Fushimi, in southern Kyoto, is one of Japan's most revered sake-producing regions, blessed with exceptional underground water flowing from the Momoyama hills. On this guided 2-hour brewery tour you will enter the kura (sake cellar) of a family brewery founded in 1717, examine towering cedar vats (kioke), observe the koji mold cultivation room, and learn how the 60-day brewing cycle transforms rice into Japan's national drink. The tour concludes with a structured tasting of six sake styles — from crisp junmai daiginjo to earthy yamahai — paired with premium tsukemono pickles.
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Highlights
- Walk through a working kura (sake cellar) founded in the Edo period
- See the koji room where mold is cultivated at precise humidity
- Examine century-old cedar fermentation vats (kioke) still in use
- Guided tasting of six sake grades from ginjo to kimoto
- Learn to read a sake label and understand rice-polishing ratios
What's Included
- ✓English-language guided brewery tour (90 minutes)
- ✓Tasting of six sake varieties with tasting notes
- ✓Tsukemono (pickled vegetable) accompaniment during tasting
- ✓Sake selection advice for purchases at the brewery shop
- ✓Complimentary souvenir sake tasting cup
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