From Tokyo: Yuki Tsumugi Silk Town & Sake Brewery (Ibaraki)

Private van day trip from Tokyo to Yuki, a UNESCO-listed hand-weaving silk town, with a weaving try-out, a 400-year sake brewery tasting and the old warehouse street.
Yuki has hand-woven silk, Yuki Tsumugi, for over a thousand years, and the technique is UNESCO-listed as an intangible cultural heritage. This private, per-group day trip for up to six guests, in one air-conditioned van, pairs a hands-on weaving try-out with a sake brewery that has worked the same warehouse street for four hundred years.

Pickup is at 08:30, and the drive into Ibaraki takes around two hours. At the Yuki Tsumugi museum a local weaver walks you through the process, from the hand-tied dye patterns to the loom itself, and you get a short try-out on a working loom under her guidance. From there you walk the old warehouse street, a row of white-walled kura buildings that once stored silk and rice, before reaching the sake brewery for a guided tasting of several styles brewed on site. The afternoon finishes at a lookout point above the town before the drive back to Tokyo, arriving by early evening.

Your museum entry, weaving try-out and brewery tasting are included, all booked in advance since the weaving session runs with a local instructor on a set schedule. We will send your pickup time and meeting details before the tour. Buying cloth or sake to take home is optional, at your own cost, separate from what is included in the tasting itself.

This trip suits anyone interested in traditional craft, textiles or sake, and the pace is unhurried, mostly flat streets and seated demonstrations rather than walking distance. It is a good fit for older guests as well as craft-minded travellers who want to see a working textile town rather than a display case. The brewery tasting is for adults; younger guests are welcome to join the museum and weaving parts of the day.

If any included stop, ticket or activity cannot run on your date because of weather, closure or availability, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed; an equivalent alternative is offered only if you prefer it.

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Cette excursion peut être annulée sans frais jusqu'à : heures d'annulation avant le début du voyage. Si vous l'annulez après les heures d'annulation ou si vous ne vous présentez pas à l'excursion, le prix total de l'activité vous sera toujours facturé. Tout retard à la prise en charge ou au départ sera considéré comme un retard.