The experience
Sasaki Sake Brewery has brewed in Nishijin since 1893, at the southern end of the site of Jurakudai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's residence in Kyoto. It draws its water from the wells known as Kinmeisui and Ginmeisui, and it is the only sake brewery still working in the area.
A brewer walks you through the brewery and explains each step and tool, from soaking the rice to bottling. From October to February you can see sake being made. From March to September you see the brewing equipment up close.
Then you taste three or four sake, including a junmai daiginjo not usually poured at tastings, with snacks such as pickles made with the brewery's sake. The shop sells the full range.
On the day
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The brewery
A tour with a brewer, through each stage of making sake.
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Tasting
Three or four sake, with snacks chosen to go with them.
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The shop
The brewery's full range is on sale after the tasting.
Guide price
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Per person, from | ¥33,600 |
- Includes the experience, facility charges, the interpreter and tax.
- There is a minimum of two guests. A booking for one pays the two-guest minimum.
- This is the lowest per-person rate. The final price depends on the number of guests and the date.
- There is a lower rate for guests under 20.
Good to know
- Booking deadline
- At least 2 days before.
- Cancellation
- Full refund up to 11 days before, by 17:00 Japan time.
- Language
- An English-speaking interpreter is included.
- Before you come
- No perfume or fur, please. The brewery asks guests not to eat natto the day before.
- Driving
- Japanese law allows no driving after any alcohol.
- Arriving late
- Arriving more than 15 minutes late cancels the experience.
What STAYGO does
- We arrange the visit through Wabunka, the booking site the brewery uses, and keep in touch with them about your date.
- We place it on a Kyoto day that suits it and plan how you get there.
- We tell you what you will see at that time of year.
This experience is paid in advance by credit card, in yen, through Wabunka, at the price they show. STAYGO adds nothing to it.
Arranged only as part of a STAYGO journey.
Details checked on the host's published page on 13 October 2026. Hosts set their own prices and terms and may change them. We confirm them again when we arrange your date, and nothing is confirmed until the host accepts it.
You pay hotels, ryokan, restaurants and guides directly, at their own rates. We add no markups and take no commissions. The Signature planning fee is USD 3,500 for your group, for a journey of 7–14 days. Longer or more complex journeys are planned as Bespoke.
