Inuyama Sweet Sake Tasting & Custom Bottling From Nagoya
- 1h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
Step into a 1597 brewery—a Registered Tangible Cultural Property—and discover Nindoshu, a naturally sweet, liqueur-like sake crafted without any added sugar. As the only remaining Nindoshu brewery in Japan, its 430-year-old recipe is fiercely protected by the "Isshi Soden" tradition, passed orally to just one heir per generation. Beyond exploring this untouched samurai-era heritage, you will personalize two bottles with custom hand-written labels. Take one home as a unique souvenir, and leave the second to age in the cellar—waiting to be poured upon your return visit, or shipped to you in the future.
Inclusions
What's included
- Bottle sealing on the brewery's hand press and custom label making
- Access to cellars not otherwise open to the public
- 2 bottles of Nindoshu: 1 home with you, 1 aged in the cellar
- Shared brewery tour at Kojima Jozo, brewing since 1597 with English Interpreter
- Guided tasting of 4–5 pours for guests aged 20 and over, including unfiltered Nindoshu
What's not
- Transport to and from the meeting point
- Food and additional beverages
- Shipping of your preserved bottle
- Non-alcoholic beverage option
Itinerary
Your host meets you at the entrance to Kojima Jozo and takes you through the working and historic cellars of a merchant house that has made Nindoshu since 1597. You will see the traditional rice press, the ceramic jars sunk into the earthen floor that held an even temperature before refrigeration, and the cast-iron hand press still used to cap every bottle. You then taste four to five pours, including unfiltered Nindoshu drawn before filtering and the family's fruit-infused expressions. Guests aged 20 and over take part in the tasting, in accordance with Japanese law. Finally you seal two bottles yourself on the hand press and write your own labels. One bottle comes home with you the same day. The second is laid down in the cellar under your name to mature for at least two years, and can be collected on a return visit to Inuyama or shipped to you once it is ready.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Important: The experience takes place in Inuyama. Nagoya Station is only a suggested departure hub. You will need to take the Meitetsu train to Inuyama Station (a 30-minute ride), followed by a short walk to the brewery.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 6 travellers
- Operated by
- Honey J Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Inuyama
- Its from-price is 22% below the median of the 11 experiences we list in Inuyama.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Inuyama
Inuyama is a castle town on the Kiso River in Aichi, home to a National Treasure keep, cormorant fishing and an open-air museum of Meiji buildings.
Inuyama's castle stands on a wooded hill above the Kiso River, on the border of Aichi and Gifu prefectures. Its small keep is one of only five castle keeps designated National Treasures, and it gives wide views over the river bends and the plain toward Nagoya. Below it, a district of old merchant streets has been restored, with wooden shopfronts selling sweets, skewers and pottery.
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