Sake Tasting Tour at Local Breweries in KOBE
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Sake Tasting Tour at Local Breweries in KOBE
By Kampai Sake Tours
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The Nada district in Kobe is one of the biggest producers of sake (Japanese rice wine) in Japan, home to over 40 breweries. On this tour, visit four different breweries ranging from small family-run businesses to Japan’s biggest sake brewery. Along the way, sample a variety of different sakes, learn all about the brewing process, and tuck into traditional snacks including deep-fried tofu.
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Ages 10-90, max of 10 per group
Duration: 3h 30m
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
- Visit up to four different breweries in Kobe’s Nada district
- Sake tasting: sample different varietals from each brewery
- Tasty Japanese snacks including deep-fried tofu
- Personalized tour with a maximum of 10 people
- Sake tasting
- Snacks
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Professional guide
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Entry/Admission - Kobe Shu-shin-kan Breweries
- Entry/Admission - Okage Tofuan
- Entry/Admission - Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
- Entry/Admission - Kiku-Masamune Shuzo Kinenkan
- Entry/Admission - Hamafukutsuru Ginjo Brewery
What's not included- Transportation to/from attraction
- Start:
- Ishiyagawa Station, 2 Chome-28 Mikagetsukamachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0044, JapanIn front of the ticket gate of Ishiyagawa station on Hanshin line.
End:- Uozaki Station, 4 Chome-7 Uozaki Nakamachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0083, JapanWe will end the tour at Uozaki station on Hanshin line.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 86884P1- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- Not recommended for child aged 19 and under
- Minimum age is 20 years old
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 86884P1
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- 2 Chome-28 Mikagetsukamachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0044, JapanIn front of the ticket gate of Ishiyagawa station on Hanshin line.
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- 4 Chome-7 Uozaki Nakamachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0083, JapanWe will end the tour at Uozaki station on Hanshin line.
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- brentvoyage0 contributionsGreat sake tasting experience in KyotoMy wife and I booked this tour with two other friends and had a great time. We all enjoy sake, but were not very knowledgeable about it. This was the first time we were able to try so many and compare them. It was a really fun way to both explore a less touristy part of Kyoto and taste a lot of really good sake. Karen was a great guide, spoke excellent English, and helped us pick some tasty new foods to try after the tour.Written October 9, 2023
- courtneyhT5772ZV0 contributionsGreat Experience, Super fun tour guide!We had Seigo as our tour guide and he was phenomenal! He was super friendly and informative! He guided us through the Fushimi Sake District and taught us more than any of us were expecting to learn! He went above and beyond! We highly highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in not only trying Sake but learning about the making of it, the history and culture of Kyoto and the hand it plays in the history of Sake!Written September 25, 2023
- jacinda a0 contributionsTruly Amazing !! Seigo is the Best!!!Our tour guide Seigo was extraordinary, he was very compassionate, considerate, kind and such a sweet soul. He enlightened us with not only his kindness but the history of Kyoto throughout our tour, took us to many beautiful scenery’s and guided us to indulge in many different forms and flavors of sake. We walked away so thrilled by this experience and would have to say it was one of the best, thank you so much for a wonderful time and highly recommend everyone do this tour! You do have to pay at the last location if you choose to do the extra 18 Sake tasting, which we did and do not regret at all, HIGHLY WORTH IT!Written August 13, 2023
- Alison F0 contributionsGreat personal tour for a fun and pleasant afternoon in Kobe!We had a great time on this tour! Plenty of sake tastes, a bit of food (we stopped at a tofu place) and just the right amount of education. Friendly and personal tour.Written December 28, 2022
- EmilyM30920 contributionsInformative and sakeWe had a great tour guide and really enjoyed our experience. Would recommend, tour of museum and other sake places.Written December 24, 2019
- 804archiew0 contributionsAwesome Sake TourAwesome tour with our tour guide Yurina who was very knowledgeable and friendly. We enjoyed the sake along with the informative and fun tour of Kobe area. We were very lucky as we got a private tour as we were the only couple booked for todays tour. A great way to spend a boozy afternoon in lovely company! KAMPAI!Written December 1, 2019
- Florian M0 contributionsGreat Tour with a great hostI went with Yurina, and as luck will have it I was the only one in this whole Tour. We visited several diffent sake breweries, everything was include, a total of way more than twenty different sake. Deutsch: Super Tour, das Geld absolut Wert. Sehr sympathischer Tourguide, viel Hintergrundwissen und mehr Sake als man trinken kann ;)Written October 25, 2019
- 374clarek0 contributionsAmazing day of sake!Great day visiting 4 sake breweries and a local Tofu shop! Lots to drink and lots of fun. Best way to experience local treasures of Kobe.Written September 25, 2019
- mizzatina0 contributionsFriendly & funny guide! Excellent Sake!The Sake Tour with our guide Seigo was just perfect! He showed us the real insight of local Sake brewing (and drinking;-) in and around Kobe! If you book with him, you won't regret it! We drank the best Sake you could imagine and Seigo is very kind and funny! Many inside views, delicious Sake, he'll answer every question you have! Thanks again, Seigo, and all the best to you!Written August 13, 2019
- johnroeg0 contributionsGreat sake tour to 4 locationsWe had a great 3hr trip with our friendly guide Yurina to four different sake producers. The producers included small and large scale operators. We visited: 1, izumi; 2,fukuju; 3,hakutsuru 4,hamafukutsuru. Three had a large and nice gift shop and one even had a large sake production exhibition. We tried many sakes. The minimum was 3 in one location, the maximum was approx. 10! Sakes also included fresh ones (non-heated) which can only be bought at the local production sites. During our walk Yurina took us to a small local tofu producer and let us taste fresh tofu and fried tofu crocquetes. All in all a great trip.Written July 25, 2019
- M8306GKbiancas0 contributionsHuge variety of sake tastingWe did this tour yesterday and it was excellent. Our tour guide Yurina was very friendly and knowledgeable. We leant a great deal about sake varieties and production and found the three brewers we visited to be very different and interesting. Plenty of sake was tasted and our guide helped ensure we hopped on the correct train to return home safe and sound. Highly recommended.Written July 19, 2019
- opaco10 contributionsGreat tour, high recommendedI learned a lot about sake and the processes of making it. I tasted a lot of sake. Great way to spend an afternoon. Highly recommended.Written July 6, 2019
- Jaime M0 contributionsAmazing! Educational!This is a great tour! You get the chance to try a LOT of different sake and also learn a lot. The tour will visit a lot of different breweries. Highly recommended.Written June 28, 2019
- Derek P0 contributionsChill tourDope your , recommend. Well trip advisor requires 100 minimum charectors so I guess ill write more. We went to a couple Brewers and the guide was really helpful. Again I would recommend it.Written June 19, 2019
- Violet_Pel0 contributionsCharming TourWe spent a lovely day with Yurina who shared historical practices of making sake. We stopped at the three venues plus a tofu place. The sake places had professional displays and tastings but we would not have learned all the nuances about sake making without a guide and we would not have found the tofu place on our own! We went to the largest sake brewery in Japan which had an amazing display/museum which really added to our experience. There is a fair amount of walking between each stop which is necessary to space between all the drinking! We loved the experience and highly recommend it for tourists looking for a local experience. Thanks to Yurina and Seigo for making it a great experience!Written June 8, 2019
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Momoko O
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Aug 2023
I've been on multiple tours for wine and sake.
Seigo may seem knowledgeable as he talks with confidence, but when asked questions, he really doesn't actually know much. He just tries to be funny, but he really isn't..
He seemed half hungover from a long night, and smelt awful.
I later came back to purchase some sake, and noticed that he charges quite a lot for how much going around these places actually costs.
Seigo may seem knowledgeable as he talks with confidence, but when asked questions, he really doesn't actually know much. He just tries to be funny, but he really isn't..
He seemed half hungover from a long night, and smelt awful.
I later came back to purchase some sake, and noticed that he charges quite a lot for how much going around these places actually costs.
Written August 15, 2023
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Kerstin G
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The tour was really great. We were welcomed at a brewery and museum. The guide spoke wonderful English and explained the history of the brewery and the production of sake at the beginning. Afterwards we went to a small restaurant where the tasting with food took place. It was really funny and very interesting. Thank you so much!
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Written October 17, 2024
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Vielen Dank für die Teilnahme an der Tour und für Ihr tolles Feedback.
Wir freuen uns, dass Sie die Tour so sehr genossen haben wie wir.
Wir sind immer bestrebt, Ihnen eine angenehme Brauereiführung zu bieten.
Written October 28, 2024
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AaronC
9 contributions
May 2024 • Friends
This was an amazing tour! Our guide Aki was so knowledgeable and well prepared. The pace was excellent and we learned a lot about sake. Aki really went above and beyond with little extra bits to make our experience unforgettable!
Written May 17, 2024
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Thank you for joining our tour.
We appreciate that you enjoyed the tour.
Please come back to Japan again.
Written September 4, 2024
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Rou Hui C
Singapore, Singapore2 contributions
It was a fun visit at a gd walking pace for all in the family. Aki was thoughtful and even built in a short rest break, complete with some rice crackers and yuzi infused alcohol between the visits to keep the energy up. The teen was offered a soft-serve ice cream at one of the stops, which he thoroughly enjoyed.
Written October 27, 2024
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"Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed the tour. Providing a memorable experience for our guests is always our top priority.
We hope to welcome you back again soon!"
Written November 15, 2024
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NofrillsExcursions
Alcudia, Spain23 contributions
Mar 2020
We had a great time with Seigo. He is a fantastic host and makes sure the clients have a great time. We visited 4 different breweries and tasted around 15 different types of sake. He took us to some micro breweries, a middle size one and to the biggest one. We did some great shopping and we will enjiy the sake at home. Highly recommended!
Written March 11, 2020
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Thank you for sharing your experience here! We spend a great day together in Kobe! I wish to see you again.
Written September 24, 2020
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A H
7 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
I've lived in Japan for over 4 years and this was better than any of the other sake tours I've done previously. This one felt the warmest and friendliest by far, with ample tastings and a variety of breweries to choose - from small to large. The main guide (bilingual Japanese/English) was also extremely well-versed and explained everything to us in a manner everyone could understand easily. I would happily do this again whenever friends/family come to visit!
Overall, it was a fun and enjoyable experience that helped me appreciate sake (nihonshu) even more. Highly recommended!
Overall, it was a fun and enjoyable experience that helped me appreciate sake (nihonshu) even more. Highly recommended!
Written November 15, 2023
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Thank you for joining our tour.
We are glad that you enjoyed the tour, as there are many sake breweries in Kobe, both large and small, and the taste of sake varies,
We will continue to do our best to please as many customers as possible.
Written December 15, 2023
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Volta2024
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Nov 2024 • Solo
This was a wonderful tour of 4 or 5 (lost count towards the end) sake breweries in the famed Nada region in Kobe. I did this as an afternoon trip from Osaka, taking the Hanshin Line train from there to Ishiyagawa train station, the start point for the tour.
Hiro was a great guide, explaining why Nada is such a good location for making sake and giving short histories of each of the breweries we stopped at. It was good to have a stop at Okage Tofuan for a tofu snack halfway through the tour. I bought a bottle of super dry Sensuke junmai ginjo at the Izumi Brewery store, which I’m enjoying drinking now I’m back home. This tour was the highlight of my trip to Japan.
Hiro was a great guide, explaining why Nada is such a good location for making sake and giving short histories of each of the breweries we stopped at. It was good to have a stop at Okage Tofuan for a tofu snack halfway through the tour. I bought a bottle of super dry Sensuke junmai ginjo at the Izumi Brewery store, which I’m enjoying drinking now I’m back home. This tour was the highlight of my trip to Japan.
Written November 30, 2024
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Rudi B
Seattle, WA7 contributions
A wonderful guided experience . We (party of two) received excellent instructions for our meetup. We arrived a bit early and so did our guides. So, we left early. Aki and Hiroko were knowledgeable about the history of sake and the Nada district, and also very friendly. In addition to talking about sake and sampling many varieties, we discussed aspects of Japanese culture and life much as good friends would. We were not pressured to buy any of the sake that we sampled. However, as we drank our way through Nada, we came to recognize our own preferences in taste—and we did buy some of our favorites to take home to friends for our very own sake tasting party. Because we were all having a great experience, both we and our guides agreed to extend the time allotted for the tour. Finally, Aki and Hiroko got us to our train station (“designated driver”) and we made our way back to our Osaka hotel where we were staying—an easy 30 minutes away.
Written April 1, 2024
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Thank you for joining our tour and posting your positive detailed feedback. It is very encouraging for us. We will try to do our best offering the nice tours.
Written April 11, 2024
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wendy k
2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Seigo was an awesome tour guide. Besides explaining the breweries and their sakes, as an aficionado he also made a lot of suggestions that we would have never tried, and found new sake types that we would drink/buy now. It was a lot ofwalking, but there were stops to rest and drink (and shop!). He even brought a little suitcase to carry some of the bottles for us, so thoughtful! Would recommend to anyone!
Written October 22, 2023
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Adam J
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Our guide was Aki, a true Kobe local knowledgeable about all things sake. She taught us technical terms and helped us differentiate between different polishes and tastes, as well as acting as our guide as we walked through the sake brewery district of Nada. We tasted heaps of sake, some even provided by our guide, stopped at a local family owned tofu spot (phenomenal flavor and as fresh as it gets), plus we learned the history of the area and just why so many breweries call Kobe home. For a fun, informative and boozy time I'd definitely recommend.
Written October 10, 2024
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Thank you for the wonderful feedback. It was our pleasure to have had a good time with you! We will do our best to continue to provide enjoyable tours.
Written October 28, 2024
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Does this tour take you behind the scenes in a brewery to see the process of sake making - or just to the tasting stores?
Written February 7, 2020
Mostly just a tasting tour - although you get glimpses of behind the scenes. Also one brewery has a museum set up so you can see how the sake was traditionally made.
Written February 7, 2020
The tour starts at 13:30 hrs. What time does it end? My ship leaves at 6 pm
Written September 17, 2019
Sorry for the late response, the tour is only 3 hours.
Written April 19, 2021
Has anyone dragged their kids to this tour? I will have a 10 yr old who I will bribe with snacks and wifi to take with us.
Written March 1, 2019
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