Private Tour: Tokyo's Oldest Sake Brewery and Riverside Walk
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Tokyo, Japan
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Dive deep into the history of sake with a private tour through one of Tokyo’s oldest sake breweries. See a different side of the city and relax as you sample several different varieties of sake and learn about the brewing process. Enjoy a leisurely day packed with culture, sake, and a delicious Japanese lunch.
- Enjoy the fresh air and the stunning scenery of the Tama River valley
- Learn about the production and cultural importance of sake in Japan
- Enjoy a gourmet Japanese lunch in a traditional riverside eatery
- All food and drink is included in the price for a hassle-free experience
What's Included
- Beverages
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Snacks
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions.
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- JR Shinjuku East Exit Station Square3-chōme-38-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Meet your local guide in front of the information desk at JR Shinjuku station's south exit. The information desk is located just inside JR south entrance of Shinjuku station across the street from the NEWoman building.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.8:55 am
Itinerary
1
Tama River
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Ozawa Sake Brewery
4 hours • Admission Ticket Included
3
Kanzanji Temple
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Minimum age is 20 years (the legal age for drinking in Japan is 20 years old)
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements or food allergies at time of booking
- A moderate amount of walking is involved so comfortable foot wear is recommended.
- Near public transportation
- The Tama valley is slightly cooler than central Tokyo so weather appropriate clothing is recommended.
- Not wheelchair accessible.
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- The brewery is located an 80 minute train ride from Shinjuku. Enjoy this time with your guide.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
STACEY_K
This is a fabulous day from start to finish!
Simon gives you a fantastic day-history,nature and lots of tasting!!
Reviews
5.0
based on 25 reviews
STACEY_K, Apr 2025
This is a fabulous day from start to finish!
Simon gives you a fantastic day-history,nature and lots of tasting!!
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thank you so much. So happy you enjoyed the day and the sake!
Olivia_M, Feb 2025
Overall just such a wonderful tour. Simon (the tour guide), was such a lovely person to get to speak to on the experience of Japan. The brewery was really interesting, with such a beautiful picturesque environment to match. Fabulous sakes, the lunch included was so delicious too! The train ride back to Tokyo was so much fun and went by incredibly fast as we all just chatted. Best tour yet!
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thanks so much! Really glad you enjoyed the brewery and the sake!
Marialouisedewi_W, Dec 2024
We really enjoyed the trip. The trip started at Shinjuku station, we were given some drink for preparation (drink before you drink lol)
The view on the way to sake brewery is just amazing. We were lucky the season is still autumn (the autumn came late this year). So we got some beautiful autumn scenety.
You will taste lots variety of sake (from the same brewery ofcoz), snacks, lunch, and tour on the brewery. When we got there, there were only few people and most of them are Japanese.
Wilford_D, Jun 2024
Simon was very knowledgeable about Japanese culture and a real joy to spend the day with. Simon also offers several other tours for foodies. He was much more knowledgeable about the making of Sake than the tour guide at the distillery. We even noticed the other taking the tour were more in tune with what Simon was telling us than they were of the distillery guide. We hope to return to Japan and will most definitely look for one of Simon’s other tours. Simon was the best.
jonathan_c, May 2024
Great time with Simon Very knowledgeable tour. Had lots of fun and lot of drinking . One of great tours I did.
Raymond_C, Apr 2024
10/10 highly recommended. i came to this tour with my friends, had a lot of fun. The short treck to the brewery was particularly memorable. the sake was great as well as the company i was with while drinking.
Shallbun4, Apr 2024
Simon was an exceptional guide, an absolute pleasure to spend the day with. He took us on a tour through a historic sake brewery and a delicious lunch in a small, local eatery. We tasted many kinds of sake and learned our preferences. Would highly recommend!
Michael_D, Nov 2023
What a memorable day for us! A little rain didn’t “dampen“ the beautiful experience to see a part of Tokyo away from the city. It was wonderful to meet Simon and share the conversations and time together on the tour. Sake was great and we had a wonderful lunch together. Thank you Simon! Don’t miss booking this tour.
CK_W, Nov 2023
I loved the leisurely train ride to outer-Tokyo. It was our first visit to Japan and we wanted to see, smell, taste and soak up as much of Japan as possible.
We enjoyed the visit to the sake brewery and liked the informal sake tasting with snacks that Simon organised especially the smoked eggs.
Simon was friendly and relaxed (just what we needed for a holiday) so unlike the commercial tours where everything ran like clockwork and you would probably come home more tired than when you left.
Having lived in Japan for 22 years, he was fluent in Japanese, knowledgeable of things Japanese and (most impressive of all) could navigate Japan's convoluted rail systems which we found intimidating.
He was genuinely interested to know what we were wanted to do and tried his best to make them happen and we hope that he will help us again when we visit next year.
Logan_S, Apr 2023
What a great experience to start our trip in Japan. Not only was the tour and brewery experience amazing but being able to chat with Simon and pick his brain about Tokyo helped for the rest of the trip.
Can not recommend this enough as a private tour.
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