1.5-Hour Kyoto Insider Sake Experience with Tastings & Pairings
- 1h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is not just a sake tasting. In just 90 minutes, this experience will teach you how to understand and choose sake with confidence in Japan. Led by a certified Sake Sommelier, you will learn how to identify your personal sake preferences — even when labels and restaurant menus are written only in Japanese. You will enjoy a guided tasting of different sake styles paired with food, with personalized attention in a small-group setting. By the end of the session, you’ll know which type of sake you truly like and how to order it anywhere in Japan.
Inclusions
What's included
- Traditional otsumami food pairings that show how Japanese people naturally enjoy sake with food
- 7 carefully selected sake, chosen by a certified Sake Sommelier to help you discover your own taste
- A sake cheat sheet and tasting notes to help you confidently choose and enjoy sake after the tour
- A private sake tasting room where you can relax, focus, ask questions, and taste at your own pace
- Guided by a certified Sake Sommelier with clear, friendly explanations for all experience levels
What's not
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Itinerary
・Sake Tasting with an Expert Through our expert-led tasting session, you'll get the chance to learn the unique characteristics of different varieties of sake, discovering which type you most prefer and how to identify your favourites on menus and bottle labels. ・Food Pairing You’ll also be served various otsumami – Japanese snacks which traditionally accompany alcohol – so you can see which types of food and flavour best accompany the different sake types. This is a fun and educational sake tasting in Kyoto, designed to give you the confidence to enjoy sake throughout your journey in Japan.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- 25 min from JR Kyoto Station : Take a train on Kintetsu Line to Momoyamagoryo-Mae Station. Walk for 9 min from the station. 20 min from Gion-Shijo Station : Take a train on Keihan Line to Chushojima Station. Walk for 7 min from the station. 20 min from Fushimi-Inari Station
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 14 travellers
- Operated by
- Add Stories Co.,Ltd.
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Legal drinking age in Japan is 20; customers under 20 years of age will only be served non-alcoholic drinks
- 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
- Vegetarian option for snacks is available, please tell your guide on site
How it compares in Kyoto
- Its from-price is 36% below the median of the 1713 experiences we list in Kyoto.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 77 of 1713.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan's imperial capital for over a thousand years, is a city of temples, gardens, wooden townhouses and refined traditions.
The city holds many of Japan's most treasured sites. Fushimi Inari Taisha's thousands of vermilion torii gates climb a wooded mountain, Kinkaku-ji's Golden Pavilion shimmers over its pond, and Kiyomizu-dera's wooden stage juts from the hillside above the city. The rock garden of Ryoan-ji and the mossy grounds of Ginkaku-ji invite quiet contemplation.
Top-ranked sights in Kyoto: Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha), Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
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