Brewery Visits
Sake brewery tours in Gifu: 8 breweries you can visit
8 sake breweries in Gifu accept visitors, according to
each brewery's own website. Below you can compare booking, tasting, fees, how long a visit takes and
the nearest station; where a brewery has an official booking page, you can go straight to it.
Details are translated from the breweries' Japanese websites, with the source and the date we checked.
Open to visitors 8Tasting available 7English tour or materials 1Shop on site 2Within 1 km of a station 5
Official websites checked: 2026-07-19 – 2026-07-25 / Page updated: 2026-10-25
Compare at a glance
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detail on the brewery's own website.
| Brewery | Area | Reservation | Tasting | Fee | Duration | Nearest station |
|---|
| Torokko | Ena | Reservation required | — | — | — | — |
| H Sake | Takayama | Reservation required | Available (paid) | ¥4,000 per person (tax inclu… | About 40 min (20 min brewery tour + 20 min tasting) | Takayama Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 790 m in a straight line |
| Tenryou | Gero | Reservation required | Available (paid) | Adults ¥6,600 (tax included,… | About 1.5 hours (including a 30-minute sake tasting) | Hida-Hagiwara Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 400 m in a straight line |
| Okuhida Sake | Gero | Reservation required | Available (free) | Free (except for drivers) | About 45 min | Hida-Kanayama Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 2.7 km in a straight line |
| Nihonizumi Shuzo | Gifu | Reservation required | Available (free) | Free | — | Gifu Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 170 m in a straight line |
| Bojo | Ibi-gun | Reservation required | Available | Free | — | Ibi Station (Yoro Railway), 2.0 km in a straight line |
| Sake Hourai | Hida | Contact the brewery | Available | — | — | Hida-Furukawa Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 340 m in a straight line |
| Yancha | Hida | Reservation required | Available | ¥1,000 per person (includes … | About 30 min | Hida-Furukawa Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 320 m in a straight line |
Brewery by brewery
Torokko岩村醸造
342 Iwamuracho, Ena, Gifu
Open to visitorsReservation required
- Founded
- 1787
The site navigation has a reservation menu for "brewery tour / tour / experience," and reservations can be made through an external reservation system (Square Appointments). Details such as the fee, duration and whether tasting is included are not stated in the body of the official website.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
H Sake平田酒造場
43 Kaminoamachi, Takayama, Gifu 506-0845
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available (paid)English tours available
- Visitor facility
- Hirata Shuzojo (new brewery relocated in 2024)
- Fee
- ¥4,000 per person (tax included)
- Duration
- About 40 min (20 min brewery tour + 20 min tasting)
- Nearest station
- Takayama Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 790 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1895
Small-group brewery tour. Includes tasting of 3-4 kinds of sake. 1-6 people; reservation required online or by email. Tours depart at 13:30/15:00/16:30/18:00 (May-September) and 15:00/16:30/18:00 (October-April). English guidance is provided when foreign guests are accompanied.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Tenryou天領酒造
1289-1 Hagiwaracho Hagiwara, Gero, Gifu 509-2517
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available (paid)
- Fee
- Adults ¥6,600 (tax included, Doburoku experience)
- Duration
- About 1.5 hours (including a 30-minute sake tasting)
- Nearest station
- Hida-Hagiwara Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 400 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1680
The "Doburoku experience" can be reserved online 24 hours a day (the day before and the day itself by phone only). Comes with a toast of sparkling sake and a sake tasting. Open 9:00-17:00, closed at year-end/New Year.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Okuhida Sake奥飛騨酒造
1984 Kanayama, Kanayamacho, Gero, Gifu 509-1622
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available (free)Shop on site
- Visitor facility
- Kuramoto Honten (designated a Gifu Prefecture "Machikado Museum") and the Kokudo roadside shop
- Fee
- Free (except for drivers)
- Duration
- About 45 min
- Nearest station
- Hida-Kanayama Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 2.7 km in a straight line
- Founded
- 1720
Brewery tours are for 2 or more people and by advance reservation. Tours are held twice, from 11:00 and from 14:00. The main shop is open 9:00-17:00 (irregular holidays). The Kokudo roadside shop (along National Route 41, in front of the GENKY drugstore) is open 9:00-17:00, closed only at year-end/New Year. Free tasting is available at both (except for drivers).
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Nihonizumi Shuzo日本泉酒造
3-8-2 Kano Shimizucho, Gifu, Gifu 500-8429
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available (free)Free admission
- Visitor facility
- Nihonizumi Shuzo Tasting Room
- Fee
- Free
- Nearest station
- Gifu Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 170 m in a straight line
Free brewery tour by reservation. One glass each of 6 kinds of namazake can be tasted per person. 1 minute on foot from JR Gifu Station.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Bojo平野醸造
537-1 Miwa, Ibigawacho, Ibi-gun, Gifu
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: AvailableFree admission
- Fee
- Free
- Nearest station
- Ibi Station (Yoro Railway), 2.0 km in a straight line
- Founded
- 1873
Brewery tours are held on weekdays from April to October, by reservation (inquire in advance). From November to March, which is the busy sake-making season, tours are suspended; only tasting and shopping are available (arrive by 17:00). Open 9:00-17:00.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Sake Hourai渡辺酒造店
7-7 Ichinomachi, Furukawacho, Hida, Gifu
Open to visitorsContact the breweryTasting: AvailableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Watanabe Shuzoten direct-sales shop
- Nearest station
- Hida-Furukawa Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 340 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1870
The direct-sales shop is open 9:00-16:00. In addition to free tasting of sake and amazake, paid tasting of premium sake is available at a coin server. Please inquire about brewery tours.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Yancha蒲酒造場
6-6 Ichinomachi, Furukawacho, Hida, Gifu 509-4234
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available
- Fee
- ¥1,000 per person (includes a small souvenir; paid on the day)
- Duration
- About 30 min
- Nearest station
- Hida-Furukawa Station (JR Takayama Main Line), 320 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1704
Reservation required at least 1 week in advance (phone 0577-73-3333, weekdays 8:30-17:00, or email). Held from May 1, 2026 to around the end of September, on weekdays and Saturdays 9:00-15:00. Tasting is available at the direct-sales shop after the tour.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Questions
How many sake breweries in Gifu are open to visitors?
Terroir HUB lists 8 breweries in Gifu that accept visitors. Every entry comes from the brewery's own website, with the source and the date we checked it.
Can I visit without booking?
No brewery in Gifu states on its own site that visits are possible without a reservation. Please check each brewery's booking instructions.
Is there anywhere with an English tour?
1 brewery(ies) mention an English tour or English materials (H Sake).
Are visits free?
2 brewery(ies) state that admission is free. Tastings and hands-on experiences may still cost extra.
When was this information checked?
We checked each brewery's official website between 2026-07-19 and 2026-07-25. Opening status changes, so please confirm with the brewery before you travel.
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