Kyoto: Insider Sake Experience with 7 Tastings and Snacks

About This Experience

Join an expert-guided sake tasting in Kyoto and discover 7 distinct styles. Your Japan trip gets better once you truly enjoy sake.

Highlights

• Choose sake with confidence through an expert-guided tasting
• Discover how sake is brewed and what affects flavor, quality, and style
• Taste different sake styles side by side and discover your favorite
• Learn to read sake bottles and menus so you can order with confidence in Japan
• Learn when and how to enjoy sake in Japan — from hot or cold to food pairings

What's Included

• ✓ Certified sake expert as your guide
• ✓ Sake tasting (10+ types selected by a certified sake sommelier)
• ✓ Otsumami (traditional Japanese appetizers) for food pairing
• ✓ Sake cheat sheet and tasting note to help you choose your preferred sake
• ✓ Guided sake tasting held in our own dedicated tasting room

Not Included

• Transportation to/from attractions
• Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good to Know

• For safety and legal reasons, alcohol will not be served to guests who arrive by car or bicycle (non-alcoholic drinks available). No refunds if unable to participate in the sake tasting.
• Guests without a reservation (including children and non-drinkers) will not be allowed to join the tour
• Not recommended for children
• Legal drinking age in Japan is 20; customers under 20 years of age will only be served non-alcoholic drinks
• Let the guide know at the site if you have any food preferences or allergies
• If you are more than 20 minutes late, your booking will be canceled.

Meeting Point

Please talk to the staff at the counter when you arrived.