Tohoku
Browse places in Tohoku by prefecture.
Hachinohe, Aomori
A roughly 40-minute tour of the brewery's working floor and process in Taisho-era buildings designated as registered tangible cultural properties, with tasting included.
Rokkasho, Aomori
At Rokushu Brewing Workshop in Rokkasho, visitors can view distilling, bottling and other processes through glass.
Morioka, Iwate
A free guided tour of the Showa Asahi-gura, which has both hand-made and modern lines, and the bottling plant. The shop offers free tastings.
A roughly 20-minute staff-guided tour of the Kitayama plant with three options: free, one drink, or 30 minutes of unlimited drinks.
Hanamaki, Iwate
A factory tour covering wine bottling, fermentation and the barrel cellar.
Kuzumaki, Iwate
A tour of the winery's wine factory in Kuzumaki. The shop offers free tasting.
Ninohe, Iwate
Dress as a brewer in a happi coat and towel and tour the well, rice washing and steaming, yeast starter room, brewing hall, pressing area and whisky distillery, with a photo and original-label experience.
Ichinoseki, Iwate
A staff-led tour of the craft beer brewing process, with hands-on contact with malt and hops and an optional tasting of four beers.
Osaki, Miyagi
A free tour: watch a short video on sake making, then walk a dedicated corridor and view each work area through windows, followed by tasting.
Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
A distillery in a gorge west of Sendai. The free guided tour is by reservation and includes tasting; a paid tasting bar is also open.
Yuzawa, Akita
A Yuzawa brewery offering reservation-only tours of about 40 minutes. Tours stop during the brewing season.
Daisen, Akita
A brewery three minutes on foot from Jingūji Station. The production floor isn't shown, but you can tour the buildings, taste sake and visit the gallery and shop.
A reservation-based tour down through the five-story brewery, with a museum visit and tasting.
Akita, Akita
A roughly 45-minute visit combining a process video, a guided walk and tasting/shopping. The head brewery includes Senshu-gura and Sennin-gura, where traditional hands-on sake brewing is practiced.
Yurihonjo, Akita
A one-hour tour of the brewing hall and bottling plant followed by tasting in the shop. Visitors receive a commemorative sake cup and a bottle of brewing water.
Tendo, Yamagata
A sake brewery in Tendo, Yamagata, with an English-language tour and tasting of 5 cups. The price is ¥30,000 per group.
Takahata, Yamagata
Visitors can see part of the production process, the storage tank yard and the underground cellar, with free tasting always available at the wine corner.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
One of the largest sake museums in Tohoku, run by Kojima Sohonten (founded 1597). Browse the brewing hall and giant tubs freely, and taste at the attached shop.
Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
A small-group paid tour combining a brewery walk-through with tasting, offered in three courses.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
A roughly 30-minute tour of Kaei-kura, with up to six tours a day. Individuals need no reservation; groups must book.
Aomori, Aomori
A craft brewery in Aomori City run by Be Easy Brewing, with a self-pour taproom.
Hirosaki, Aomori
A brewery in Hirosaki whose second-floor taproom, Gareth's Hideout, serves beer brewed downstairs along with food.
A craft brewery in Asamushi Onsen with a bar on site where freshly brewed beer is served.
Goshogawara, Aomori
A distillery making LOVEVADOS apple brandy from Aomori apples. You view the plant through glass inside the shop and taste the brandy.
