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 right away, walking us through the historic museum, explaining the Gekkeikan family history and how the sake is made.

She explained the differences in types and quality of sakes, with the rice used, water, pasteurization and fermentation processes. Chika is very lively and funny, saying that Japan has a national mold called koji that’s used to make the sake, lol!

After the museum tour, she took us to a location where we sat at tables and sampled about 10 different sakes, with Chika explaining to us the properties of each sake. We also had a small food tasting with some of the sakes. She gave us sake info cards for our wallets, and emailed us a copy of her .pdf presentation for reference.

We learned so much about sake! I highly recommend this great tour. You will learn so much!

  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 sake. Highly recommend

  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 with a knowledgable guide to ensure we got the most out of the experience. Highly recommended

  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 paired with some food. I highly recommend this experience! Thank you Kiyomi 🙂

  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!

  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.

  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.

  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 read the labels, choose which process depicts the flavour. Then sampling the sake with food and the difference it makes. Absolutely loved this tour. Our guides were informative and funny and definitely worth the effort.
At tge end we were sent a pdf that explains all the information we were given today. Maybe a few tok nany Sakes at the end to retain our information. 😊

  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 me the next time I order sake!!