Fushimi Sake Brewery District — One of Japan's Three Great Brewing Towns — Kyoto

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Fushimi Sake Brewery District — One of Japan's Three Great Brewing Towns

Half-day

5 stops · Half-day

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Southern Kyoto's Fushimi, with Nada, is one of Japan's two great sake regions. In the home of the soft 'women's sake' brewed with Fushimi's gentle groundwater, enjoy a whole sake town — brewing museum, tastings, canal boats, and a warehouse izakaya.

Half-day5 stopsEst. budget 48,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum月桂冠大倉記念館
Fushimi · Beer · 55 min stay
A museum in the old brewery of Gekkeikan, founded 1637. See traditional brewing tools and the sake-making process, with admission including a three-variety tasting of freshly brewed sake — the standard intro to Fushimi sake.
Walk 5 min
2
Fushimi Jikkokubune Boat伏見十石舟
Fushimi · Cruise · 40 min stay
A canal cruise on a restored cargo boat that carried goods in the Edo period. Seeing the riverside lined with white-walled breweries from the water is a sight unique to a brewing town.
벚꽃철·신록철
Walk 6 min
3
Kizakura Kappa Country黄桜カッパカントリー
Fushimi · Beer · Restaurant · 40 min stay
A free complex with Kizakura's brewing archive, kappa (yokai) archive, and a craft-beer restaurant. You can taste sake and craft beer together.
Walk 5 min
4
Teradaya Inn寺田屋
Fushimi · Heritage · 25 min stay
The inn where the late-Edo loyalist Sakamoto Ryoma escaped an attack. With sword marks and bullet holes left in the rooms, a scene of Japan's modern history sits in the middle of the brewing street.
Walk 4 min
5
Torisei Main Store鳥せい本店
Fushimi · Beer · 50 min stay
An izakaya converted from a 300-year-old brewing warehouse. Under high beams, enjoy unfiltered fresh-pressed sake and charcoal-grilled chicken — a perfect finale to the Fushimi sake tour.