Description
Deja Vu Sake Co. Kurabito Brewing Tour in Japan
1st-7th February 2026
Tour Price: AUD $5,995
We will send you the invoice to the email address registered.
The full invoice needs to be paid before October 31st 2025, to complete your registration
Price includes:
• Four special tours and tastings at sake breweries.
– Total of 4 days of shadowing hands-on brewing by Kurabito (brewery workers) at Kenbishi and Yoshinogawa.
– Nada Sake history talks by Mr. Shirakashi, the owner of Kenbishi
– A presentation by special speaker Mr Kishi from Niigata University’s Department of Sakeology on Fri, Feb. 6th.
– Visit Fukuju in Kobe to see how they manage a sake brewery the ‘green way’.
– Visit Tsukinokatsura, a 350-year-old Sake brewery, the oldest in Kyoto and meet the 15th-generation family owner, Mr. Junichi Masuda. You’ll witness their expanse of matured Sake pots and learn about Nigori-zake, which was invented right here in Kyoto!
• Accommodation for 6 nights.
• Meals: 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners. All dinners include sake.
• Activities as stated in the itinerary.
• All transportation during the tour from 01-07 February 2026.
*Please note: Pre and post tour travel – including airfares to Japan is not included – please see below for more details. • Hosts/Interpreter: Yukino Ochiai from Deja Vu Sake Co. will accompany the group, providing commentary and interpretation as one of the tour hosts. In addition, Japanese-food and culture specialist, travel coordinator Jane Lawson of Zenbu Travel, will accompany to co-host the tour.
NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:
· International airfares
· Personal pre- and post-tour transport to the tour commencement and conclusion points. Please arrange separately.
Note: Tour commencement will be 12 pm at JR Shin Kobe Station, Hyogo Prefecture on Feb 01.
Tour conclusion will be 2 pm at Nagaoka Station, Niigata Prefecture on Feb 07.
· Meals, drinks, snacks etc. not listed in the itinerary
· Personal travel Insurance
· Personal expenses such as shopping, massage, and entrance fees to anywhere not included in the itinerary.
