Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery Tour with Tasting

Visit Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery with a guided tour, bottling line observation, and a guided tasting of 3 sake varieties.

Getting started

Begin your visit at Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery and check in for your guided experience. After a brief introduction to the facility and safety guidelines, you follow your guide into the production areas. The tour then moves step by step toward the bottling section, where you observe how traditional sake is prepared for distribution.

What to expect

Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery

This visit focuses on how traditional sake made at Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery is prepared for the world, from production spaces through to the final bottle.

Features

• A guided tour of Niigata Ichiryu Sake Brewery leads you through the working facility, while your guide explains how traditional sake is prepared for the world and how each stage connects to the final product.
• During the observation of the sake bottling process, you see how temperature, hygiene, and speed affect sake quality, and how bottling influences aroma and taste before it leaves the brewery.
• The experience concludes with a guided tasting of 3 sake varieties, where you compare different profiles and learn how the bottling stage can subtly change what you smell and taste in each glass.