Kyoto Trip Overview
Beginning in the Fushimi district of Kyoto, your guide will take you through the streets of this charming, sake brewing district where you will see various traditional and modern sake breweries and get a sense of the area’s 400-year-old sake brewing tradition.
During the tour, you will eat a seasonal lunch in a local restaurant before heading out to the Gekkeikan Okura Sake museum where a brief history of Japanese sake can be understood. Since they have been making sake since 1637, with a nearly 4 centuries-old process, you will really see how things have been done for generations. You will also get a chance to see the Sake brewery and the traditional brewing process which involves a combination of water, malt, yeast and steamed rice.
You will visit both a small and large sake brewery to get a sense of the differences of scale and of course try their sake and other products.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Kyoto, Japan
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What to Expect When Visiting Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Beginning in the Fushimi district of Kyoto, your guide will take you through the streets of this charming, sake brewing district where you will see various traditional and modern sake breweries and get a sense of the area’s 400-year-old sake brewing tradition.
During the tour, you will eat a seasonal lunch in a local restaurant before heading out to the Gekkeikan Okura Sake museum where a brief history of Japanese sake can be understood. Since they have been making sake since 1637, with a nearly 4 centuries-old process, you will really see how things have been done for generations. You will also get a chance to see the Sake brewery and the traditional brewing process which involves a combination of water, malt, yeast and steamed rice.
You will visit both a small and large sake brewery to get a sense of the differences of scale and of course try their sake and other products.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Softbank Fushimimomoyama [ Wye Mobile Agency ], Japan, 〒612-8082 Kyoto, Fushimi Ward, Ryōgaemachi, 4-chōme−２９１−１ 辻熊ビル
Meeting Point – in front of Softbank in Otesuji Shotengai. Then join our 3-hour tour of Fushimi district, Kyoto’s Sake district.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-0882 Kyoto Prefecture
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Stop At: Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum, 247 Minamihama-Cho, Fushimi-Ku, Kyoto 612-8045 Kyoto Prefecture
During the tour, you will eat a seasonal lunch in a local restaurant before heading out to the Gekkeikan Okura sake museum where a brief history of Japanese sake can be understood.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Fujioka Shuzo, 672-1 Imamachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8051, Japan
Ending Point – Bar
Pass By: Chokenji-temple, 511 Higashiyanagichō, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8211, Japan
Chokenji temple
Pass By: Fushimi Park, 7 Tōryōchō, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-8107, Japan
Fushimi Park
Pass By: Teradaya, Minamihamacho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8045 Kyoto Prefecture
Teradaya
Pass By: Daigo-ji Temple, 22 Daigo Higashi Ojicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 601-1325 Kyoto Prefecture
Daigo-ji
