Yamanashi: Yamanashi Meijo Sake Brewery Tour with Tasting

Explore Yamanashi Meijo Sake Brewery with a president-led guided tour and tasting session at historic brewing sites.

Getting started

Arrive at Yamanashi Meijo Sake Brewery and check in for your scheduled visit. You then meet the company’s president, who will lead your guided tour. After a brief introduction to the visit flow, you follow the president into the brewing areas to begin learning about the site and its history.

What to expect

Yamanashi Meijo Sake Brewery

This experience takes place inside Yamanashi Meijo Sake Brewery, where production, history, and tasting come together in a single visit.

Features

• A guided tour by the company’s president gives you direct insight into how Yamanashi Meijo’s sake is made, while you walk through the brewery spaces and see where production happens.
• Insight into sake history and philosophy is shared by the president as you move through the brewery, connecting what you see on site with broader traditions of sake making.
• A tasting of Yamanashi Meijo’s sake is included, with the president guiding you through what is in your glass so you can connect flavors to the methods you have just learned about.

Anzaisho and Densōgura structures

Two historic brewing-related buildings, Anzaisho and Densōgura, form a key part of your route through the brewery grounds.

Features

• You visit Anzaisho, gaining a sense of how this historic structure fits into the story of Yamanashi Meijo and its approach to sake brewing.
• Time inside Densōgura allows you to observe this brewing structure up close and understand its role in the production environment.
• The president uses both Anzaisho and Densōgura as reference points to deepen your understanding of sake history and philosophy, tying the buildings to specific methods and ideas.