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Offered languages
- Japanese
- English
The tour takes you to local Kyoto stores, some with more than 100 years of history creating and refining their own unique products. The tour begins with a miso and soy sauce tasting at their local breweries. The soy sauce brewery is famous for its moromi soy sauce, and the miso shop has supplied miso to the Imperial Palace, making it one of Japan’s top quality miso breweries.
Visit a vinegar shop where you can learn about and create your own ponzu and have it bottled to take home as a souvenir.
Throughout the tour, your guide will explain the traditions behind these ingredients and their role as the base flavors of Japanese cuisine, helping you understand the flavors you taste.
After tasting all 3 base ingredients of Japanese cuisine, visit a bar where the bartender will create 3 cocktails exclusive to this tour. Enjoy three signature cocktails featuring soy sauce, miso and ponzu, an unexpected and creative way to experience these traditional Japanese flavors!
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Your tour will start at Karasuma-Imadegawa where you will meet your guide. You will meet your guide in front of the FamilyMark convenience store at the south-west corner of Karasuma-Imadegawa.
Itinerary
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1Kyoto Prefecture
Start your tour with a tasting of local soy sauce products at a Soy Sauce Brewery. Taste a variety of soy sauces, while learning how to use and pair them.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Kyoto
Make your next stop at a Miso Shop, founded 190 years ago, specializing in miso products. Taste a variety of miso pastes made from carefully chosen ingredients of the highest quality.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Kyoto
Visit a vinegar shop with 180 years of history. All their vinegar is handmade. Here you can taste and create your own ponzu vinegar mix. You can take your vinegar mix back home as it will be sealed and labeled.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
4Kyoto
Finish your tour with three exclusive signature cocktails, each inspired by one of the flavors you discovered throughout the tour: soy sauce, miso and ponzu.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that Japan's legal drinking age is 20. We will only serve alcoholic beverages to those who are of legal drinking age.
- We can not accommodate guests under the age of 20 for this tour.
- Please note that this tour requires a minimum of 2 participants.
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Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
You will not receive a refund if you cancel.
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