Brewery Visits
Sake brewery tours in Saitama: 6 breweries you can visit
6 sake breweries in Saitama 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 6Tasting available 4English tour or materials 1Shop on site 4Within 1 km of a station 4
Official websites checked: 2026-07-19 / Page updated: 2026-10-25
Compare at a glance
Select a brewery name to jump to its details. “—” means we could not find that
detail on the brewery's own website.
| Brewery | Area | Reservation | Tasting | Fee | Duration | Nearest station |
|---|
| Mikadomatsu | Hiki-gun | Reservation required | Available (free) | — | — | Ogawamachi Station (Tobu Tojo Main Line), 2.5 km in a straight line |
| Sakekura | Saitama | — | — | General 100 yen, university … | — | Iwatsuki Station (Tobu Noda Line), 600 m in a straight line |
| Ishii Syuzo | Satte | Reservation required | — | — | — | Satte Station (Tobu Nikko Line), 760 m in a straight line |
| Bukou | Chichibu | — | Available | — | — | Chichibu Station (Chichibu Main Line), 230 m in a straight line |
| Chichibunishiki | Chichibu | — | Available | — | — | Ohanabatake Station (Chichibu Main Line), 2.0 km in a straight line |
| Yokota Shuzou | Gyoda | Reservation required | Available | — | About 30 min | Higashi-Gyoda Station (Chichibu Main Line), 200 m in a straight line |
Brewery by brewery
Mikadomatsu松岡醸造
7-2 Oaza Shimokodera, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available (free)Shop on site
- Visitor facility
- Mikadomatsu Direct Sales Shop
- Nearest station
- Ogawamachi Station (Tobu Tojo Main Line), 2.5 km in a straight line
- Founded
- 1851
Tour reservations receive a reply within 3 business days of submitting the form. The direct sales shop is open 9:30-17:00 (open year-round except New Year). No tours the day before the brewery festival; on the day, numbered tickets are used and reservations are not possible. The restaurant Shofuan is on site.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Sakekura鈴木酒造
4-8-24 Honmachi, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Saitama 339-0057
Open to visitors
- Visitor facility
- Suzuki Shuzo Museum
- Fee
- General 100 yen, university and high school students 50 yen, junior high school students and younger free
- Nearest station
- Iwatsuki Station (Tobu Noda Line), 600 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1871
Museum hours 10:00-17:00, closed Mondays.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Ishii Syuzo石井酒造
2-6-11 Minami, Satte, Saitama 340-0156
Open to visitorsReservation required
- Nearest station
- Satte Station (Tobu Nikko Line), 760 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1840
Brewery tours accepted by reservation only. A brewing experience (making original sake) is also offered; contact the inquiry form for details.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Bukou武甲酒造
21-27 Miyagawa-cho, Chichibu, Saitama
Open to visitorsTasting: AvailableEnglish materials availableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Bukou Shuzo
- Nearest station
- Chichibu Station (Chichibu Main Line), 230 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1753
Paid and free tasting via a self-service tasting machine (12 kinds; not available to drivers). A 360-degree virtual brewery tour is streamed 24 hours (English version available). Shop hours 8:00-17:30 (open every day except January 1). Brewing water can be taken home if you bring a container.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Chichibunishiki矢尾本店
1432 Oaza Kubonoiri, Betsusho, Chichibu, Saitama
Open to visitorsTasting: AvailableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Chichibunishiki Sake-zukuri no Mori
- Nearest station
- Ohanabatake Station (Chichibu Main Line), 2.0 km in a straight line
- Founded
- 1749
The tourist products hall has direct sales of local sake and Chichibu shochu with a tasting corner. A brewery museum is on site. Open 8:30-17:30, closed Sundays and Mondays.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Yokota Shuzou横田酒造
2-29-3 Sakuramachi, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0022
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: AvailableShop on site
- Duration
- About 30 min
- Nearest station
- Higashi-Gyoda Station (Chichibu Main Line), 200 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1805
Phone reservations (048-556-6111). Reception on weekdays 9:00-16:00; on weekends only groups of 10 or more are accepted. From mid-December to late February, tasting of freshly pressed new sake is also available.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Questions
How many sake breweries in Saitama are open to visitors?
Terroir HUB lists 6 breweries in Saitama 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 Saitama 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 (Bukou).
When was this information checked?
We checked each brewery's official website on 2026-07-19. Opening status changes, so please confirm with the brewery before you travel.
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