Yamanashi
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Koshu, Yamanashi
Guided tours of the Japan Heritage wine museum, vineyard, fermentation facilities and underground cellar, ending with a tasting. Three tour courses are offered.
Katsunuma, Koshu, Yamanashi
Based in a 140-year-old house, with a staff-led course on Koshu grape growing and history and a tasting course using wine dispensers.
Fuefuki, Yamanashi
Reservation-only guided tours of the vineyard, the winery building, the underground cellar and the stone fermentation tanks, a nationally registered tangible cultural property.
Visit the normally closed underground cellar and barrel room, then enjoy a seminar and tasting of three wines or two juices in the Solaris Room.
One of the oldest wineries in Katsunuma. A 15-minute tour covers the tasting room, underground cellar, gallery and barrel aging area.
See the production line and taste wine. Groups under 10 need no reservation and register at the shop on the day.
Kofu, Yamanashi
A winery a five-minute walk from JR Kofu Station. The tour explores an underground cellar of roughly 700 tsubo and includes one glass of a recommended wine.
Hokuto, Yamanashi
Suntory’s distillery in Hokuto, Yamanashi. Seeing production is on lottery-based paid tours (in Japanese); the free Whisky Museum and Central House has exhibits and a paid tasting lounge but no production tour.
The Shichiken sake brewery in the Daigahara post town on the Koshu Kaido. Staff-led tours cover Anzaisho, the room where Emperor Meiji stayed, and Denso-gura, which displays the Kitahara family’s art and documents.
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
A taproom and cafe attached to a brewery near Lake Saiko; beer can be enjoyed while viewing the brewing equipment through a window.
A taproom in Koshu, Yamanashi run by andbeer, a brewery that started in Koenji, Tokyo (open weekends).
A craft brewery with the first taproom in Fuefuki city, where the brewing equipment can be seen through glass.
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
A micro-brewery in Fujiyoshida occupying part of a former ice factory building, with an on-site area to drink its beer.
Yamanakako, Yamanashi
A micro-brewery by Lake Yamanaka with a taproom on the second floor.
Kosuge, Yamanashi
The Far Yeast Brewing brewery in Kosuge village near the source of the Tama River, with an adjoining restaurant. Visitors can pour a range of craft beers themselves.
A brewery inside the Michi-no-Eki Fujiyoshida roadside station, with a restaurant and shop where its beer can be drunk or bought.
Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi
A guided tour of Ide Brewery and its Fuji Hokuroku Distillery, with tastings of sake, plum wine and whisky.
Koshu City, Yamanashi
At the IWAI TERRACE cafe and restaurant in Katsunuma, you can enjoy IWAI BREWERY craft beer and wine from the winery on the grounds.
Kai Draft Beer is brewed by Yamato Wine, a winery founded in 1913; it can be tasted and bought at the tasting shop on the premises.
A liquor store attached to a brewery in Akeno, Hokuto, where the brewery's craft beer and other drinks can be bought.
Isawa, Fuefuki, Yamanashi
Individuals can visit the cellars and bottling facilities without a reservation on a self-guided basis. Travel agencies and bus companies must book at least five days ahead. Free tastings are available at the shop.
Minami-Alps, Yamanashi
Beer brewed by Sanku Natural Life in Minami-Alps city, which can be bought at the company.
A 30-minute tour that views the production lines through glass and visits the cellars and production areas while explaining how the wine is made.
Showa, Yamanashi
The taproom run in Showa town by Nori's Beer, a brewery based in Ichikawamisato.
Fri, October 30, 2026 – Sat, October 31, 2026
Kofu City, Yamanashi
Hosted by the Yamanashi sake brewers' association, this event lets visitors compare 24 sakes from eight Yamanashi breweries in front of Kofu Station. It runs in three sessions over two days, with dishes from two Kofu restaurants.
Sat, November 7, 2026 – Sun, November 8, 2026
Kai, Yamanashi, Yamanashi
A winery harvest festival planned to include tastings of new wines released on 3 November, talks by winemakers and food trucks.
Sun, November 15, 2026
Kofu, Yamanashi, Yamanashi
A tasting and sales event for Yamanashi Nouveau (new wine), held as part of Yamanashi Citizens' Day commemorations.
Usually mid to late March (March 15-17 in 2024; March 20-22 in 2026)
Hokuto City, Yamanashi
An annual spring brewery open house by Yamanashi Meijo (Shichiken), with tastings of limited-release sake and sales of foods made with sake lees and koji. The 2027 dates are not confirmed.
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Koshu, Yamanashi, Yamanashi
A large festival with stalls from Katsunuma wineries. The 73rd edition on 3 October 2026 had 22 wineries.
Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Yamanashi
A wine event marking the winery's 141st anniversary that doubled as a harvest festival, with cellar wine tastings and live music. The 2026 edition was held 24-25 October.
About 1 minute from Kofu Station's south exit, a lane of about 50 m lit by red lanterns and lined with izakaya and bars.
A yokocho in the Yoshino Building with about 20 eateries introducing Yamanashi food culture, opened in 2015.
