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Team Building Experience with Japanese Sake Tasting 2
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TOKYO

Japanese Sake Tasting Experience for Team Building

Food brings people together. Build connections with your team and improve communication skills during this Japanese sake tasting competition. In a casual environment, your teams will work together to identify different types of sake, and win prizes.

from$77.68
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Niigata Sake Tour, Tasting, & Masterclass 5
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NIIGATA

Niigata Sake Tour, Tasting, & Masterclass

Discover the world of sake in Niigata, a region that produces some of the finest in Japan. Learn sake history, customs, & culture from a Professional Sake Meister (Kikisake-Shi) then participate in a sake-tasting session. Appetizers included!

from$68.85
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Sake Tasting at Niigata’s Oldest Shinto Shrine 3
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NIIGATA

Sake Tasting at Niigata’s Oldest Shinto Shrine

Journey to the home of sake (Niigata) to learn about Japan’s beloved rice wine! You’ll experience a tasting, info session, & appetizer pairing in the main hall of the region's oldest Shinto shrine alongside a knowledgeable guide.

from$52.96
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We booked the Wasake Sake Experience, Asakusa, through byFood, but they also do walk-ins. We were given 10 coins on arrival, and some tasting notes so we could choose from the 50+ sake’s available. Most are 1 coin per shot but there are some premium ones at 2 or 3 coins. We were given plenty of water and some snacks and were guided through the process by Bo, who was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, highly recommended!
Lucy Brooke
April 03, 2025
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Guided Sake Tasting in Asakusa: 10 Kinds of Sake
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An excellent overview of what Sake is and the kinds of Sake available. Highly recommended 👌
Kirsty Thornton
March 03, 2025
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Guided Sake Tasting in Central Tokyo (Shimbashi)
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Eriko was an amazing host. She was so knowledgeable and so friendly, I would recommend this to anyone visiting. I learned so much in these 2 hours. If we’re back in Japan, we will definitely be there for the tour in April!
Cameron
March 02, 2025
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Guided Sake Tasting & 1-Hour All-You-Can-Drink in Shibuya
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My friend and I had the most amazing experience in Otaru with Yuko-San who took us on a fantastic tour. We visited Otarus local fish market, the shopping street with beautiful architecture and unique glassware, the picturesque canal lined with warehouses from the old days, had a huge seafood sashimi donburi lunch with Yuko then finished the tour with a sake tasting at the UNESCO Otaru distillery. We learned about Otarus long history through Yuko-San who was the most passionate, considerate and knowledgeable tour guide. She also made for great company and is an all round lovely person, we are incredibly grateful to have met her! If you are planning a trip to Otaru and want to check out all the main sites, culture and cuisine, do this byFood tour and definitely request for Yuko-San! We cannot recommend it enough.
Chloe Chiem
February 27, 2025
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Discover Otaru: Town Tour, Seafood, Sake, & More (Hokkaido)
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It was a great experience and the guide was full of knowledge. His depth on the subject was very deep. 1) The tea tour, was very interesting and the small of drying/roasting tea was ever present in the air. The dango tasting was very interesting too! 2) The temple –The beauty and gateway to a better place being created was very interesting. And we noted the temple is also the same one on the 10 yen coin too! One could spend all day at this temple. 3) The sake tour was amazing. The shop we went to had an excellent range of sake and the staff were very helpful too.
John K.
February 26, 2025
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Uji Byodo-in Temple Tour & Sake Tasting in Fushimi (Kyoto)
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Sake Tastings in Japan

Japan’s national beverage, Japanese sake is a must-try beverage when you’re visiting Japan. Also known as nihonshu, sake is a fermented rice wine that has been enjoyed for centuries. During a sake tasting in Japan, you can learn all about the production process of delicious sake, from polishing the rice to steaming, making koji and fermenting, and sake pressing and filtering. Made with just rice, water, and koji, Japanese sake seems like a simple beverage, but there are subtle differences in grades of sake and a wide variety of types that vary in complexity and flavor. With insights from a sake expert, you will explore the different types of sake, trying a variety of samples during sake tastings in Japan. Learn all about namazake, the “raw” unpasteurized sake, as well as grades of sake such as ginjo-shu and daiginjo-shu. There are sake tastings in Tokyo, Kyoto, Miyagi and more! Japanese sake tastings will open your mind and perk up your tastebuds!