Matsumoto Castle Tour: Explore Local Sake, Food, and Craft Beer on Foot
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Matsumoto
Embark on a captivating tour of Matsumoto Castle, while indulging in local sake, food, and craft beer. Explore hidden gems, connect with locals, and capture memorable moments with our photography tour.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Matsumoto Station - Meet Up with our guide just infront of Starbucks in Matsumoto station
- Matsumoto - We will start to walk to reach Matsumoto castle.
- Matsumoto Castle - Arrival at Matsumoto castle. You go to enter Matsumoto castle and see inside of national treasure.
- Matsumoto - It’s like visiting to grandparents. The place is run by old owners. A lovely experience, delicious sake and enjoy having a look at inside of brewery.
- Matsumoto - You have Matsumoto’s traditional local lunch.
- Nawate Shopping District - After Lunch, we move to Nawate street called Frog street. Here, you can grab some food from stalls, such as Sweet rice dumpling, Taiyaki, and Oyaki.
- Nakamachi Dori - Arrival at Nakamachi shopping street and you can see 400 years of history of castle town
- Nakamachi Street - You have Matsumoto local craft beer here and you can still explore Matsumoto city.
- Matsumoto Station - The tour concludes at Matsumoto station and your guide will say good-bye here.
If you want to explore more Matsumoto by yourself, you can stay in Nakamachi street area to wander around to continue your adventure
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Admission to Matsumoto Castle
- Local craft beer (1 included)
- Sake tasting experience
What's Not Included
- Extra drinks and food (available to purchase)
- Meal for infant
- Transportation fee to meeting point
Additional Information
You can do Sake Tasting in friendly owner’s brewery, have wonderful local Matsumoto food for lunch and drink great local craft beer. We will walk through famous street in old town as well as hidden places to explore more about Matsumoto city. Of course in this tour you will enjoy Matsumoto castle which is ranked in top 3 beautiful castle in Japan and is a registered National Treasure.
- Matsumoto castle entrance fees are included
- Sake Tasting
- Lunch
- Local Craft Beer(1 drink)
- Walking through one of the busiest streets in Matsumoto city and you can enjoy Japanese stalls
- Learn and practice authentic Japanese eating style and discover other parts of - Matsumoto outside of your guidebook.
- Connect with local business owners to learn the history and local culture.
- Photography Tour / We will be on hand to take some happy snaps(by DSLR camera) which will be shared with you after the tour!
- Sometimes it takes more than 30 min to enter Matsumoto castle
- Walking shoes are recommended
- Minimum alcahol drinking age is 20 years. So we offer another drink for under 20.
- In case of late arrival, the tour cannot be extended.
Location
Matsumoto Station
You will meet your guide infront of Starbucks at Matsumoto station
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Shannon
Feb 16, 2021
Highlight of our vacation - What a fantastic tour! Very personalized and relaxing. Our guide was amazing, he was friendly and accommodating. Two highlights...there was a real samurai guarding the castle grounds who was so excited to take a picture with us and the sake tasting was A+. Highly recommend!
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