Published on Nov, 2024

This was a wonderful tour of 4 or 5 (lost count towards the end) sake breweries in the famed Nada region in Kobe. I did this as an afternoon trip from Osaka, taking the Hanshin Line train from there to Ishiyagawa train station, the start point for the tour. Hiro was a great guide, explaining why Nada is such a good location for making sake and giving short histories of each of the breweries we stopped at. It was good to have a stop at Okage Tofuan for a tofu snack halfway through the tour. I bought a bottle of super dry Sensuke junmai ginjo at the Izumi Brewery store, which I’m enjoying drinking now I’m back home. This tour was the highlight of my trip to Japan.

Published on Nov, 2024

The tour was very enjoyable and educational. Aki-san was an excellent guide. Very friendly and passionate about sake. The tour was at a leisurely pace. Everyone had time to drink as much as they wanted and make any purchases without extending the tour past the estimated finish time. We went to 4 breweries. All had different flavors and styles. Very diverse for such a small area of town. Highly recommended.

Published on Nov, 2024

Fantastic guide, lots of good sake and information! I would recommend this to anyone interested in how sake is made and see the difference between different methods

Published on Nov, 2024

I highly recommend this sake tour in Kobe. The guide Aki was very friendly and excellent knowledge of Sake history. The Sake selections were delicious. Try the lemon Sake. It’s to die for!

Published on Nov, 2024

Hiro was most certainly our group Hero for our sake tasting tour. Our small group took a few minutes to warm up, and for Hiro to understand that the American/Australian mix of the group were all very sake focused, not selfie focused visitors to the area. The group dynamic was really relaxed, and Hiro made sure that she spoke to each of us individually during the tour - our little street side pitstop for some drinks and rice snacks was a great touch. We all had ample time to shop at the distilleries we visited, and the tastings were well explained at each stop. For a short afternoon, this tour was well worth the travel from Osaka. My original booking had been moved by the organiser, which was a little bit of a shuffle from my schedule of the week (other tours and events planned), however the experience on the day was wonderful.