Tippsy Brewery Tours
Experience the art of sake firsthand
We’re happy to guide you through Japan’s stunning sake breweries for an unparalleled, authentic travel experience. Choose a one-day excursion in different parts of Japan. We’ll meet at main terminals in major cities and bring you on a personal journey filled with sake, food, culture, and fun!
Private Brewery Tour With Dinner in Kyoto
Embark on a special brewery tour of Fushimi district in Kyoto, one of the most famous and historical locations to experience sake. The tour will start in the afternoon at JR Kyoto Station. You will enjoy a private brewery tour with tastings from a limited collection at Masuda Tokubee Shoten, a sake brewery with over 300 years of history, famous for inventing nigori sake and for their “koshu” (aged sake) in ceramic vessels. Later, you’ll have the unique opportunity to dine with the president and a member of the brewery in Gion, Kyoto. The tour ends at JR Kyoto Station.
Day Trip to Kobe, Nada District
A special one-day brewery tour will take you to Nada district in Kobe, located in Hyogo prefecture, Kinki region. The tour begins in the morning at JR Shin-Kobe Station and includes visits to sake breweries in Nada district, recognized for its high quality sake and highest sake production volume in Japan. After enjoying lunch at Sakabayashi, a traditional Japanese restaurant in Kobe Shushinkan, we’ll tour Kikumasamune Brewing Company, famous for its “taru sake” (sake stored in wooden vats). Finally, we will head to Nadagogo Sakedokoro for sake tastings paired expertly with local foods. The tour concludes at JR Shin-Kobe Station
Tippsy travels better
We know our breweries
Thanks to our close relationships with sake breweries in Japan, we can give Tippsy customers exclusive tour experiences unlike any other. An English-speaking guide will help you navigate every step of the way.
Easily fits with your itinerary
Our trips are only one or two days long, giving you plenty of time to taste, learn, and sightsee while fitting easily into your travel plans.
Authentic and inspired by you
We crafted these tours with the help of Japanese breweries because Tippsy customers asked us to! Take your sake adventure further by witnessing the brewing and the living history up close. Our private tours are as authentic as can be.
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We had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed every single part of the tour. Everything was beautifully planned and felt very special.
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