Monday, March 26, 2012

Sakagura Tour March 2012 (report)

Our first Sakagura Tour was held on 12th - 19th March 2012. Sakenet Australia selected 4 breweries.

Kubo-honke Shuzo (Suiryu) in Nara prefecture

Taketsuru Shuzo (Taketsuru) in Hiroshima prefecture

Ohta Shuzo (Benten Musume) in Tottori prefecture

Kinoshita Shuzo (Tamagawa) in Kyoto prefecture

There was a tour of inspection at each brewery and we learned about sake brewing.







After the inspection was sake tasting.




We tried various sakes at dinner too. After the inspection and the tasting, everyone became a sake expert!






Of course, the food was super beautiful. Seasonal, fresh, local, well cooked.










Small trains run through the beauty of nature, taking us to the historical small towns where the breweries are.






We would like to thank those who joined us on the tour and the staff at all the breweries for making this a memorable experience.

- photos, words by Taka (one of the guides in this trip) -

1 comment:

  1. Thank you to our guides, Taka and Ray, for a most enjoyable and informative tour and for introducing us to some fascinating people involved in this industry. We were treated as VIP guests wherever we went. I have a new appreciation for the sake produced by the breweries we visited and we will be placing an order in the near future. I'm not yet a one-eyed convert to the heated stuff though.

    Joseph

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