh our memory. As you can imagine, Sake is a much deeper and involved topic than Westerners would guess. And the passion and pride in its making are very evident. Loved the museum and especially the surprise food pairing session which allowed us to see how important it is to order Sake with one’s meal well in mind. Really enjoyable and well worth it.
Joe B 2025-10-04
Very informative – Kotaro is very knowledgeable and very thorough all; one of the employees from the 1st sake brewery was extremely rude and annoying
Jet24849955421 2025-10-03
Awesome Tour 👍🏻👍🏻 – This tour was super interesting and a great intro to sake. Kyoko was extremely knowledgeable about sake and taught us the basics in a comfortable environment. She welcomed any and… read more all questions and answered them honestly. I walked away knowing which kind of sake I like, and feeling confident to order in the future knowing what I will get! Thank you, Kyoko!
Daryl P 2025-10-02
Dive into the complex world of sake. – So much fun and very informative. If you love diving into the global world of food & beverage then this is for you. The location is a bit outside of… read more Kyoto’s hotel area and afternoon traffic can be tough so allow plenty of time.
John M 2025-10-02
Great experience for newbies! – This was a lovely experience. We learned a lot and knew nothing when we came in but I feel we could order at a restaurant now a little more confidently.… read more Mayo was fabulous and very helpful
Jamie P 2025-10-01
Delicious Knowledge – We are not new to sake but still we learnt a lot today. Kiyomi was very knowledgeable and passionate about nihonshu. The selection for tasting was made with care to… read more demonstrate the range of different styles. It was easy to apply what we learnt. We definitely feel confident to buy sake with only Japanese labels.even though we do not speak or read Japanese. Thank you!
Tibor H 2025-09-26
Best sake tasting experience – An amazing experience, Shogo and Kiyomi were extremely nice, knowledgeable and accessible with questions.
Super recommended
shiri k 2025-09-26
Eugene Shoykhet
2025-09-29
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Great experience and great host!!!
Evan Phillips
2025-09-29
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Miyuki was very educational, and the experience was truly great. Give these people your money.
Laura Davids
2025-09-29
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Fabulous experience! Miyuki is incredibly knowledgeable and fun. Highly recommend! Do as early on your Japan trip as possible!
Rachel Elliott
2025-09-29
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Miyuki was such a fun and knowledgeable guide! I loved the museum tour and the tasting was so cool and educational. I am vegan, and they offered me an alternative food pairing :)
Mel Meleney
2025-09-27
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Great experience! Learned a lot about sake. The food pairings were great. Miyuki was an excellent teacher!
MARIA ESTELA ROSALES
2025-09-26
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Kyoko es una excelente guía, nos encantó la experiencia, la degustación es realmente muy buena, vale completamente la pena. ありがとう
Catherina Juyn
2025-09-26
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We are not new to sake but still we learnt a lot today. Kiyomi was very knowledgeable and passionate about nihonshu. The selection for tasting was made with care to demonstrate the range of different styles. It was easy to apply what we learnt. We definitely feel confident to buy sake with only Japanese labels.even though we do not speak or read Japanese.
박계진
2025-09-23
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It was awesome experience at all in Kyoto.
He just have a lot of knowledge about sake(nihonshu) and all of them there so nice and kind also friendly. It's really meaningful to visit there and taste various types of liquor even such good classes. I would get into 'advanced experience' next time ! Also u can get good sake with reasonable price there right away.
Sascha Pfeiffer
2025-09-22
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Great sake tasting and experience! Allows me now to choose Sake in my next restaurant visit too!
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!
Informative and enjoyable sake experience – We had a great time learning about Sake from Mayo. She led us through an incredibly informative PowerPoint presentation so that we could taste each type of Sake with the… read more 
