5 Kobe Beer Tours Worth Booking

1.KOBE Sake Tasting Tour at Breweries (tasting fee included)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 154 reviews · from $109Our pick

Spend 3.5 hours walking Kobe’s Nada Gogo with guides such as Hiro, Romi, or Aki. Visit historic breweries, sake museums, and a tofu shop, tasting premium, seasonal, and unfiltered sake along the way. The small group format keeps the pace friendly and leaves time for questions and shopping.

“Hiro was a great guide. She is very knowledgeable and taught us a lot about sale, both history and how it is made. She even helped us discover which is our preferred style.”

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2.Guided Sake Breweries Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · 3h 30m · from $106

Walk about 4 kilometers through Kobe’s Nada district with an English-speaking guide such as Hiro or Romi. Visit three or four breweries, taste several sake styles, see historic brewing tools, and stop for fresh tofu. The route ends near Uozaki Station after about three and a half hours.

“The tour was honestly one of the most fun things that I have done. The tour guide - Hiro - was so into it that it really made the tour. She brought her own costumes and accessories to really bring the tour to life. We visited 4 breweries and by the end we were definitely tipsy. The sake was amazing, the tour was well done and organized and learning about the history of sake was also very cool. I would recommend this tour for anyone who wants to have a good time walking around the beautiful streets of Kobe and to also anyone who likes having a drink.”

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3.Exploring Nada Sake Breweries Kobe Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $154

Spend about six hours walking Kobe’s Nada sake district with a licensed English-speaking guide such as Andy, Norio Oki, Yama-san, or Tanaka-san. Choose three or four stops from eight breweries and museums, learning how sake is made while sampling local culture at your own pace.

“This tour was amazing! We visited a mix of traditional and more modern sake breweries and the mix was perfect. We learned so much about the sake making process and the history behind it, it made us appreciate the process and the prRead more”

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4.Sake Brewery Tour with Tasting and Kobe Beef Bites

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 150 minutes - 3 hours · from $83Best value

Spend 2.5 to 3 hours exploring Kobe by train and on foot with an English-speaking private guide such as Allysa. Visit a sake brewery museum, sample several sakes, try Kobe beef nigiri in Chinatown, sip a fruit drink, and finish at Meriken Park with its earthquake memorials, Be Kobe monument, and Kobe Port Tower.

“Allysa was great. First off she spoke perfect English and was easy to understand unlike every other tour we've done in Japan. As we toured the sake museum she explained in detail everything we were looking at while others on a bus tour had to rely on videos and couldn't ask questions. It was nice to get on in the city and not just ride a bus. Touring with Allysa was like being with a favorite niece. Wish she could be with us on all our excursions”

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5.KOBE Sake brewery PRIVATE walking tour with Local guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $84

Spend three hours walking Kobe’s Nada sake district with a private guide such as Yuko, Marin, or Mr. Ogawara. Visit sake museums, a working barrel facility, and tasting rooms, then finish at Hamadaya, a liquor shop and izakaya where you can try kakuuchi.

“È stata una bellissima esperienza, Marin ci ha guidato e insegnato un sacco di cose sul sake. Lo consiglio caldamente a chi vuole approfondire la conoscenza di questa antica bevanda e passare un bel pomeriggio!”

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