Hakkaisan: A Private Visit to the Sake Brewery That Defines Niigata新着!!
There is a sake in Japan that serious drinkers describe with a single word: kirei. Clean. Not simple — clean. […]
Luxury Japan Travel: A Guide to Sake Breweries, Wineries, and Craft Culture Beyond Tokyo新着!!
A guide to Japan's most rewarding off-beaten-path travel: private sake brewery visits in Niigata and winery tours in Yamanashi, arranged as day trips or overnights from Tokyo.
Kisvin Winery Japan: A Private Visit to Yamanashi's Most Exclusive Vineyard新着!!
Kisvin Winery produces in such small quantities that its wines appear only at Tokyo's finest hotels. A guide to private access — and why a visit here is unlike any standard wine tour.
Niigata in Winter: Why the Sake Brewing Season Is the Best Time to Visit新着!!
Niigata in February is not on many itineraries. It should be. When a sake brewery is buried in snow, it is at its most alive — koji rooms active, fermentation tanks full, the toji making daily decisions. This is what winter access looks like.
Aruga Branca: Inside Katsunuma Winery, the Benchmark of Yamanashi Wine新着!!
Grace Wine — maker of Aruga Branca — is the winery that brought Yamanashi Koshu to international attention. A private visit with Wintage Tour, fully in English, from Tokyo.
Midorikawa Brewery: A Private Visit to One of Niigata's Most Elusive Sake Producers新着!!
Midorikawa sake barely leaves Niigata Prefecture. A private visit with Wintage Tour — koji room, daiginjo tasting, and lunch in Nagaoka — brings you to sake at its source.