Join your host along the Sumiyoshi River for a quick welcome drink served in traditional ceramic sake vessels. This river is the lifeline of the local region and has been essential to sake brewing.

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through Uozaki, one of Nada's famous Five-Villages, to see the main sake brewing district. Along the way, we will pass the towering brewery of Sakura- Masamune and see Kenbishi, one of Japan's oldest breweries. Your guide will talk about the history and developments of this famous brewing region.

Our first stop is Kiku-Masamune, founded in 1659. Today they are famous for their continued use of traditional brewing techniques such as cask-aged sake (taruzake) and the natural kimoto method. Here you will visit the workshop where dedicated craftspeople still make these casks by hand (subject to availability) and try the sake aged in them based on a traditional Edo-period (1603-1868) recipe.

Visit Nada's largest sake producer to learn about traditional brewing techniques. Your guide is an experienced sake brewer who will be on hand to show you around their interactive museum and explain the various tools and equipment on display. Free sake tasting is provided.

Enjoy an immersive sake tasting with your host at the former brewery of Kenbishi, one of Japan's oldest and most famous sake brands. We will sample three types of local sake paired with a light snack. This is a unique location offering you the chance to enjoy sake in the same place it was once made.