15 Best Sake Tastings in Kyoto

“J is a great tour guide! He is super knowledgeable about Kyoto, especially the Gieko districts and the local architecture. He provided great recommendations and conversation. He was the reason the tour was really fun! Thanks, J!”

“Mayo is phenomenal! I showed up for the sake tasting and left with so much knowledge. The history, the process, and the categories of sake were all very well explained. Bonus: you also get to try the sake with food, which makes it even better.…”

“Amazing tour!!! Francis was such an awesome guide. I loved the monkeys and the zen garden. 😊🦧”

“Kyoko & Miyuki were great guides. We learned so much about sake including how to read labels, what kind of styles are there, what affects the taste, how sake is made, how it’s paired with food… Definitely recommend this course.”

“Amazing tour! We had so much fun and learned a lot from Ayu. You also get so much sake on this tour - 21 tasters!”

“Just the right amount of time! High energy sommelier whoal made learning significant points fun. And I enjoyed the tasting sake alone and then with food. Great class!”

“The tour was great! Mayo was very knowledgeable and we feel like we have a much better understanding of sake now. The sake chosen was a good range and there weren’t any I disliked. And they paired well with the snacks (we requested vegetarian snacks…”

“Wonderful hosts, very authentic and well considered. We loved it. Original samurai house. Felt like a very special experience.”

“The tour had throughly introduced the processes of making Sake, explained what's the difference between different type of Sake. This make a person like me who had no experience with Sake found interesting. The instructor, Miyuki had been patient and helpful within the whole tour.…”

“Our sommelier Kotaro was phenomenal! We loved our experience. It was so fun and useful. Highly recommend if you want a sake tasting.”

“The tour was very fun! Nobu was an amazing your guide! I enjoyed learning about the history of sake from the brewery and from Nobu. She also made the tour more entertaining with fun facts! The 18 sake taster at the end was a lot…”

“Very knowledgeable and friendly staff, a great way to understand more about Sake, its history, brewing methods and tastes etc. guided through presentations and tastings.”

“This is a go-at-your-own-pace, relaxed, walking tour of a very beautiful historic area of Kyoto. The sake in hand helps set the tone! I really appreciated how knowledgeable my guide was: I typically have a ton of questions, and he was able to aRead more”

“Akino was an amazing guide!! She made our experience 10 times better, she was so helpful and so friendly we would recommended this to everyone”

“Kenji was AMAZING!!!! He is so knowledgable! We had 8 sakes to taste and he explained every one perfectly- he gleaned our levels and went from there. The sake were like nothing I have ever tasted- super refined, mainly unpasteurized and anffordable- only found in…”