Top 5 Beer Tastings & Tours in Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki

Come and experience sake’s history and production on a 3 hour tasting tour. Tasting over 30 variety of different sakes, you will surely find your favorite one! Embark on this sake adventure. I welcome you to my sake tasting experience in Kyoto. Fushimi area is famous not only Fushimi inari but also sake production. Kyoto is 2nd biggest production in Japan. Basically Kyoto's sake tastes sweet because of soft water. We'll explore two of my favorite breweries, sake museum and local bar. I'm passionate about sake, and I’d like to share with you the process of sake making, comparing different kinds and brands. You will taste the differences between sakes—the highest quality, unfiltered, unpasteurized, and many other seasonable sakes. We help to find your favorite type of sake!

Inclusions: Sake tasting over 30 kinds, Local guide, Alcoholic Beverages

Exclusions: Extra Food and drinks

You'll discover Japanese style bars in hidden alleys of Kyoto where usually only locals enjoy food and drinks. Expert guide will have a brief consulting before you start the program. Then, the guide will lead you to appropriate bars according to your taste. Discover small streets flooded with small bars and shops like Japanese confectionery stand, small bars and local food-markets in Kawaramachi area, Kyoto. For those who are interested, there are chances to try local food while walking. At the bar, guide is willing to help you to find out good paring of Sake and local-side-dishes. There're several types of bars and each bar has unique home-made Kyoto-style food. We also offer opportunities to taste local Kyoto food which are not normally on tourist menu. You also get a chance to visit a small shrine in a hidden area, you'll hear interesting history behind it. Walking around Kyoto alone is joyful, but we assure you'll see different sides of Kyoto.

Inclusions: Alcohol drink or Sake or Soft-drink or Japanese appetizer or Japanese snack

Exclusions: Private transportation

It is a small private tour that you can enjoy the nature, traditional crafts, history, and the Tamba mountain range in one day. One of Japan's Six Ancient Tombs, the Tachiyaki Burning Experience, the Tachiyaki Sales Office, the oldest active climber, and historically, the ruins of the Ogiyama Castle built by Tokugawa Ieyasu as a base for the capture of Osaka, the reproduced Daishoin, Edo Kawahara Town Tsuma Irisayas, where the towns of the times remain, Tambaan Sakazushi Memorial Museum of the three major Japanese warriors, tour of the Shuzo, tasting, nature, scenery that the scenery of the countryside where "Eononuma, West Tambasanzan" is said, is spread There are specialty products such as Tamba chestnut and black beans. You can enjoy the charm of Tamba Aoiyama in one day.

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Lunch

Exclusions: Standing pile burning experience fee, Admission fee, admission fee

A relaxed bike ride (12km) and introduction to many aspects of Japan's history and culture, led by a former Zen monk with MA degree in Japanese Studies. Avoid the tourist crowds and immerse yourself in culture and history. Optional trekking or e-bikes in different sizes. Before the start you will get a lunch in our restaurant. After a short drive we visit the Imperial Palace, residence of the Japanese Tenno until 1868. It continues to the Nishijin Kimono Center, where kimonos have been produced for centuries. You will see a kimono show there. In Daitokuji Zen Temple you get an insight into Buddhism. Finally, drive to Shimogamo Shinto Shrine, World Heritage Site and Kyoto's oldest shrine. For the 1500 Yen surcharge, you can optionally visit a sake brewery and sample 5 sake varieties. After the tour there is the possibility to have a Japanese dinner in our restaurant. Japanese guests welcome.

Inclusions: Before leaving Udon noodle soup in our restaurant, Use of bicycle, admissions

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Japan is a magical place where old and new collide. A country full of incredible natural beauty, futuristic cities of neon, world-renowned food, and a culture steeped in tradition. Japan has a way of enveloping you from the moment you step off the plane. The unique culture and friendliness of the people will stay with you forever. From partying in the famous Shinjuku area of Tokyo to walking down the stone paths passing Geisha in the Gion district in Kyoto, One Life Adventures - Japan is a backpacking adventre tour and will show you the best of the country in 10 days. Starting in Tokyo and finishing in Osaka we explore the iconic areas of Japan plus some places off the tourist trail. By the end of the 10 days you would have lived and breathed the Land of the Rising Sun. Want longer in Japan? Try our 14 day tour! *Please note that this is an active, fast-paced, backpacking style tour with a lot of walking. Please make sure you're adequately prepared.

Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast

Exclusions: Tipping, Pre and post tour accommodation, Arrival and departure transfers, International Flights, Travel Insurance