Mui was an amazing guide! - We visited the oldest Sake Brewery in Takayama with our guide Mui. She was amazing! She explained everything so well. We learned a lot about the brewing process, as well as the history of Takayama. I would definitely recommend booking a tour with Mui!

Stellar experience - Great experience getting a tour of the oldest sake Brewery in Takayama. Amazing sake! Great to taste many different sakes. Mu was an excellent guide. Thankyou for the experience Mu. Highly recommend!

Terrific introduction to sake - A great tour to understand the sake brewing process, a little sake history for the area and a tasting with explanation of different types of sake. “Mu” is a terrific guide and she makes you feel as if you are visiting with a friend from Takayama.

Delicious and Fun! - Miyuki(Mu) was amazing! We ended up getting her all to ourselves. She walked us around town explaining the history. Every so often we would stop at a local food stall or shop and we would pay for snacks if we wished to try it. The last part of the trip was the brewery. We were able to see some of the packaging process and Mu took us through the process of how it is made with pictures and small samples. Lastly was the tasting, my favorite was the sweeter plumb sake 😋 Thank you Mu, we had a wonderful time! I would recommend this tour!

Fun for the whole family - Sake tour was fun for everyone including our 8 year old who got to sample fresh local water instead of sake. Tour guide was very knowledgeable.

The tour guide was very... - The tour guide was very friendly. The tour is in English. The sake samples were delicious. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the sake. Our 8 year old son enjoyed the tour too. They offered him fresh water instead, of course!

Great sake brewery tour - He gave us a very detailed and easy-to-understand explanation about the history and geography of Takayama, the characteristics of Hirase Sake Brewery, and the sake brewing process. He even showed me the inside of the brewery so I could better understand the production process. Also, during the tasting, he explained the characteristics of each sake, which combined with my taste buds, helped me understand more deeply. It was a wonderful tour. Thank you very much.

Interesting insight into brewing sake - We were so fortunate to be the only guests for the tour, so we had the undivided attention of our guide. She was thorough and answered all of our questions with patience.

Sake brewery sightseeing solo - It was a good event, although the group was very small (3 people + guide) and it felt a bit awkward. But the history of brewery and tasting sake was very nice ^^

Short and uninspired - The tour was super short and not very informative. It took about 15 minutes once we got into the brewery (not including the tasting). The guides English and was barely acceptable. One of the group was FaceTiming the entire thing and was loud and obnoxious and the guide said nothing. Really bad atmosphere. Tasting was just Ok with very little information about what we’re tasting except the type of the rice - nothing about the different methods that were used to create each one. We also only got to try 4 types of sake and one type of yuzushu. All in all I wish I hadn’t booked it and just went to do the tasting alone - like I’m doing in the other breweries in the area.