Advanced Kyoto Insider Sake Tasting Experience
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is not a typical sake tasting. The Advanced Kyoto Insider Sake Experience explores sake that challenges conventional ideas of how sake is made. You will taste rare and exceptional sakes brewed using ancient methods, innovative fermentation techniques that highlight the power of microorganisms, and sake made with local wood that gives each brew a distinct regional character. Through these tastings, you will discover how dramatically flavor can change depending on philosophy, materials, and brewing choices — revealing the true depth and creative potential of sake. While this experience also covers the fundamentals of sake production and categories, it is designed for those who want to go beyond the basics and explore a deeper, more creative side of sake.
Inclusions
What's included
- Sake tasting notes and reference materials for deeper understanding
- Hands-on practice reading real sake bottles and labels used in restaurants
- Guided sake tasting held in our own dedicated tasting room
- Detailed explanation of sake styles, brewing methods, and flavor structure
- Advanced sake tasting guided by an experienced sake expert
- 10 carefully selected sake, designed for in-depth comparison
What's not
- Food pairing
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
- Please come to the counter when you arrive.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- Add Stories Co.,Ltd.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- 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.
- Legal drinking age in Japan is 20; customers under 20 years of age will only be served non-alcoholic drinks
- Guests without a reservation (including children and non-drinkers) will not be allowed to join the tour
- Indoor air-conditioned venue — perfect for rainy days, hot summer days, or any weather
How it compares in Kyoto
- Its from-price is 42% below the median of the 1713 experiences we list in Kyoto.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 275 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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