Kinki
Browse places in Kinki by prefecture.
Aisho, Shiga
Free guided tours cover the Taisho-era brewhouse, a registered tangible cultural property, and a storage building made entirely of zelkova wood. Brewing water and sake tastings are also available.
Nagahama, Shiga
A distillery run by Nagahama Roman Beer. It offers a reservation-based tour of about 30 minutes that includes a tasting.
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto
A museum on Fushimi sake history and Gekkeikan. Admission for ages 20+ includes tasting three sakes.
Miyazu, Kyoto
A Tango-region brewery founded in 1832. Visitors can walk through the Edo-period brewery, and bookings go through an official form.
A Fushimi brewery showing both sake and craft beer making. Visits are free but by reservation, and the on-site restaurant serves fresh beer afterwards.
Kyotamba, Kyoto
A 50-minute guided tour of the vineyard and the winery, from the crushing area and press to the bottling line and cellar, ending with a tasting of three wines.
Kashiwara, Osaka
A local-guide tour of western Japan's oldest winery covering its history and winemaking, with a sparkling-wine toast overlooking the Osaka plain.
Hannan, Osaka
Osaka's oldest brewery, founded in 1716. The brewer or staff guide you through the registered cultural-property wooden brewery, followed by a sake tasting.
Shimamoto, Osaka
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka. Seeing production is on lottery-based paid tours (in Japanese); the free Yamazaki Whisky Museum is a self-guided area with exhibits, a shop and a paid tasting lounge. A reservation is required to enter either way.
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.
Meiwa (Taki District), Mie
A brewery with a wooden building from 1923. It takes group tours with a short video and tasting.
Ise, Mie
A direct outlet of Ise Kadoya Beer on Oharai-machi near Ise Grand Shrine's Naiku, serving beer with oyster and eel dishes.
Yokkaichi, Mie
A brewery in Yokkaichi where the brewer, proprietress or other family members guide you. Choose from a 30-minute tasting tour with three sake to a premium session with the master brewer.
Iga, Mie
Craft beer made at the Iga no Sato Moku Moku Handmade Farm agricultural park, available on site.
A sake brewery in Iga, Mie. Tours require advance reservation; request a tasting when booking.
Kuwana, Mie
Nagashima Jibeer is served at the Nagashima Beer Garden restaurant inside Nabana no Sato.
Shima, Mie
A brewery in Ugata Station on the Kintetsu line; its taproom lets you see the brewing while drinking freshly poured beer.
A visit combining old brewing tools, a brewing video and tasting at the brewery shop. Aimed at groups of about 10-40.
