Hyogo
You must be 20 or over to drink in Japan. If you are driving, you cannot taste.
Akashi, Hyogo
A reservation-only tour of about 1.5 hours covering the sake brewery, whisky distillery, storage and a museum.
Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo
A free museum in a Taisho-era brewery building with exhibits on traditional sake-making processes and work.
Itami, Hyogo
Housed in a historic brewery dating back about 250 years, this facility in Itami, the birthplace of refined sake, displays many tools developed for local sake brewing.
Admission to the Kikumasamune Sake Museum is free. Visits to the Taruzake Meister Factory are also mentioned; the reservation-only Sake Cup Gallery is a two-minute walk away.
Kobe, Higashinada (Mikage), Hyogo
The Mikage-gō brewery that makes Fukuju. It offers a free, partly self-guided tour and a paid small-group tour led by brewery staff.
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
A sake museum in Nishinomiya. The Sakagura-kan, a wooden brewery built in 1869, and a memorial hall cover the history and process of sake brewing.
Kobe, Nada Ward, Hyogo
A museum in a reconstruction of Oishi-gura, a wooden sake brewery from the late Edo period, following the old sake-making process with original tools. The adjacent museum shop offers a free tasting of unpasteurized sake.
Awaji, Hyogo
A craft brewery on Awaji Island. On Fridays to Sundays you can fill a dedicated growler with draft beer at the brewery and take it home, and free tastings are offered.
Kobe, Higashinada (Uozaki), Hyogo
A sake-themed brewery where the whole process can be watched through glass. You see live brewing work and can try freshly pressed unpasteurized sake.
Toyooka, Hyogo
A restaurant attached to the Izushi Shiroyama Beer brewery, founded in 1997. It serves its local beer Izushi Roman along with Izushi soba and other dishes.
Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo
The Kiku-Masamune sake brewery museum. Since April 2026 it has sold the sake-yeast craft beer (happoshu) Xross SAKE PALE ALE only at the museum and in its online shop.
Toyooka City, Hyogo
Craft beer made in the on-site brewery of Yamamotoya, a ryokan in Kinosaki Onsen; it can be had at the bar corner by the lobby and the neighboring beer restaurant.
A Konishi Shuzo complex with a museum, a restaurant and a shop. The restaurant has craft beer brewing equipment alongside it.
Nishi Ward, Kobe, Hyogo
A craft brewery using its own organically grown Koshihikari rice; it also sells beer directly at the factory.
Minamiawaji, Hyogo
A craft brewery in Minamiawaji. Its direct-sales shop sells draft and other beers.
Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo
A craft brewery at HAT Kobe with a taproom and a brewery tour; reported to be usable without entering the hot-spring facility.
Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo
A craft brewery in Tamba-Sasayama. Its own beers can be drunk at the attached Terano South.
Akashi City, Hyogo
A beer izakaya in Akashi with an attached brewery, serving its own beer with food.
Thu, September 17, 2026 – Sun, February 28, 2027
Kobe and Nishinomiya, Hyogo
A walking rally that sends participants to breweries and related spots in the Nada Gogo area of Kobe and Nishinomiya to solve puzzles, with four courses.
Usually late October (35th edition: Oct 24, 2026, with pre- and post-event days)
Itami City, Hyogo
A bar-crawl through downtown Itami's restaurants using tickets, with headquarters at Sangenji-mae Plaza.
Usually a late-February weekend (Feb 22-23, 2025; Feb 28-Mar 1, 2026). Next dates not announced.
Kobe, Hyogo
An indoor craft beer tasting event held at the Kobe International Exhibition Hall; about 45 sellers took part in 2025.
This year's edition has ended
A participatory event where visitors vote for their favorite craft beer. Held October 21-25, 2026.
Usually late January
A brewery open day organised by the Nada Gogo Sake Brewers Association. In 2026 paid tasting booths were set up at the west plaza of Hanshin Koshien Station.
One of Japan's three major Chinatowns along with Yokohama and Nagasaki, a shopping district of Chinese restaurants and street-food stalls. The name 'Nankinmachi' is a registered trademark of the shopping street association.
A downtown entertainment area in Kobe that began in 1905 on reclaimed land of the old Minato River. Shopping streets, alleys and an underground arcade hold about 100 eateries, including long-established standing bars.
