GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
GoWithGuide
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
Hiroshima Private Tour - null
Hiroshima Private Tour - null
Hiroshima Private Tour - null
Hiroshima Private Tour - null
Hiroshima Private Tour - null
Hiroshima Private Tour - null

SAIJO SAKE TOWN (SAKAGURA) TOUR

Food & Drink
Hiroshima Tour Guide - Hugh C.

Joined 2018

Hugh C.
4.92 / 5
(86 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!Hiroshima
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!English (Native), Japanese
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!3 hours
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!Private tour (only you and Hugh C.)
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!Up to 8 people

Sakagura is the grouping of breweries in a particular district. The word sake by itself is a generic term for alcohol and Japanese call the clear alcohol unique drink brewed in Japan nihonshu, which has played a central role in Japanese life and culture for 2,000 years. The town of Saijo is one of the premier sake-producing regions in Japan; this tour is a delightful stroll through the district and includes tasting at the breweries.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

11:00 AM

Meeting Point

At Saijo Station

10:00 AM

Saijo Higashi Hiroashima

A comfortable stroll through the Saijo sakagura. While visiting breweries, learning all about the brewing methods of one of the three major Japanese sake brewery regions in Japan, along the way, sampling their fine Japanese sake and eating on the specialty brewers hot pot meal for lunch.

local eatery

lunch in a local inn with the delicious specialty brewers stamina hot pot dish

boutique cafe

after-lunch coffee or preferred beverage and dessert at a lovely nearby cafe also selling local craft souvenirs..

02:30 PM

Saijo Station

conclude the tour and if preferred escort guests back to Hiroshima Station and part.

Ending Point

Hiroshima Station

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
What‘s included

guide fee, the complimentary sake available at each brewery + 2 x beverages total per guest, lunch, dessert.

GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
What‘s not included

fares to and from Saijo (if not travelling on a JR Pass ¥580 one direction), additional drinks ~ ¥300 per additional taster glass

Tour Important Information

Strolling a total of approximately 2 km at an easy pace, but comfortable walking shoes recommended. . I can meet you either at Hiroshima station approximately forty minutes before the tour start time, or you can make the approximately 35-minute train journey to Saijo on the Sanyo line to commence the tour. I will escort you back to Hiroshima.


Once I send a requested tour offer I hold that date for 36 hours. Please note that I supply tours for several companies and I will close that date to enquiries via other providers for that period; if a booking is not made I reopen my availability. I am contractually obliged to accept bookings made for dates open on a provider site calendar; as such, I cannot guarantee availability until a booking is set. Thanks for your understanding.

Due to Brewery opening hours, not available on weekends. Must be over twenty years of age.

Cancellation Policy

  • GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
    Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
    50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!
    No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Hiroshima Tour Guide - Hugh C.

Joined 2018

Hugh C.
4.92 / 5
(86 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Hugh C.

Hi!

Thanks for reviewing my profile.

I am Australian, from Sydney originally but my life with Japan and its culture and history spans 30 odd years and I have been a Hiroshima resident for 18 of those 30 years.

I joined GoWithGuide just recently but be assured I have led many tours in Hiroshima and more widely throughout metropolitan and regional Japan, sharing conversations about the unique society, its fascinating culture and history. I also have written several tourism blogs for inbound tour companies and also the Hiroshima Prefectural Tourism Bureau.

I speak fluent Japanese and I have immersed myself in the experience of living here in modern and traditional culture and spent many years studying martial arts Aikido and Iaido. I also have a strong interest in Buddhist teachings. My Japanese calligraphy work over the years has been received recognition and several awards and commissions both in Japan and elsewhere.

I'm looking forward to spending a great experience sharing the culture and history of Hiroshima with you.


Reviews

Interesting day visiting Miyajima

Pleasant day visiting Miyajima with Hugh

A Day With Hugh

We had a wonderful day with Hugh, visiting Miyajima Island and touring Hiroshima. It was a rainy, cold and dreary kind of a day, but we were able to make the most of it due to his expert knowledge of the areas. Hugh has an outgoing , pleasant personality and provided us with so much information throughout the day about all aspects of life in Japan. And we so enjoyed our lunch of okonomiyaki at his favorite little lunch stop! If you have the chance to get Hugh as your guide, jump on it, because we thought he was great! Bette & Peter B.

Betty B.

Hugh C.

thanks Bette & Pete! It was a great pleasure to share your day.

Awesome your of Hiroshima

Had a great day with Hugh learning about not only the atomic bomb but also Japanese history and culture as a whole. Very accommodating and pleasant to be around!

Hannah P.

Hugh C.

Thanks Hannah! It was a pleasure sharing your day.

Want to Personalize?

$267/ per group

More tours by Hugh C.

Other Popular Food & Drink Tours in Hiroshima