SAKE · WALKING TOURS
Brewing districts were built tight, which makes them walkable and makes the tour a bar crawl with a guide. These 10 are compared on distance, the number of stops and how much of the drinking is included.
Explore Tsukiji Hongwanji, sample market foods, and taste unlimited sake with a sommelier on this lively three-hour Tokyo tour.
“It was amazing! Thank you for showing us all the little nooks and crannies of Tsukiji and recommending us the best food to find. We loved it!”
Walk Kyoto’s Gion at night, learn about geiko culture, visit shrines, and taste local sake in a small group for $27.84.
“We will always remember our nighttime tour of Kyoto. Thanks so much, Shumpei! We loved learning about Kyoto and visiting the shrines and temples.”
Taste Nagano sake, amazake, miso, and local snacks while walking from Nagano Station to Zenkoji Temple with a local guide.
“Had a fantastic time! The guide Masashi was wonderful, took the time to show me many cool stores and temples. Truly a beautiful city! And the sake tasting was delicious! I was surprised at the amount of different kinds, so delicious. And the miso was very yummy as well😊”
Taste Nagano sake, amazake, and miso soup while walking from Nagano Station through Zenkoji’s historic streets.
“Our guide was very nice and told us a lot about Nagano and sake production. We really appreciated the time we spent with her and her expertise.”
Explore Nara's old quarter with fresh mochi, persimmon-leaf sushi, sake, craft beer, ramen, and local snacks on this 3.5-hour walk.
“We had a blast on our beer, sake and food tour. Our guide, Melody was a wonderful host. We learned so much and enjoyed the company as much as the unique, delicious food. Sign up. You won’t be disappointed!”
Review of Kobe’s private sake walking tour, with five brewery stops, about 10 tastings, a local guide, and a final kakuuchi visit.
“Yuko was a fantastic guide. Explain the Kobe sake region & each brewery we visited, she pointed out their process on making the sake. I highly recommend the tour.”
Sample Nara’s mochi, five sakes, craft beer, sushi, and a local meal on this relaxed 3.5-hour walking tour.
“Unfortunately, this was a complete waste of time and money. The walking tour did not provide any information about Nara itself... except that a placard on a building means it's historic (duh!), but our guide didn't even read the placard to us Read more”
Explore Kobe by ropeway, shrine, Chinatown, harbour, and sake brewery on a full-day English walking tour from $136.
“Our guide Winkie was fantastic Enjoyed the herb garden and cable car Also our Hong Kong mea”
Review of Kobe’s full-day walking tour, covering Nunobiki Herb Gardens, Kitano, Ikuta Shrine, Chinatown, sake tasting, and Harbourland.
“Good overall tour of Kobe. You see the highlights! It included lunch and a tour to the sake area. A really great orientation to Kobe.”
Explore Fushimi’s temples, canals, sake traditions, and Jikkoku-bune boat ride on this small-group Kyoto walking tour.
“This was a great half day trip to explore the Fushimi district! We met our guide using the train system and had a quick visit to a shrine. From there, we had a great visit to the sake distillery where we watched a documentary, visited the musRead more”
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