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Taste your way through Fushimi’s historic breweries on a three-hour guided tour that visits production sites, a sake museum and a local bar. Learn how Kyoto’s soft water shapes sweeter sakes while sampling roughly ten varieties from nama to daiginjo.
Taste your way through Fushimi’s historic breweries on a three-hour guided tour that visits production sites, a sake museum and a local bar. Learn how Kyoto’s soft water shapes sweeter sakes while sampling roughly ten varieties from nama to daiginjo.
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Operated by Kampai Sake Tours · Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
A chill evening air carries the scent of steamed rice as you step off the train in Fushimi, Kyoto’s low-lying sake district. Narrow lanes open to warehouse façades, wooden breweries with kanji plaques and the soft clink of glasses—this three-hour circuit threads you through production rooms, a small sake museum and a compact local bar where cups are topped and compared.
easy.
3 hours.
Light walking ability required; participants should be comfortable standing and walking short distances between venues.
Expect around ten different sakes across breweries and the bar, covering styles like nama, nigori, ginjo and daiginjo.
No—most tours meet at a central station in Fushimi; public transportation is the recommended way to arrive.
Yes—tasting fees are included and entry to the visited brewery/museum stops is covered by the tour.
Yes—many breweries and the bar sell bottles or small souvenirs; check customs rules for alcohol when traveling internationally.
Fushimi’s sake industry expanded in the Edo period thanks to easy river transport and soft groundwater; breweries served Kyoto’s temples and courtly demand through the 19th century.
Many local breweries emphasize responsible water use and recycling of byproducts like spent rice; visitors are encouraged to avoid single-use plastics and dispose of waste properly.
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