City: Chubu
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Things to do in Chubu, Japan: The Best Distilleries
The Chūbu region (中部地方, Chūbu-chihō), Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本) is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. Chūbu has a population of 21,715,822 as of 2010.. It encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.
Restaurants in Chubu
1. Shirataki Brewery
2. Yoshinogawa Sake Museum Joh-gura
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
You can drink japanese traditional SAKE yosinogawa. Established in 1548,YOSHI NO GAWA is located in the historic city of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture and is run today. Niigata Prefecture is the largest producing region of "premium sake"in Japan and is famous theroughout Japan for its rice production. As the oldest sake brewery in Niigata,YOSHI NO GAWA is one of the most popular sake breweryies in Niigata. YOSHI NO GAWA's brewing techniques are based on 470 years of expertise and their brewers containue to nurture traditional processes while incorporating new cutting-edge technologies. This balanced integration of old and new is a key factor of their continued success throughout the years.
3. Suntory Hakushu Distillery
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4.5 based on 364 reviews
Reviewed By 639geoffreys - Deptford, United States
I love whisky distilleries and this one did not disappoint (except for one thing, to be mentioned below). The location was breathtaking, in the Japanese Southern Alps, and the tour was fantastic. There's a museum of whisky, and a restaurant on site. It culminated with a great tasting. The production capacity appeared very high, and there's a lot of barrels aging. Unfortunately there was no ability to buy a bottle of the whisky made on site. That was my only disappointment. The bar in the visitor's center was really special. They were pouring some incredible whisky for really good prices. This is a must-see day-trip from Tokyo.
4. Wakatsuru Saburomaru Distillery
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
5. Kiminoi Shuzo
6. Kirin Distillery Fuji Gotenba
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4.0 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By 887kathrinem
Though this tour is in Japanese, there is an English audio guide and information booklet. Our guide, Kobayashi-San was also excellent, she was very accommodating of the fact that we didn't speak any Japanese, extremely patient, and so friendly! This is a large distillery, so it's fascinating to see inside the production and bottling facilities. The whole tour lasted about 45 minutes, followed by a tasting session. The gift shop also has some great items, including unique glasses.
7. Mount Wine Shikishima Shuzo
8. Nishide Shuzo
9. Tsuruga Brewery
10. Senjo
As a brewing enterprise, Senjyo pays particular attention to rice. Ina farmers are contracted to grow the Miyama Nishiki and Hitogokochi varieties of sake rice developed in Nagano Prefecture and, after harvest, we polish the rice in our own mill. We are also developing a brand of jummai sake that uses only Hitogokochi rice grown at high elevation.
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