Saijo Sake Tour: Discover Hiroshima's Finest Brews

Explore Saijo’s rich sake heritage on a private tour. Taste unique brews, learn brewing secrets, and savor flavors that complement any meal.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saijosakagura-dori Street - Saijo is home to seven sake breweries, each offering a unique flavor profile. Some are dry, while others are sweet. Visitors can enjoy sampling these diverse tastes with the help of a guide.
  • Kamotsuru Sake Brewery - Established in 1873 in Higashihiroshima, Kamotsuru Sake Brewery is renowned for crafting sake served…
What's Included
  • Visit to multiple sake breweries in Saijo, Hiroshima
  • Guided sake tasting tour
  • Tasting of various sake types with unique flavors
  • Opportunity to learn about sake brewing processes
Additional Information

Japan is home to three renowned sake brewery regions: Nada in Hyogo Prefecture, Fushimi in Kyoto, and Saijo in Hiroshima. These regions are rich with sake breweries, each offering a diverse range of sake flavors.
This tour will take you to Saijo, a sake brewery located in Hiroshima. Experience a variety of sake, not just through taste but also by…

Location
Saijo Station
In front of the ticket gate of Saijo Station. The guide will be holding with yellow sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Michael_w
Apr 19, 2026
One of the BEST Viator experiences I have ever had! - This was an amazing experience. Our guide, Gordon, brought along a companion and the two of them were absolutely phenomenal. We started out at a local sake brewery to learn the history and methods of making Sake, and then moved on to sampling several different kinds of Sake made from the 7 breweries in Saijo. There happened to be a festival the day of our tour, so we were able to participate in several different tastings than would normally be had. Gordon and his companion were so knowledgeable. My father-in-law and I had the best experience ever. I have done a lot of Viator trips, and I rank this as one if my top 5 easily. I would absolutely do this one again just to hang with Gordon and his companion. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
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Andreas_a
Apr 14, 2026
Tipsy Tuesday in Saijo! - Great experience, our guide and sake sommelier Masa was very knowledgeable and taught us a lot about Sake and the production process. The highlight was of course getting to taste plenty of delicious sake from all 7 breweries. 🍶
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Collin_k
Mar 28, 2026
A perfect intro to different types of sake! - What a great time! We very much enjoyed being shown so many sake breweries and our guide Motoko had lots of information on each stop. The two hours flew by, with each drink being unique and tasty. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend to a small group who would like to try sake in a relaxing and interesting setting.
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Kit_f
Mar 8, 2026
It is a great experience.... - It is a great experience. Gordan is knowledgeable and engaging . He is able to articulate his own personal experience to complement what is presented in the museums and tasting rooms. It brought forth a greater in depth thoughts of the various Sake producing procedural steps
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Carrie_h
Feb 26, 2026
Ami is a terrific guide - Ami was so knowledgeable, funny, fun, and patient with all our questions. It was fun to be led around by her to 6 different brew houses with lots of samples and advice on purchasing.
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Dreyland
Feb 11, 2026
Great tasing and learning experience. - We had a very insightful experience learning about sake with Rom. His vast knowledge and passion, coupled with his ability to present the information in relatable terms made this one of the best experiences of our trip to Japan. Even if you already had a sake tasting elsewhere in Japan (as we had), I still strongly recommend you to have a tasting in Hiroshima and with Rom if possible. You won’t be sorry!
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Albert_h
Feb 4, 2026
What made the tour was the guide Ram. - Ram was a wonderful guide & very knowledgeable for this saki tour. he gave us history and entered all of our questions, the other father and son in the group from Australia were fun and filled out the tour.. Ram also was very attentive and helpful to me being a senior man 87 years old. I would highly recommend ROM as a guide and this is an excellent tour.
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Lisa_s
Jan 20, 2026
Fantastic learning experience - We had a wonderful time. Our guide Emoke, was very helpful and amiable. We learned a lot about sake and enjoyed seeing how the process works. My only recommendation would be to start the tour at the brewery where we ended as it had a small museum with lots of great visuals and explanations to tell you about the process. Seeing calling that might have been useful at the beginning. I would definitely recommend this experience.
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Kathryn_w
Nov 13, 2025
Great tour - Guide was very knowledgeable, very friendly. Everything is quite close together, terrain is easy. Overall a wonderful afternoon.
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Chinesien-petra
Dec 30, 2025
private tour, but with obstacles - Cool private tour just for two. Our guide was super nice and really hard. However, it was not yet mature. She kept asking us what we wanted to buy with our coupons and what we wanted to cost. I would have expected on this tour that we would be taken by the hand and told: Taste that and that. So she was a super nice companion but we had to make the decisions ourselves. Strange if you don't know what else is coming. Overall nice experience only for two. The town and breweries themselves were all highly recommended. You could also recreate the tour yourself.
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up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).