Kubo-honke Shuzo (Suiryu) in Nara prefecture
Taketsuru Shuzo (Taketsuru) in Hiroshima prefecture
Ohta Shuzo (Benten Musume) in Tottori prefecture
Kinoshita Shuzo (Tamagawa) in Kyoto prefecture
There was a tour of inspection at each brewery and we learned about sake brewing.
After the inspection was sake tasting.
We tried various sakes at dinner too. After the inspection and the tasting, everyone became a sake expert!
Of course, the food was super beautiful. Seasonal, fresh, local, well cooked.
Small trains run through the beauty of nature, taking us to the historical small towns where the breweries are.
We would like to thank those who joined us on the tour and the staff at all the breweries for making this a memorable experience.
- photos, words by Taka (one of the guides in this trip) -
Thank you to our guides, Taka and Ray, for a most enjoyable and informative tour and for introducing us to some fascinating people involved in this industry. We were treated as VIP guests wherever we went. I have a new appreciation for the sake produced by the breweries we visited and we will be placing an order in the near future. I'm not yet a one-eyed convert to the heated stuff though.
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