Sake Brewery Spots in Japan

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Category

Travel / Tourism

Factory / Workshop

Sake Brewery

Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery

4.5

169 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Kagamigaoka 1-1

This well-established brewery was founded in 1764. It is located east of Niigata Station, along National Route 2, and is said to have been built on the site of a rice granary once owned by the Shibata clan. The current building was built at the end of the 19th century. The brewery is open to visitors all days of the week, and reservations are only necessary for groups of more than seven people. Tools used in the past to make sake are displayed here, and visitors can taste over ten kinds of pure rice wine. Thanks to the detailed explanations of the workers, even the most inexperienced can enjoy tasting the differences between the various types of sake. The brewery also offers non-alcoholic amazake for non-drinkers.

Well worth doing. The tour was great, very interesting and not too long. You might want to check when the English speaking tours are as it is not available with all tours. The Sake was lovely.
Tanaka Sake Brewery Kikkogura

4.0

109 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Otarushi Nobukachou 2-2

Located only a 5-minute walk from the JR Minami Otaru Station, this is only sake brewery in Otaru. It proudly makes the Japanese sake brand, Takaragawa, Otaru Bijin liqueur, and Maho-no-Itteki hon-mirin, a sweet rice wine for cooking. Its stone masonry warehouse, built around 1905 is designated as one of Otaru's historic building. At the store, one can enjoy free sake-tastings of sake shipped direct from the brewery, Shiboritate fresh bottled sake without pasteurization, and approximately 10 other varieties of seasonal sakes. Brewery tours where one can observe the production process are offered for free all year round. *Reservations needed for groups over 10.

Visited this factory on a guided tour and found the process of how they make sake very interesting. Our guide explained all of the processes and at the end of the tour we could drink as much sake as...
Kobe Shu-Shin-Kan Brewery

4.0

52 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Mikagetsukamachi 1-8-17

"You can reach this brewery in Koby City, Hyogo Prefecture, by taking the Hanshin Electric Railway to Ishiyagawa Station and walking about eight minutes south. They sell their Fukuju brand of Japanese sake with its fruity bouquet, manufactured under the creed of clarity, honesty, and purity. They also offer sake-based brews like plum wine and yuzu citron wine. Their famous Fukuju Junmai Ginjo sake has been served at the banquet for the Nobel Prize award ceremony, earning it the nickname ""Sake of the Nobel Prize."" Warehouse tours come in multiple languages and programs, and include video, warehouse inspections, sake tasting, and more. Their on-site hall and restaurant are available for weddings and concerts."

Self-tour is possible, just need to get the Hanshin Tourist Pass (500yen) for unlimited Hanshin train ride and you will be able to explore all sake breweries around the area. Cheap and convenient...
Ishikawa Brewery

4.5

58 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Fussa-shi Kumagawa 1

A thorough and informative tour from our English speaking guide which toured the historic buildings which have been making sake for generations. Remnants of brewing are on display which are discussed...
Tunnel’s station, Takachiho Tourist Information and Souvenir Hall

3.5

89 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Shimono 2221-2

This is an undiluted sake storehouse for the Kagura Shuzo brewery, famous for products such as the mugi (barley) shochu Kurouma and soba (buckwheat) shochu Tensho. Originally a tunnel for the Trans-Kyushu railroad, construction was stopped due to flooding but gained new life as a barrel storage facility for shochu due to its unchanging temperature and humidity. Around 1,300 barrels are stored in the 1,115-meter-long tunnel, through which the rich aroma of vapor shochu drifts. At the facility’s tourism center, one can try the stored distilled spirit for free.

A cool winery, using an old train tunnel to store barrels. Different kinds of wine are available for free tasting. Worth to stop by after visiting the gorge. You may also shop for local omiyage at...
Asama-shuzo Brewery’s Direct Sales Outlet

3.5

61 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunnaganoharamachi Naganohara 1392-10

This sake brewery is located approximately 70 minutes by car from Shibukawa Ikaho interchange. The dry environment and soft water of Oku Joshu gives the sake made here a refreshing flavor. In the brewery, visitors can take the sake-tasting challenge and experience making Joshu's specialty Konjac. There is also a dining hall where visitors can enjoy the local cuisine leisurely and a cafeteria which sells Daiginjo soft-serve ice cream. The shop has an assortment of interesting items for sale, including limited items and souvenirs. Visitors who use the Senpaku Kankou Taxi service from the Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station of JR Agatsuma Line will also receive discount vouchers for the brewery. There is also parking available for visitors who wish to use their own car.

ツアーで立ち寄りましたが、1階はお土産屋お酒を販売しています。３階に団体客専用の食事場所が用意されており、草津温泉の行きかえりには立ち寄る人も多いのではと予想されます。今回の時期はまだコロナ禍が少し落ち着いてきている時期にありますので、個人客は増えつつありましたが、団体は私だけの１５名でした。食事会場には上州牛のすき焼きセットが用意されており、手際よく食べる事が出来ました。味も美味しくいただき...
Iwamura Brewery Co. Ltd.

4.0

50 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Pref. Enashi Iwamurachou 342

This local sake brewery has a 200-year history. The local favorite Onna Joshu gets its name from Otsuya-no-Kata, the first female lord of the famous Iwamura Castle. They participate in sake competitions and win awards at Gifu Prefecture's Shinshu Kanpyokai (National New Sake Appraising and Deliberating Fair) almost every year. They have free brewery tours where you can see the trolley track that was once used for transporting rice and sake. They also have tastings of their recent brews and hold an event to introduce their new sake to the world on a Sunday and public holiday in February.

朝ドラ半分あおいのロケ地で有名ですが、江戸時代の宿場町と江戸時代の古民家があり見どころがあります。また電線地中化になっておりとても空が綺麗でのんびりできます。またお店もそこそこありのんびり晴れた日に2時間程度の散歩にもってこいです。
Kirishima Distillery

4.5

43 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kirishimashi Kirishimataguchi 564-1

A shochu distillery established in 1911. The distillery’s flagship Akarui Noson is made the traditional way in earthenware pots with spring water. Other than the first three days of the new year, visitors can view the distillery any day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The distillery tour takes 15 minutes and during the guided tour you can see everything from the actual production area where shochu is being made to the bottle filling area. The distillery’s shop offers samples and sells liqueurs and shochu liquors made on-site. Visitors can also hand draw their own shochu label and create their very own, one of a kind bottle of shochu.

霧島神宮へ向かう途中に見つけて立ち寄りました。販売所のスタッフの方にお願いすると、20分程の見学案内をすぐにして下さいます。思っていた以上に自然の中で丁寧に作られており、是非飲んでみたいと思いました。（名前は知っていたが飲んだことはなかった）また、スタッフの方が皆さん（スタッフ職人さんともに）優しくて丁寧に挨拶をして下さり、ファンになりました。優しい方が丁寧に作るお酒は美味しいに違い...
Taketsuru Sake Brewery

3.5

50 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hiroshima Pref. Takeharashi Honmachi 3-10-29

A long-standing sake brewery in Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is famous as the birthplace of Taketsuru Masataka, the father of Japanese whisky. Available for purchase here are special sakes that can’t be bought anywhere else. This location has drawn lots of fans and tourists after being used as the model location for an NHK drama.

竹原駅から徒歩15分ほど。町並み保存地区のメイン通りに面して立つ酒蔵。1733年創業。ニッカウヰスキーの創業者・竹鶴政孝の生家として有名。入口の戸にPayPayのシールが貼られていたので酒は販売していると思われるが、「当所の見学はできません」という張り紙が「中に入ったら必ず何か買えよ」と威圧しているようで入店は諦めた。
Okazaki Brewery Corporation

4.0

27 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Uedashi Chuou 4-7-33

A sake shop alive with tradition since 1665. The sake here is distilled using the famous Shinshu waters and rice from the prefecture and takes into account the whole taste, flavor and aroma. Overall they mainly produce dry junmaishu (sake made without added alcohol or sugar), but their plum wine, developed on sake, is also popular. Their Shinshu Kirei was awarded first prize in the Ginjo category, and received an excellence award in the Junmai category of the Kanto Shinetsu National Research Institute of Brewing Sake Awards. It’s possible to taste the various sake on offer in the distillery and you can also pick up some souvenirs from the shop.

上田駅から２キロほど北の北国街道の柳町に岡崎酒造はあります。昔ながらの家並の酒屋です。ここは日本酒の醸造（信州亀齢）がなされていて、日本酒の買い物や試飲もできます。少し重いですが、お土産にもいい酒です。
Imanishi Sei Hyoe Store

4.5

17 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Nara-shi Fukuchiincho 24-1

500円で利き酒体験。説明を聞きながら5種類の日本酒を楽しみました。圧倒的に外国人観光客の方が多くいらして、英語の説明を聞きながら楽しんでおられました。おみやげにおちょこもいただき、大満足。
Ishikura Brewery Hakata Hyakunengura

4.0

20 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Katakasu 1-30-1

A sake brewery located in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. The only sake brewery in Hakata, the building has been designated a National Tangible Cultural Property. The brewery's kura storehouse was built in 1870 and today is the only brewery still making sake in Hakata. In addition to selling sake, the brewery has a restaurant and banquet space and is available for weddings.

Hakata Hyakunengura is the only Sake factory in downtown Hakata. The old house, which is designated as an important monument, is itself worth taking a look. There is also a shop inside, and you can...
Nadagiku Sake Brewery

4.0

33 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Tegara 1-121

This sake brewery located in 1 Chome, Tegara, Himeji City was established in 1910. Their fine Nadagiku brew and other products are renowned at home and abroad. They make their sake with carefully selected brewing rice grown in the prefecture, including Hyogo Yumenishiki, a special product of Nishiharima. You can visit their wooden sake storehouse that remains as it was when the brewery was founded, as well as view brewing equipment and panel displays on the modern sake making process. They hold tastings in their shop, and have a restaurant, too.

Forse dovuto al fatto che era sabato abbiamo potuto visitare ben poco ( un paio di locali con foto e descrizioni varie del processo di lavorazione) se non il negozio dove vi fanno assaggiare il loro...
Awamori Masahiro Gallery

4.0

33 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Nishizakichou 5-8-7

This sake brewery was established in 1883 in Shuri, the castle town of the Ryukyu Kingdom. At the time when only those approved to brew by the royal government could receive a license, a tradename and brewing license were given by the king, down to the present day. It sells vintage sake that has received many Monde Selection Gold awards, awamori made of pure rice , and moromi-su (vinegar from rice mash).

工場見学ができるというので行ってみると、瓶詰め工程だけでした。工場ショップで、自社製造のいろいろな泡盛やアルコール商品が置いてあり、試飲もできますが、わざわざ車でここまで来なくとも、他のお土産店でよいと思います。
Kametaya Sake Brewery

4.5

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Shimadachi 2748

This sake brewery is located in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. You can purchase specialty products from the Shinshu region and taste different sake. Besides being able to tour the main building with a reservation, you can also tour the storehouse when brewing is not conducted from April to October. In addition, it has a parking lot for large buses, and is visited by many large groups.

We visited the brewery in September after making a reservation via email. A wonderful local experience. We took a 10 minute local train from Matsumoto to Shimonii Station and then walked from the...
Asahi Brewery

3.5

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Shutomachi Osogoe 2167-4

隈研吾さん設計の橋が出来上がってやっと行く事が出来ました。川を渡り獺祭の売店にだ取りつきますが白木の橋が素敵な情景を演出してます。すてきです。友達は試飲してましたが運転の私はいつも美味しい獺祭アイスWWW 期間限定のお酒を買って旅の続きへ向かいます。
Unazuki Beer Hall

3.0

33 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Kurobeshi Unadukimachioritate 687

This craft beer brewery is an eight-minute drive from the Hokuriku Expressway's Kurobe Interchange. The brewery also has an attached restaurant where they serve Kurobe's local craft brew, Unazuki Beer. The lunch buffet, which is only open from April to November, offers diners a variety of dishes made with local ingredients to enjoy to their heart's content along with Unazuki Beer. Across from the restaurant is a farmer's market, Unazuki Shokusaikan, where visitors can purchase the original merchandise and local specialties.

温泉で有名な宇奈月、その宇奈月の地ビール工場です。登山の美味しい水で作る宇奈月ビールは美味しく感じました。
Asabiraki Local Sake Store

4.0

19 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Morioka-shi Daijijicho 10-34

This sake brewery that was founded in 1871 is located in Daijiji-cho, Morioka City. It brews the famous Asabiraki sake brand using traditional handmade processes and modern processes using the latest equipment. In addition to conducting free tours of the sake brewing process, the local sake product shop offers free tastings, and sells limited edition sake, delicacies and drinking vessels.

あさ開は岩手県盛岡市にある酒蔵です。地域共通クーポンが使えます。また、高速道路のETC東北観光フリーパスを利用していたので申込メールを見せたら特典として小さな地酒をいただきました。試飲しながら選ぶことができます。送料無料にするために11,000円分の日本酒や日本酒で作った梅酒を購入しました。私は運転しなければならなかったので試飲できませんでしたが、JAF会員は100円割引を使って酒粕を使ったソフト...
Tokun Sake Brewery

3.5

19 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara I 627

This sake brewery is in I, Sawara, Katori City. Established in 1825, it uses the early rice and exceptional water from the embankments of the Tone River region. Tours of the brewery are free (reservations required for 15 or more), where one can learn about the sake making process and enjoy sake tasting. The shop on the grounds offers sweets made from sake and other specialty items.

佐原の蔵元です。有料で試飲ができますが、車のため我慢。ショップで販売されている商品は、マスキングテープやシャツなど、色々増えていました。今回は前掛け生地で作ったバッグに入った日本酒日本入りセットを購入。お支払いはカード他、〇〇ペイ系も利用出来ます。
Oishi Sake Brewery, Tanbaji Sake-no-Yakata (Kameoka Main Branch)

4.0

18 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kameokashi Hiedanochousaeki Kaichimata 13

The Oishi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. has a history of more than 300 years. Guests can visit the Sake-no-Kan shop, the main building, and the Motokura. The Motokura is its old brewery, and they have a tasting counter as well as a hakari-uri corner where they sell sake by volume, with guests filling up bottles of their choice as much as they'd like. It's also popular for selling sake varieties not available anywhere else.

亀岡市街地からすぐです。実際のものづくりは美山でこちらは瓶詰めのみらしいです。２階に当時の酒造りの道具があります。但し空調は効いていません。醸造酒から純米大吟醸まで揃っています。店員の方は快く近場の見所など教えてくれます。試飲も割りと自由なようです。