Brewery Visits
Sake brewery tours in Yamagata: 5 breweries you can visit
5 sake breweries in Yamagata 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 5Tasting available 4English tour or materials 1Shop on site 4Within 1 km of a station 3
Official websites checked: 2026-07-12 – 2026-07-25 / Page updated: 2026-10-25
Compare at a glance
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| Brewery | Area | Reservation | Tasting | Fee | Duration | Nearest station |
|---|
| Yamagata Rokkasen | Higashine | Reservation required | Available | Brewery tour is free (tastin… | About 20-30 min | Murayama Station (Yamagata Shinkansen), 890 m in a straight line |
| Dewazakura | Tendo | Reservation required | Available | Regular tour 2,000 yen per p… | — | — |
| Sake Toko | Yonezawa | — | Available | Admission: adults 350 yen (f… | — | Minami-Yonezawa Station (JR Yonesaka Line), 630 m in a straight line |
| Hatsumago | Sakata | Reservation recommended | — | Free | — | — |
| Dewanoyuki | Tsuruoka | — | Available | Individual 200 yen, groups o… | — | Uzen-Oyama Station (JR Uetsu Main Line), 610 m in a straight line |
Brewery by brewery
Yamagata Rokkasen六歌仙
3-17-7 Onsen-machi, Higashine, Yamagata
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: AvailableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Restaurant & Shop
- Fee
- Brewery tour is free (tasting and sales charged separately)
- Duration
- About 20-30 min
- Nearest station
- Murayama Station (Yamagata Shinkansen), 890 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1972
Accepted from April to mid-September (cancelled from late September to March). Reception hours 10:00-15:00 (reception suspended 12:00-13:00). Reservation required at least 3 days before the desired visit date. Tasting and sales available after the tour.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Dewazakura出羽桜酒造
1-4-6 Ichinichi-machi, Tendo, Yamagata
Open to visitorsReservation requiredTasting: Available
- Visitor facility
- Dewazakura Shuzo (brewery tour) / Dewazakura Art Museum
- Fee
- Regular tour 2,000 yen per person, private tour 30,000 yen per group (up to 10 people)
- Founded
- 1892
Brewery tours require a reservation and are for ages 20 and over. Japanese only (overseas visitors, please consult separately). Brewing takes place only in winter; in summer only the facilities are shown. There is also a separate Dewazakura Art Museum (9:30-17:00, closed Mondays, general admission 600 yen).
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Sake Toko小嶋総本店
2-2-3 Honmachi, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-0037 (Higashimachi Kamidori)
Open to visitorsTasting: AvailableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Sake Brewing Museum Toko no Sakagura
- Fee
- Admission: adults 350 yen (free if only using the sake sales area)
- Nearest station
- Minami-Yonezawa Station (JR Yonesaka Line), 630 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1597
A sake brewing museum with one of the largest exhibitions in the Tohoku region. Tours, tasting and shopping available. Open 9:00-16:30. Closed Dec 31-Jan 2, and every Tuesday from January to March.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Hatsumago東北銘醸
125-3 Aza Mura-higashiyama, Jurizuka, Sakata, Yamagata
Open to visitorsReservation recommendedFree admissionShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Hatsumago Kura Tanbokan (sake brewing museum)
- Fee
- Free
- Founded
- 1893
Kura Tanbokan is open 10:00-16:30 (closed Mondays) with free admission. It introduces the culture and techniques of sake brewing. Contacting by phone in advance is recommended before visiting.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Dewanoyuki渡會本店
2-2-8 Oyama, Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Open to visitorsTasting: AvailableEnglish materials availableShop on site
- Visitor facility
- Dewanoyuki Sake Brewing Museum (with tasting corner and shop)
- Fee
- Individual 200 yen, groups of 20 or more 160 yen (tax included, museum admission)
- Nearest station
- Uzen-Oyama Station (JR Uetsu Main Line), 610 m in a straight line
- Founded
- 1615
Museum hours 8:45-12:00 and 13:00-16:30. Closed the first three days of the New Year; from January to March closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Exhibit explanations in English and Chinese are available via QR codes in the museum.
Translated from the brewery's Japanese website.
Questions
How many sake breweries in Yamagata are open to visitors?
Terroir HUB lists 5 breweries in Yamagata 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 Yamagata 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 (Dewanoyuki).
Are visits free?
1 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 2026-07-12 and 2026-07-25. Opening status changes, so please confirm with the brewery before you travel.
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