Sake brewery tour will renew and start as NONBEI festival in 2020.
If you buy a sake book for JPY3,000, you can taste sake, join lottery after collecting stamps and get a souvenir. You can enjoy this event either in one day or a few days.
Event Period: Jan 26, 2020 to Feb 29, 2020
Event Time: depending on each sake brewery
Hirase Sake Brewery(Kamiichinomachi)
This is the oldest sake brewery in Takayama founded in 1623. The representative sake “Kusudama” is popular in Hida area.
Brand: Kusudama Jummai-namagenshu (undiluted, unpasteurized, pure-rice) Shiboritate 720 ml
Jummai-Namagenshu (undiluted, unpasteurized, pure-rice) Soshun-no-arabashiri 500ml
Address |
82 Kamiichinomachi, Takayama-city |
Open |
8:15am to 5:00pm |
Holiday |
Dec 31 to Jan 3 |
Gallery&Cafe Yuhokan
This cafe provides easy-to-digest meals such as homemade lunch and sweets with local pesticide-free foodstuff.
Kawashiri Sake Brewery(Kamininomachi)
This brewery uses the special rice “Hidahomare” bred for sake and is a specialty shop of long aged sake.
Brand: Genshu (undiluted) Hidamasamune 720ml
Masamunekun-no-zeppin Umeshu (plum liqueur) 720ml
Address |
68 Kamininomachi, Takayama-city |
Open |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
Holiday |
Jan 1 (some event holidays) |
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Niki Sake Brewery(Kamininomachi)
This brewery was founded in 1965 and their specialty is ginjo (with highly polished rice) sake.
The most popular one is daiginjo namazake (unpasteurized sake) “Himuro”.
Brand: Daiginjo Shurei-no-hono 720ml
Jummai Daiginjo Himuro 720ml
Address |
40 Kamininomachi, Takayama city |
Open |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
Holiday |
irregular holidays |
Hirata Sake Brewery (Kamininomachi)
This brewery produces sake with local rice “hidahomare” and well water under their concept “sake is grown, not brewed”
Brand: Suiou 720ml
Hida-no-hana Jummai Daiginjo 720ml
Address |
43 Kamininomachi, Takayama city |
Open |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
Holiday |
irregular holidays |
Handmade Soba Ebisu Honten
This shop is popular with the seasonal soba (buckwheat noodles) with local ingredients. Soba with duck meat in winter has a lot of repeat customers.
Funasaka Sake Brewery(Kamisannomachi)
This brewery has a long history and is located in the old street. They produce and sell sake, liqueur, thick sweet sake and drink.
Brand: Daiginjo Yotsuboshi 720ml
Daiginjo Miyamagiku 720ml
Address |
105 Kamisannomachi, Takayama city |
Open |
8:30am to 8:00pm |
Holiday |
none (maintenance holiday) |
Koho Notoya
This shop sells over 150 incense. You can get some Japanese souvenir there.
Harada Sake Brewery (Kamisannomachi)
The representative sake “Sansya (山車)” is named after Dasi (山車/festival float). They produce seasonal sake with flower yeast and dry sake made in winter.
Brand: Kinjirushi-josen (gold award) dry 720ml
Daiginjo Aberia 720ml
Address |
10 Kamisannomachi, Takayama city |
Open |
8:00am to 6:00pm (Apr to Oct) 8:30am to 5:00pm (Nov to Mar) |
Holiday |
irregular holidays |
Iwaki
This is a specialty shop for Warabimochi (bracken-starch dumpling). Warabimochi is kept at a normal temperature and eaten with black syrup.
Oita Sake Brewery(Kamisannomachi)
This brewery has sold cups of sake to enjoy casually for 300 years.
Brand: Onikoroshi Daiginjo 1 cup JPY500
Nigorizake (cloudy sake) Soda 1 cup JPY400
Address |
67 Kamisannomachi, Takayama city |
Open |
9:00am to 5:00pm |
Holiday |
irregular holidays |