In Kami-Suwa, five breweries line a 500-metre stretch of the old Koshu Kaido highway. One ¥4,000 pass gets you tastings at all of them.
Lake Suwa, Nagano. Photo: Sei F, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
We list 1 bookable sake experience in Suwa (1 tastings & classes) and 5 breweries you can visit, 5 of them without booking. Yen-priced experiences start from ¥4,000 as shown on booking pages. Every listing links to its booking page or official source.
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Pick up a set at the tourist centre in JR Kami-Suwa Station, then taste 4–5 sakes at each of five breweries (Maihime, Reijin, Honkin, Yokobue and Masumi) along 500 m of the old Koshu Kaido.
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| Brewery | Visit | Admission | Tasting | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masumi (Cella Masumi)宮坂醸造 セラ真澄 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes (tasting salon); also one of the five Gokuraku Set breweries | Not stated |
| Maihime Brewery舞姫 | Walk-in | Not stated | With the ¥4,000 Gokuraku Set: 4–5 sakes (20 cc each) | Not stated |
| Reijin Brewery麗人酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | With the ¥4,000 Gokuraku Set: 4–5 sakes (20 cc each) | Not stated |
| Honkin Brewery本金酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | With the ¥4,000 Gokuraku Set: 4–5 sakes (20 cc each) | Not stated |
| Yokobue Brewery伊東酒造 横笛 | Walk-in | Not stated | With the ¥4,000 Gokuraku Set: 4–5 sakes (20 cc each) | Not stated |
From each brewery’s official site or the local tourism office, checked 18 October 2026. Click a brewery for hours and the source link.
The Suwa City Tourism Association sells the “Gokuraku Set” at the tourist information centre inside JR Kami-Suwa Station. It includes a tasting of four or five sakes (20 ml each) at each brewery, or a cup sake to take home, plus an original glass and a digital map. The five breweries are Maihime, Reijin, Honkin, Yokobue and Masumi.
Tasting reception ends 30 minutes before each brewery closes, so start in the early afternoon at the latest.
Lake Suwa and the Suwa Taisha shrines are nearby, and Kami-Suwa is a stop on the JR Chuo Line between Tokyo and Matsumoto. The walk is flat and short, which makes Suwa one of the easiest self-guided sake crawls in Japan.
¥4,000 including tax for the Gokuraku Set, which covers tastings at all five breweries.
More in the region: Japan Alps (Chubu) sake tours.