Nara
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Kashihara, Nara
A brewery in Kashihara with a shop where its own beers can be bought. On weekdays it operates as a bottle shop only.
Nara, Nara
A brewery with a taproom in Naramachi, Nara, where you can enjoy its own craft beer while listening to records.
Higashiyoshino Village, Yoshino District, Nara
A craft brewery in the mountains of Higashiyoshino. It brews beers with local ingredients such as Yoshino cedar, and opens on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
The brewery's own shop in Nara offers a five-sake tasting of seasonal sakes. Brewery tours are offered for a limited period around February each year.
A brewpub in the Naramachi area of Nara. You can drink its own beers at the shop attached to the brewery, and buy bottled beer.
Sakurai, Nara
Founded in 1660, Imanishi Shuzo makes Mimurosugi sake in Miwa. Appreciate its 120-year-old main building and 170-year-old brewery, and sample several sakes at the tasting corner beside the brewery.
Uda, Nara
The brewery-side taproom of THERAPYNIA, which brews herbal craft beer in the Oku-Yamato area (formerly Okuyamato Beer).
Katsuragi, Nara
A sake brewery in Katsuragi, Nara. Staff explain the brewing process, followed by a tasting of five sake and liqueurs, in about 45 minutes. Plum liqueur and syrup making experiences are offered separately.
A brewery in Nara that obtained its beer brewing licence in 2020. Its beers can be drunk at the restaurant one minute on foot from Kintetsu Nara Station.
Sat, November 14, 2026
A ceremony at Omiwa Shrine, which is dedicated to the deity of sake brewing, praying for safe brewing of the new sake. Master brewers and industry members attend and shrine maidens perform kagura.
Usually late May
A sake festival based in Nara, often cited as the birthplace of sake brewing; in 2026, 57 breweries took part (22 from Nara and 35 from elsewhere).
The old town of Nara city around Gangoji Temple, where Edo- to Meiji-era machiya townhouses remain. Restaurants and bars in converted machiya are scattered around, with many eateries south of Sarusawa Pond.
