Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesJapanese, English
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Overview
“FURUSATO Cycling” is a new tour project designed to let you fully experience the “REAL HAGI”. Enjoy a guided cycling tour through beautiful countryside landscapes, feel the local lifestyle, and visit special places not usually open to visitors.
Our first tour focuses on Japanese sake. Follow the brewing process of locally made Hagi sake, including visits to the rice fields, water source areas, a local sake brewery, and a rice polishing facility.
・Course length: Approx. 11 km
・Tour duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
・Bike brand: Giant
・Equipped with a rear mudguard, pouch, and drink holder
Access to the tour location
The tour starts about 30 minutes by car from central Hagi. If you plan to come without a rental car, please let us know when booking. We will be happy to assist you.
After the tour, guests may visit a local sake brewery and enjoy sake tasting if interested.
What's included
All Fees and Taxes
Helmet
Bicycle insurance
Use of bicycle
Drink (please bring)
What to expect
10m
We will explain about sake rice using flip charts while looking at the rice fields where sake rice is grown from a little hill.
The content that tickles the intellectual curiosity of sake lovers will increase your love for sake.
20m
【Sake rice polishing factory】
The process "polishing" is performed before the actually harvested sake rice is transported to the sake brewery.
The taste of sake will be different with just one polish.
At this factory, while actually seeing the machine that "polishs" sake rice, we will approach the taste of sake that changes with polishing.
Unrin-ji Cat Temple
15m
Unrinji is commonly known as "Cat Temple" and is full of cat-related figurines.
Don't miss the wood carving cat made with a chainsaw.
Even if you don't like cats, you'll definitely be curious!
10m
Spring spots that local people still use in their daily lives
It feels good to put your feet on because it's chilly in the summer! !!
35m
【Yachiyo Sake Brewery】
A sake brewery where female forests play an active role.
Pursuing a new Yachiyo brand while valuing the old-fashioned manufacturing method.
It is said to be the heart of sake breweries, and depending on the brewery, you can easily see the "Muro", sample the "prepared water" used for brewing, and prepare sake lees tasting.
After the tour, you will also have a tasting and you will be immersed in sake both physically and mentally.
