Tochigi
You must be 20 or over to drink in Japan. If you are driving, you cannot taste.
Nikko, Tochigi
A Nikko brewery offering year-round, fully reservation-based brewery tours and sake classes with tasting. English guidance is available.
Ashikaga, Tochigi
Individual visitors can sign up for the winery tour at the wine shop on the day, without a reservation. The tour is JPY 500 per person; tasting is a separate charge.
A direct-sales shop at the brewery in Ashikaga where its beer can be bought.
Founded in 1880. A free tour showing the traditional Sase-style pressing, with several sakes to taste.
Shioya, Shioya District, Tochigi
A reservation-only visit combining a tour of a brewery founded in the late Edo period with tasting and matcha (or coffee) in the 100-year-old family house.
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
The direct-sales shop of Nasu Garden Brewery inside Nasu Garden Outlet.
Nasu, Tochigi
A local-beer brewer in Nasu town that sells its beer at its premises.
A craft brewery started by Sanbonmatsu Chaya in Oku-Nikko. It has a taproom next to the brewery.
Oyama, Tochigi
A tour of a sake brewery founded in 1872 and the first whisky distillery in Tochigi, with tasting of 4-5 sakes and one single grain whisky.
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
A brewery inside the Roadside Station Utsunomiya Romantic Mura, making craft beer from Utsunomiya-grown malt since 1996.
Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi
A sake storage cave converted from a wartime underground factory. The tunnels total about 600 metres, and visitors use a tablet with audio guidance during the visit.
Ichikai, Haga District, Tochigi
A 2.5-3 hour programme with a brewery tour, tasting of base sakes and a blending session. Pick-up from the Light Rail station is provided.
Otawara, Tochigi
A Tochigi brewery committed to organic sake, with tours of the rice-polishing and steaming areas. The on-site shop offers tastings of more than ten seasonal sake.
Mashiko, Tochigi
A sake brewery in Mashiko. Staff guide you through the museum in a converted storehouse, followed by tasting three kinds of Sanran sake.
Fri, October 2, 2026 – Sat, November 21, 2026
Sano, Tochigi
An event held on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Daiichi Shuzo (Kaika) brewery in Sano, Tochigi.
Usually the Saturday and Sunday of the third weekend in November
Ashikaga, Tochigi, Tochigi
The winery's autumn harvest festival, said to feature freshly made wine, a commemorative harvest wine and concerts.
