Sake guides for travellers

Practical guides to Japan’s sake districts, visiting breweries on your own, choosing a tour and understanding what you are drinking.

How to visit Fushimi, Kyoto’s sake brewing district: getting there, Gekkeikan Okura museum, Kizakura, canal boats, tastings and the best…

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Visit Nada, Japan’s biggest sake district: the five brewing villages (Nada Gogo), free brewery museums, miyamizu water, how to get there…

Walk Saijo’s sake brewery street in Higashihiroshima: seven breweries near the station, brick chimneys, tasting tips, the October sake…

Taste sake at Takayama’s historic breweries in the Sanmachi old town: which breweries pour free samples, the sugidama cedar balls, winter…

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Sake breweries in Japan you can visit without a tour: free museums, walk-in tastings and what to expect, with sources for admission, hours…

A traveller’s guide to Japanese sake: how it is made, junmai, ginjo and daiginjo explained, how to read a label, serving temperature and…

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How to pick the right sake experience in Japan: brewery tours vs tastings vs food pairing, private vs group, timing, prices, booking sites…