From Kanazawa: Hakusan Sake Brewery Customizable Tour From Kanazawa: Hakusan Sake Brewery Customizable Tour

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Country: Japan

Duration: 08:00 hours


Description

Hotel pickup in Kanazawa. Visit sake brewery shops in Hakusan and Tsurugi, Shirayama Hime Shrine and the Tedori River Gorge.
We pick you up at your hotel in Kanazawa. This private tour of about 8 hours visits the Hakusan area, south of Kanazawa, where pure water from Mount Hakusan is used to make well-known sake. Your driver does not drink, so you can relax.

Around 09:45 we visit the Tedorigawa river and the old Tsurugi town. You walk the old streets to a sake brewery shop. Adults can try a few sakes at the counter; non-alcoholic amazake and sweets made with sake lees are also sold.

Around 11:00 we visit Shirayama Hime Shrine, the head of about 3,000 Hakusan shrines in Japan. The approach goes up through tall cedar trees. Allow about 45 minutes.

Around midday lunch is in Tsurugi. Halal food is not guaranteed.

In the afternoon we drive along the Tedori Gorge. You see Watagataki Falls, a waterfall that drops into the deep gorge, and walk a short river path. Then we visit a second brewery shop in the Hakusan area, for example one of the old breweries in Tsurugi or Mattou.

Around 15:30 we stop at a local farm shop for rice, miso and sweets, and around 16:30 you are back at your hotel.

Your plan is customizable: you can visit only one brewery, skip the shrine, spend more time in the gorge, or add the Hakusan Hime shrine museum area, within the tour time.

This is a private tour. Only your group.

If the brewery shops are closed on your date, your driver-guide takes you to a similar place nearby instead. The tour price does not change. If you prefer, we can instead visit a different local sake shop and spend more time at the shrine and the gorge.

Highlights

  • Visit old sake brewery shops in the Hakusan area
  • Walk the cedar approach to Shirayama Hime Shrine
  • See Watagataki Falls in the deep Tedori Gorge
  • Try non-alcoholic amazake and sake-lees sweets

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Pickup between 08:45 and 09:00 from hotels in Kanazawa city
Easy walking with some steps at the shrine
Tasting is for adults 20 and over. Some brewery shops close on weekends or holidays
If the brewery shops are closed on your date, your driver-guide takes you to a similar place nearby instead. The tour price does not change. If you prefer, we can instead visit a different local sake shop and spend more time at the shrine and the gorge
INCLUDED
  • Private air-conditioned van for your group only
  • English-speaking driver-guide (Hindi and Urdu also available)
  • Hotel pickup in Kanazawa city hotels
  • Drop-off back at your hotel in Kanazawa
  • Fuel, expressway tolls and parking
  • Bottled water
NOT INCLUDED
  • Meals and drinks unless listed as included
  • Optional sake tasting
  • Sake or food you buy to take home
  • Gratuities, which are never expected in Japan

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.