Takayama Sake Tour: Explore Historic Breweries

Immerse yourself in Japan’s oldest sake brewing tradition with a tour of Takayama’s sake breweries. Explore the city’s rich history and taste the finest sake in the world. Book now!

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hirase Shuzo Brewery - Visitors can tour the facility and participate in a tasting session here.
What's Included
  • Visit Sake facilities & Kura
  • Tax included
  • English-speaking guide
  • Sake tasting experience
What's Not Included
  • Any other things
Additional Information

Takayama city had 56 brewers more than 300 years ago. Good water and good environment made lot’s of Sake brewer.
Now there are 7 brewers inside 200m area remain cityside of Takayama.
(This density is very rare things in all over the world.)
You can see the oldest & biggest sake brewery in our tour.
If you need other language guide, please let us know….

Location
22 Kamininomachi
HappyPlus Tour desk. In front of 'Tours & Activities' sign board. You can search 'Happy plus' in Google map.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Peter_k
Feb 24, 2026
A great experience. - This was such a lot of fun. We learned such a lot about making sake from our wonderful guide, and the tasting was amazing - we had never imagined there could be so many different varieties of depth and taste.
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W2288pbtrevorh
Feb 14, 2026
Great tour and the best guide. - Our guide was so nice and very informative (thanks Sato). The tour went into the back rooms of the brewery. I learnt many new things about the complex process for making quality Sake. Next time I’d book directly with Happy Plus tours for less than half the cost. TripAdvisor is a complete rip off.
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Casselc
Dec 7, 2025
Great experience - We really enjoyed our time and learned a lot. Yama was great. Worth it for the tasting and learning about sake. We also purchased some bottles to bring home
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Nicholas_k
Sep 23, 2025
Great tour, great tour... - Great tour, great tour guide! Super interesting seeing the oldest sake brewery in Japan! Also got to try some great sake as well.
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Patrik_h
Aug 11, 2025
Informative and delicious - The tour was very interesting and the guide was very friendly. He answered all the questions. The highlight was the tasting of 7 different sake bottles.
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Claire
Aug 1, 2025
An excellent and tasty introduction to sake - I was the only person booked into the tour so I got a private tour and tasting and it was excellent! Takumi explained everything throughly and clearly about the sake-making process and could answer all my questions. He was a great guide that kept things fun and relaxed. At the end I got to try 8 delicious different samples - would highly recommend this tour
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Sunshine62560616828
Mar 2, 2025
At Golden Week - My friend had a really fun brewery tour! I'm glad you said that and joined us! I also learned a lot about explanations and enjoyed tasting everything from liqueur to Junmai Ginjo and draft sake!
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N8819xhteresah
Feb 23, 2025
Behind the scenes sake tour - Great tour learning about the history of sake in Takayama and with the ability to try many types of sake. The tour guide gave us a behind the scenes tour of the sake brewery.
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561sarahu
Nov 15, 2024
Highly recommend ! - We visited Takayama because we heard that it's so relaxing and different from Tokyo. But yes it was true ! also attending this tour was a great idea. We could try many types of Japanese food and really enjoyed Takayama a lot!
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Khea_b
Nov 22, 2025
Detailed review of sake... - Detailed review of sake making process and the tastings were delicious. The host was knowledgeable and patient in answering questions.
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From $49
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).