Expert Guided Sake Tasting and Brewery Tour in Kyoto

Featured in the Media – The Mainichi

2024-01-26

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Update on Media Coverage

An article about our sake tour was published in The Mainichi, the English-language web page of the Mainichi Newspaper.
The article details how our sake tours came to be, our passion for organizing them and more. Please check it out!

Other past media coverage can be found here.

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Our Sake Tour Reviews

Sake with Mayo - Excellent! Our guide Mayo delivered an informative and entertaining experience with humour with a respectful perspective for this cultural experience. Mayo connected with all participants. It was educational a lot... read more of fun. We learned about growing rice, types of rice, polishing, history, process, flavours and food matching
Equipping us to choose sake with knowledge and discerningly. Highly recommend.
Cynthia H
2026-09-28
Sake experience in Fushimi - This was a very good tour / experince and one we would recommend to anyone interested in knowing about how sake is made and its history and also knowing the... read more different styles of sake. The tasting session including the food pairing which was part of the experience was enlightening and enjoyable. Our guide Mayo was very experienced in the area of sake and was able to answer all questions.
We rate this as one of our best experinces and highly recommend it.
Gary H
2026-09-28
Great experience - Great educational experience about the making of sake. Chika did a great job detailing the various differences between the variations of sake. The tasting was fun and worthwhile.
BryanBremerton
2026-09-22
Amazing. - Wonderful experience. Learned so much about sake. Just fantastic.
Christopher W
2026-09-19
Great sake learning experience - A great way to learn about the history of sake and understand the basic differences between the various types. Kyoko was very friendly and knowledgeable, and we enjoyed plenty of... read more samples to compare during the tasting. Definitely recommend this for anyone new to sake.
HowickNZ
2026-09-18
Totally recommend - One of the best alcohol brewery tours I’ve ever done. Very enlightening and the sake was delicious. Came out with a deeper appreciation and understanding. Both your guides were incredible... read more and would do it again.
Carlos M
2026-09-16
Kyoto Sake Tour - It was a wonderful tour. The guide was very informative and helpful.
Bay Area J
2026-09-11
Excellent - Amazing experience! Rieko was patient, organized, thoroughly fun/engaging. Small group size meant a lot of time for her to answer our questions! Tasted 7 types of sake plus a few... read more bonus ones! Well worth your time if in Kyoto and want to learn the basics on sake. Highly recommend!!!
Cruiser177246
2026-09-08
Informative and delicious! - Highly recommend this tour if you’re even remotely interested in sake (or wine in general). I learned so much about how the process of making sake highly influences the final... read more taste, which is VERY different from wine-making! I didn’t expect sake to be able to taste strongly of different fruits just from changes in the processing (no fruit additives)! The tasting/food pairing was a great way to experience those differences firsthand. Honestly after this tour I’m convinced more people wordwide need to get on board with sake, especially if you’re a wine person, because it’s such a versatile drink. Our sake sommelier Kotaro-san was an incredible host and extremely knowledgeable. If I’m ever back in Kyoto I’ll definitely be going back here for the advanced tasting tour!
Lauren L
2026-09-05
Great experience - A great tour/experience. Our guide, Kyoko was fantastic. Her English is fluent so she was able to fully explain all the nuances of the many different options with sake.... read more I highly recommend doing this tour.
John B
2026-09-04