Embark on an unforgettable journey through Nada, Japan’s premier sake-brewing district. This tour connects you with centuries of tradition across four exceptional locations.
Start at the Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum to marvel at brewing tools designated as Important Cultural Properties, followed by the Taru Sake Meister Factory Tour to discover the art of barrel-making alongside two free tastings. Next, visit the highly popular Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum. Housed in a 100-year-old facility, it features dynamic 3D displays of traditional brewing and offers three complimentary sake tastings.
Conclude your day at the Nada Gogo Sake Brewery restaurant. Set in a beautifully restored former brewery, this vibrant venue showcases premium sake from 26 local breweries, perfectly paired with exquisite seasonal and fermented dishes.
Experience the perfect blend of cultural heritage, master craftsmanship, and exquisite gastronomy.
What's included
Beverages
Light meal
Round-trip transportation
What to expect
2h · Admission ticket included
This museum exhibits the process and tools used to make sake in Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery.
Almost all of the exhibitions are designated as Important Cultural Properties in Japan. Visitors can experience the craftsman's work and life, and the sake brewing process passed down through the tools used in the brewery.
Taru Sake Meister Factory Tour
This tour is held by Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum.
You can learn about the charm of sake barrels, which have been passed down through the ages.
After that, you can also taste two types of Japanese sake by having a tour of the Taru Sake Meister Factory at no extra charge.
Please enjoy the traditional culture of sake production through this tour.
You will spend at KikuMasamune Sake Brewery around 90 minutes. (30 minutes will be transfer from Hanshin Uozaki Station to there and return)
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
1h · Admission ticket included
The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum is a sake brewery built about 100 years ago and is popular among overseas tourists.
You can learn about making Hakutsuru, a type of Japanese sake, through a three-dimensional display of the traditional sake brewing process and operations.
Also, you can taste three types of Japanese tasting in this museum for free. Let's enjoy learning the delicious sake production process through the tasting tour.
You will spend Hakuturu Sake Brewery Museum around 45 minutes. (15 minutes will be transfer to museum from previous spot.)
2h · Admission ticket included
Nada Gogo Sake Brewery
This is a former sake brewery restaurant where visitors can enjoy sake from 26 breweries in Nada Gogo and food based on the themes of "season, local, compatibility, and fermentation. While offering food that can be enjoyed together with sake, they also introduce you to new charms of sake through events and other activities.
Please enjoy the charm of sake along with exquisite cuisine.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
Our tour guide will bring "HIS" flag and waiting for you outside of the Hanshin Uozaki Station ticket gates.
End point
Our tour guide will bring "HIS" flag and waiting for you outside of the Hanshin Uozaki Station ticket gates.
Additional information
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please note that cask making may sometimes not be conducted in the factory for production-related reasons.
No food and beverages are allowed into the factory for the reason of hygiene management.
Cask making work involves high risks of danger. There are some dangerous places and items, such as uncovered material, and cutting tools and machines for processing use.
Please be sure to keep away from working spaces. Additionally, do not talk to artisans while they are working.
The factory has no restroom. We recommend you go there beforehand.
Must be 20 or older to participate
Cancellation policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
