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  Sasaki Sake Brewery Sake Brewery Tour Kyoto Sake Brewery Tour with 130 Years of History and Premier Junmai Daiginjo Sake Comparison Plan

  

  A sake brewery tour that is normally closed to the public and that you can enjoy with all five senses

   

  Sasaki Sake Brewery continues to brew sake in the middle of Kyoto.Located on the ruins of Jurakudai, which was loved by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, all of the sake is brewed using the hand-made techniques passed down in Kyoto and Rakuchu.In this plan, you can touch the sake brewing in Rakuchu that has been handed down for a long time.At the end, you can taste and compare 5 kinds of sake recommended by the brewer according to the season!

   

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  ・Brewery guides the sake brewery.All processes such as bottling and labeling are done in the brewery, so we will show you the entire sake brewing process.
  ・Recommended by the brewer depending on the seasonTaste and compare 5 types of sake.May include alcoholic beverages not for sale.
  ・In the winter when sake brewing is in full swingPossibility to drink unpasteurized sake.
  ·aliveYou can look into the moromi tank.You can enjoy it with all five senses, such as the popping sound and smell during fermentation.

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  SHIRAKAWA DEEP-DIVE into Japanese Food Culture

  

  Furukawacho Shopping Street Life and food culture experience

   

  An English-speaking guide will guide you through the experience.

   

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  ① Knife sharpening experience(Time required: 90 minutes)
  In the Furukawacho shopping district, there is a knife sharpener who has been in the business for 26 years.
  Only at Furukawacho Shopping Street can you experience the artisanal skill of knife sharpening.
  Learning how to properly sharpen your knives will make cooking even more enjoyable.
  *This is not a knife-making experience.
  *Please note that you cannot take home the knives. You can purchase them at the workshop.

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  A 15-minute lecture from a craftsman about the types of knives
  Lecture on blade types: 15 minutes
  Lecture on how to sharpen knives 60 minutes

   

  ②Obanzai making experience(Time required: 70 minutes)
  Home cooking passed down from grandmother to mother and mother to daughter is called obanzai in Kyoto. Let's make the mother's obanzai recipe of "Kyogohan Nishimura" together using the ingredients purchased at the shopping street.

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  Nishimura-san will give a lecture on how to make it (10 minutes)
  2 dishes 30 minutes
  Tasting of the prepared dishes: 30 minutes

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