Enjoy the Locally-brewed Sake at the Historical Wooden Brewery

【OUTLINE】

Visit the wooden brewing houses at the sake brewery with a history of over 100 years. You can learn how to make sake today in Harima where is called "the home of sake." Why not taste rare sake, brewed manually using the local materials, to your heart's content? Also you can enjoy the meal that goes well with sake as an option.

【HIGHLIGHTS】 

• The only female Toji, a master brewer, in Hyogo Prefecture, few in number even across Japan.
• The best quality sake elaborately produced exclusively with local materials.
• Rare sake difficult to find outside Hyogo Prefecture due to its small production. 
• Meal at a cozy restaurant converted from an old sake brewing house. 
• An optional interpreter and guide.

【SCHEDULE】

Meet at the shop→sake brewery tour→sake tasting→（meal)→Finish the tour

【DETAILS】

Himeji, known for its magnificent castle, was once called Harima Province. They say Japanese sake using koji mold was made in Harima for the first time in Japan more than 1300 years ago. That means Harima is the home of Japanese sake. Why not visit the sake brewery that has been in business for more than 100 years and get familiar with Japanese sake?

Go around and look at the seven wooden brewing houses since Meiji Era (1868-1912). When you enter the brewing house and see the old sake-making tools used at the time of the foundation, you may feel as if you traveled back to 100 years ago. You can learn how to make sake today by watching the photograph panels and brochure in English. Sake is produced here manually and elaborately, using carefully selected locally grown rice, by young brewers with a female Toji not very common across Japan. 

Sake produced here won awards in various contests at home and abroad.  The brewery's top grade Daiginjo sake was named after the founder's younger brother who contributed to the growth of Judo in France and  was called "the Father of Judo in France. 

After the tour, now it's time for sake-tasting! You can try more than 10 kinds of sake and receive a detailed explanation on the characteristics of aroma and flavor of sake from the specialized staff. Due to its small production, many kinds of the sake can only be tasted here. If you are a beginner, the staff will recommend you mild sake easy to drink. For those who do not care for alcohol, alcohol-free Amazake (sweet drink made from fermented rice) is offered. You can buy rare sake only available here, local specialty and sweets at the shop. A happi coat in navy blue or pink will make you feel like a sake craftsman! Why not take a keepsake picture?

Healthy dishes using fermented food such as salted rice malt and sake lees are served at the restaurant converted from a sake brewing house actually used until some 60 years ago. Surrounded by the high ceiling, thick beams and tables using the lids of sake barrels, you will fell the meal more tasty.

【THINGS TO NOTE】

• Time： 1 and a half hours(3 hours when optional plan is added)

• Meeting point： Nadagiku Shuzo
  1-121, Tegara, Himeji-shi, Hyogo-ken　

• Access：  
  A 20-minute walk from JR Himeji Station South Exit
  Approx. 5 minutes by taxi from JR Himeji Station South Exit
  Approx. 10 minutes by taxi from Himeji Castle
  

• Language support：Simple English

• Included ：Sake brewery tour, tasting

• Participation requirements：Over 20 years old

• Special support：Meals (Optional)
  

• Free Wi-Fi：×  

【CANCELLATION POLICY】

7 to 4 days before the tour date 40% of the tour price
3 to 2 days before the tour date 60% of the tour price
The day before the tour date, on the day of the tour 100% of the tour price
※Right after the online settlement is made, a cancellation fee of 10% will be incurred in case of cancellation.
※The cancellation fee includes handling charges.