Kobe Nada Sake Cellar Tour Walking Tour

Tour Highlights

Learn about Japan's traditional sake brewing techniques, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Stroll through Nada's sake breweries, Japan's top sake‑producing region.

Welcome to experience this tour and learn interesting facts, history, and the brewing process.

Includes 10 free tastings—please drink responsibly.

This is Japan's ultimate sake‑brewing destination! Imagine—over a dozen top‑tier breweries in Kobe showcasing sake knowledge, traditional tools, and more. The roads are flat, perfect for a city stroll. If you're visiting Kansai, be sure to come! These breweries use the highest quality sake rice and mineral‑rich groundwater. Thanks to the port, this area has developed into a historic city over the past 300 years.

Join the Nada Sake Brewery Tour and enjoy Japan's finest sake!

Our guide will share fascinating anecdotes, history, and various interesting stories about sake brewing!

Plus, you can sample around 10 types of Japanese sake. However, please remember not to drink excessively!

Nada Gogo Sake Spot is a Japanese sake bar where you can enjoy dishes made with local ingredients and sake from all Kobe breweries.

A perfect choice for honeymoons or family trips—our brewery tour is a must when visiting Japan.

We also offer photo‑taking services during the guided tour. A commemorative photo will be sent to you via email afterward.

Don't worry if you're not a heavy drinker or are bringing children—we also offer soft serve ice cream made with sake.

Take a photo in front of the sake barrel sculpture often featured on Instagram and other social media.

Please taste Nada sake, Japan's top sake‑producing area, brewed with Kobe rice and water.

Sake tasting experience with explanations from staff well‑versed in the brewing craft.

There are many great photo spots suitable for social media.

It feels like stepping back into the Edo period at the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum.

Enjoying Japanese sake while gazing at a beautiful Japanese garden is an absolutely wonderful experience.

The scene of everyone gathering before the tour starts.

You can experience the "Kagami Biraki" ceremony of breaking open a sake barrel lid with a hammer.

The Hakutsuru Museum features life‑sized dioramas to help you thoroughly understand the sake brewing process.

During the Edo period, bottles were very precious, so sake was transported to Edo in barrels. We will introduce you to the "Barrel Sake Master Factory," showcasing the brewing techniques that have been used since then.

At each brewery, there will be about 10 sake tastings.