Kanto
Browse places in Kanto by prefecture.
Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
A brewery in Makabe with registered tangible cultural property buildings. After an explanation and a walk through the brewery, visitors taste sake at the tasting corner.
A brewery in Makabe where staff guide visitors through the brewery and explain its sake-making culture and techniques.
Ushiku, Ibaraki
The site of Japan's first full-scale winery, built in the Meiji era. The Kamiya Denbei Memorial Hall displays large casks, winemaking equipment and an underground cellar, free of charge.
Nikko, Tochigi
A Nikko brewery offering year-round, fully reservation-based brewery tours and sake classes with tasting. English guidance is available.
Iwatsuki, Saitama, Saitama
A museum attached to a brewery founded in 1871, displaying old sake-making tools and historical materials, with a video corner, tasting corner and shop.
Gyoda, Saitama
A roughly 30-minute guided tour of the brewery; tasting is available on request.
Shisui, Chiba
Brewery staff guide visitors through the brewing facilities and historic buildings. A shop and restaurant are also on the grounds.
Ome, Tokyo
A brewery in Ome, Tokyo. The tour takes about 40 minutes, is by reservation and costs ¥700.
Higashimurayama, Tokyo
A booking site sells a guided tour of Toshimaya Brewery’s production areas with sake tasting. Not confirmed with the brewery.
Shibuya (Yebisu Garden Place), Tokyo
The guided tour "YEBISU the JOURNEY" combines the Yebisu history museum, a glass-side view of the brewing equipment and a tasting in the taproom.
Ebina, Kanagawa
A sake brewery that grows its own rice. Private tours for individuals and groups cover the rice fields and polishing mill, followed by a tasting.
Itako, Ibaraki
A sake brewery founded in 1804 offering a free brewery tour, followed by tasting and shopping at the on-site shop.
Hitachiota, Ibaraki
A sake brewery in Hitachiota that accepts brewery tours by reservation only.
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
A brewery in buildings dating from the late Edo period, offering a guided tour with tasting on how the sake is made and enjoyed.
Kasama, Ibaraki
A brewery founded in 1868 offering a guided tour with tasting led by brewery staff, in a standard course or a private premium course.
Naka, Ibaraki
The head office of Kiuchi Brewery, known for Hitachino Nest Beer. It has a shop and tasting counter, and a hands-on 'handcrafted beer workshop' where visitors brew their own beer.
Ishioka, Ibaraki
Kiuchi Brewery's whisky distillery at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba. The guided tour covers the production process and ends with a tasting of three whiskies.
Mito, Ibaraki
A tasting tour at the whisky distillery of Mito’s Meiri Shurui: learn about fermentation, distillation and maturation, visit the yeast laboratory and maturation warehouse, and taste six selected spirits. The company’s visitor facility Besshunkan also offers a plum-wine-making experience.
A brewery set up in 2023 by Nuriya, a long-established eel restaurant in Mito. Craft beer is served at the on-site taproom.
Kashima, Ibaraki
A company-run brew pub on the approach to Kashima Shrine, serving its own craft beer with food.
Chikusei, Ibaraki
A sake brewery founded in 1716 that holds brewery tours mainly during the brewing season, showing how sake is made.
Sakai, Ibaraki
A brewery inside the Michi-no-Eki Sakai roadside station, selling beer at its shop on weekends and refilling growlers brought by customers.
The sake brewery behind the sacred sake of Kasama Inari shrine. A free tour covers the rice-washing area, steaming room and brewing room, with tasting at the on-site shop.
The beer pub and bottle shop run by Tsukuba Brewery, where its beer can be drunk or bought.
