Sake Brewery Tours
Interested in visiting sake breweries? If you are, we have exciting news….
Our friends Etsuko Nakamura and John Gauntner (author of The Sake Handbook) have put together the sake-lover’s dream vacation!
Now, anyone can access the inner workings of the sake world. Visit Japan, start off with a bit of formal sake education by sake guru John Gauntner, then you’re off to visit several sake breweries to see how sake is made while under the care of an experienced sake-savvy interpreter. Some stays in ryokans (Japanese inn) and sake-focused dinners at izakaya (sake pubs) round out the experience.
This brewing season, there are two tours planned:
Tour I: February 23 to 27 in the Kansai (Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe) area
Visit sake breweries including those in the historic sake town of Fushimi (in Kyoto), one of the major brewing towns in Japan as well as Japanese gardens and historic Nijo Castle, built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Edo period shogun.
Tour II: March 15 to 19 in the San-in (Shimane/Tottori/Hiroshima) area
In addition to visiting breweries, this tour also includes a visit to the Izumo Grand Shrine, one of Japan’s most ancient and important shrines, plus parks and art museums.
For more information, pricing and reservations please visit Sake Brewery Tour. Participation is extremely limited this season for the two tours that are scheduled.
