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Sake Tasting: Discover Flavors in Tokyo
4.9
146 Ratings
Shinjuku City
Experience a sake tasting class in Tokyo and discover new sake flavors paired with Japanese snacks. Learn about sake 101, taste high-quality sake, and explore sake and food pairings.
Experience a sake tasting class in Tokyo and discover new sake flavors paired with Japanese snacks. Learn about sake 101, taste high-quality sake, and explore sake and food pairings.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Ushinobi - You will learn Sake 101, including brewing techniques, history, and labels, in a small group with a sake sommelier over two hours. You will meet a sake expert from the international sake sommelier team in Shinjuku, the center of Tokyo, to learn about and sample various sakes. During the workshop, you will try more than six different…
- Ushinobi - You will learn Sake 101, including brewing techniques, history, and labels, in a small group with a sake sommelier over two hours. You will meet a sake expert from the international sake sommelier team in Shinjuku, the center of Tokyo, to learn about and sample various sakes. During the workshop, you will try more than six different types of sake to discover your favorite and create your own tasting chart. Enjoy sake while tasting locally sourced snacks paired with it to experience how sake complements your meal. If applicable, you will also have the opportunity to meet Japanese sake enthusiasts in Tokyo and learn some local tips.
What's Included
- Snacks (not a full size meal)
- Beverages
- Snacks (not a full size meal)
- Beverages
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Meal Options
- Snack platter - A snack platter to explore food and sake pairings. This is not a meal, so having lunch beforehand is recommended.
- Snack platter - A snack platter to explore food and sake pairings. This is not a meal, so having lunch beforehand is recommended.
Additional Information
Sip your way through our sake tasting in Tokyo. Discover new sake tastes and build your own sake style with nicely paired Japanese snacks. Join our sake lesson to discover new styles and sample sake pairings with a sommelier for 2 hours. Demystify sake through learning and exploring your taste buds.
- Learn basic sake 101 to know the proper way to…
Sip your way through our sake tasting in Tokyo. Discover new sake tastes and build your own sake style with nicely paired Japanese snacks. Join our sake lesson to discover new styles and sample sake pairings with a sommelier for 2 hours. Demystify sake through learning and exploring your taste buds.
- Learn basic sake 101 to know the proper way to select and drink sake with food
- Taste 6 high-quality sake from small family-owned breweries. Also, experience how sake flavors change depending on different temperatures and sake cup shapes.
- Explore your tastebuds through sake and food pairings while learning how sake complements many kinds of flavors.
- Minimum drinking age is 20 years
- Please message us if you have any food restrictions at least a week before the tour date.
Location
Ushinobi
This sake-tasting class takes place in Ushinobi Shinjuku
Address: NSK Building, 201, 1 Chome-22-1 Hyakunincho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(146 Ratings)
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73cyrusc
Apr 29, 2025
Plenty to Learn, Plenty to Drink - Sake is one of my favorite drinks, so when I saw this tasting, I knew we had to do it. Our guide Tadashi was very knowledgeable about sake and thoroughly explained the differences between each type. Each tasting had a pretty generous pour, so be prepared for a little buzz. Would highly recommend this for anyone who loves sake (or wants to love it)!
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Jessena_j
Apr 26, 2025
So much fun with Max! I... - So much fun with Max! I really appreciated learning about the history of sake, brewing process, and tasting strategies.
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Kris_m
Apr 25, 2025
Best Sake Tasting - I wish I could give this experience 10 stars honestly.
The entire experience was amazing, informative and fun. Please please please book this if you can and have 2hrs to spare while
In Tokyo. You will not be sorry and even if you
Don’t like Sake, I promise you will find one that you enjoy. Give it a try and sincerest compliments/ appreciation to our host Tadashi. He is just THE BEST !
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Johan
Apr 25, 2025
Awesome Sake experience - Really, really good. I learned a lot about Sake. We got to taste very different sorts of Sake, paired it with tasty sweets.
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Brett_w
Apr 22, 2025
Very informative sake... - Very informative sake tasting experience with Max! As someone who likes sake but is unfamiliar with the terms used to describe it, this class was perfect. I plan to use some of the things we learned in the class to further explore different types of sake.
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Marieantoinettea2016
Apr 18, 2025
Great introduction to sake - Tadashi was very knowledgeable about sake. Very interactive approach. He talks about the history of sake, how to know the difference between each that at the end you'll know what you like.
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Josejuanr556
Apr 17, 2025
From Sake disaster, to Sake Master - A Unique Sake Tasting Class in Proper English - Me and my wife attended this wonderful experience, we love sake but we never know how to order it besides from "Dry/Sweet/Neutral". This tasting class is great for beginners and experienced wine & spirits connoisseurs, Joe made sure our small (4 people) group were familiar with other kinds of tastings (such as wine) before he started (very accommodating, he told us otherwise they adapt to beginners also), He explained the basics and more about sake production, the different variants, classification pairings (we had a small japanese snack platter with various kinds of flavors). In total we tried 12 different Sakes both hot and cold, different qualities and paired up with different snacks. Joe taught us how to drink sake, how to order sake, how to heat sake, price points , how to detect a rip off bottle (marketing scam), he recommended places to buy great sake deals in Tokyo and restaurants that carry good Sake selections. We love Japan, its culture and its people, we speak beginner Japanese and try to speak to Japanese people in their language out of respect always, but in this kind of activities with technical terms we did appreciate that Joe spoke english (native english) compared to other activities we attended on our trip to Japan. Do not wait to book its worth every penny.
PS. have a vast breakfast/lunch before the tasting, or just have small sips of each sake,not the whole glass, otherwise you will end up pretty buzzed up in the middle of the day XD (we didn't have breakfast on that day).
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Erinw923
Apr 16, 2025
Must do event while in Tokyo - Tadashi was excellent! had a great time! He did a very good job explaining in depth reasons that we should understand sucking
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Resort27351661215
Apr 14, 2025
Fun, informative and a boozy experience!! - This was a great experience. We learned a lot about sake, met some lovely people and drank A LOT of sake. They weren’t joking when they said it’s good idea to have eaten a meal before you start the experience. This was our favourite experience in Tokyo. Highly recommended.
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Parkkar
Mar 7, 2025
Great sake experience - This was exactly what I had hoped for on a sake tasting experience! I knew nothing about sake before but Max taught us a lot and we tasted more sake than I had thought we would. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone wanting to learn about and taste different types of sake.
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