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

  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!

  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!

  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.

  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.

  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!

  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!

  Fun times - Very informative and fun. Greg was a great guide, very inclusive and helpful. Overall a great experience.

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  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 !