Make Your Own Soy Sauce in Japan’s Old Capital Asuka Nara

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(23 reviews)

2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: Japanese and 1 more

Soy sauce is an indispensable ingredient in Japanese food. After touring a genuine soy sauce brewery with a history of more than 100 years, visitors will enjoy a hands-on experience of pressing soy sauce from moromi, the base of soy sauce, using a traditional wooden press.

Finish by attaching your own label to the bottle. You will taste the freshly pressed soy sauce, which has not been heated, with fresh tofu on the spot.

[Highlights of the Experience]
Experience at a natural-brewed soy sauce shop that has been in continuous operation for three generations since 1918.
You will also have a chance to try your hand at squeezing soy sauce by hand using our original squeezer.
The squeezed soy sauce is then packaged in bottles and decorated. The squeezed soy sauce is then filled into bottles and decorated to create your own personalized soy sauce.
Mitarashi dumplings with an original sauce made from Tokusei soy sauce in collaboration with a popular local store of long standing.

What's Included

Snacks
Private transportation

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will be accepting applications inside the Asuka stand.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

Founded 105 years ago, Tokusei Soy Sauce has been making soy sauce on the approach to Okadera Temple in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. After touring the brewery, visitors can use an original press to press their own original soy sauce from the mash. The tour is completed by attaching your own label to the bottle. The freshly pressed soy sauce will be tasted on the spot with tofu from Shimode Tofu in the village.
Afterwards, you will be served excellent Mitarashi dumplings with the original sauce made from Tokusei Shoyu's soy sauce.

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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