3 Sake Tasting to Build a Day Around

1.Kyoto Night Foodie Tour in Gion (9+ dishes + 6 Sake tastings)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,762 reviews · from $163Our pick

Join a guide such as Jimmy, Emma, Rika, or Yuki for a 3.5-hour evening walk through Gion and Pontocho. You’ll eat enough local food for dinner, taste Japanese sake, visit three venues, and learn about Kyoto’s food culture in a group capped at seven.

“This was the best part of our trip! Jimmy was amazing! We got to try places we wouldn’t never have found without him. The tour was so interesting and I learned so much about Kyoto. The food was yummy and the sake tasting was so fun. CRead more”

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2.Insider Sake Brewery Tour with Sake and Food Pairing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 704 reviews · 3 hours · from $87Best value

Meet an English-speaking sake expert at Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum and spend three hours learning how Nihonshu is made, reading labels, and tasting 10-plus styles. Compare dry, fruity, and rich sake with otsumami, then leave with a practical cheat sheet for ordering in Japan.

“This is a great tour, totally worth your time especially if you want to learn more about Japanese culture and be less afraid when ordering drinks at a restaurant in Japan (or elsewhere that serves Sake!). Kyōko is the perfect tour guide, super professional, friendly, patient and is very passionate about teaching people about the history and culture behind Sake (Nihonshu 😉). She is very approachable and is an awesome teacher, her approach to teaching you how to find what flavours you enjoy was refreshing and made me very motivated to get into the world of Nihonshu You learn many methods along with how to read the labels and what…”

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3.Foodie Night Tour in Gion with 9 dishes + 6 Sake

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 26 reviews · 3h 30m · from $361

Meet an English-speaking MagicalTrip guide at Gion Shijo Station, then eat through Gion and Pontocho. You will try nine dishes, six Kyoto sake samples, two additional drinks, and dessert in traditional restaurants and cafes. Dietary requests must be made by the day before.

“Probably the best and the worse food I ever had on a GYG tour: first stop had an amazing dinner and second stop was quite bad”

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