You’ll visit three of Tokyo’s finest rice wine establishments, each highly recommended by your insightful host. You could learn the difference between Honjozo-shu, a more straightforward variety of sake, and Daiginjo-shu, a complex, layered liquor, before your host explains the detailed etiquette of drinking the delicious brew.

Visit a specialty bar like KURAND, where you can choose from 100 different types, or hang out with thirsty locals at Nemoto Liquor Store, a typical sake shop where the party takes place on the street corner. Either way, you’ll be kept safe and satisfied by your sake-loving host, all the while chowing down on hand-prepared appetizers like edamame beans and yakitori chicken skewers that are the perfect accompaniment! 

Hit the electric streets of Tokyo for an epic, once-in-a-lifetime sake sojourn. Japan’s national liquor is a type of wine made from fermented rice, but without a local guide to hold your hand, you won’t know where to find the good stuff!

You’ll visit three distinct venues with very different atmospheres, ranging from traditional izakaya informal pubs to tiny, intimate tachinomiyas, where seating doesn’t exist, and you’ll get to sample all kinds of sake, served hot and cold. You’ll nibble on small plates of classic izakaya dishes too, and as you’ll soon discover, sake can be improved by the food you eat alongside it.