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Taste This: Nara's Top Sake Spots
As you’d expect from the birthplace of refined sake, Nara is home to numerous long-running breweries and sake stores. Whether you’re an aficionado or a novice, there are many ways to enjoy sake, from award-winning brews to sake ice cream and even vegetables pickled in sake lees.
- Harushika Sake Imanishi Seibei Store
- About Harushika Sake Imanishi Seibei Store, a sake brewery in Naramachi, Nara. You can do brewery tours, sake tasting and buy souvenirs. Activities & Experiences Naramachi
- Yamada Sake Store
- Photogenic Edo period store with an impressive selection of local sake. Sake & Liquor Hase
- Imanishi Sake Brewery
- Join up for a brewery tour or sake-tasting session at this family-run brewery. Activities & Experiences Sakurai
- Nishiuchi Sake Brewery
- Stop by at this traditional brewery on the way to Tanzan Jinja Shrine. Sake & Liquor Sakurai
- Kawai Sake Brewery
- Free sake-tasting and the opportunity to tour parts of a luxurious on-site Edo townhouse at this picturesque brewery. Activities & Experiences Imaicho
- Nara Izumi Yusai
- Friendly Nara sake specialty store where bar tastings are both fun and educational. Bars & Izakaya Naramachi
- Ogawa Matabei
- Stop by this convivial temple-front liquor store and drink sake the traditional way. Bars & Izakaya Naramachi
