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Tour in Nara, taking in Secret stop, On foot and Harushika Sake Brewery store. Run by Japan Tour Adventure, booked direct rather than through a reseller.
Highlights
- Secret stop
- Harushika Sake Brewery store
- Nara machi craft beer
- Naramachi Koshi-no-Ie (Lattice House)
- Runs 3.5 hours
- Bilingual Local Guide
Craft Beer, Sake, and Food Walking Tour in Nara: Key Facts
| Price | From $125.5 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3.5 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
Full description
This is a 3.5-hour experience in Nara, built around Secret stop, Harushika Sake Brewery store and Nara machi craft beer. It is run by Japan Tour Adventure, an operator we book with directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can hold your place with them before we treat your booking as final.
Nara was Japan's first permanent capital, from 710 to 784, and its park holds Todai-ji, whose Great Buddha Hall is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world and contains a 15-metre bronze Buddha cast in 752, Kasuga Taisha with its three thousand lanterns, and about 1,200 sika deer that are considered messengers of the gods and are protected. The deer bow for the shika senbei crackers sold in the park and will butt anyone who teases them. Nara is 45 minutes from Kyoto or Osaka by train and is a half-day; Todai-ji before 10:00 is the quiet hour.
The price covers Bilingual Local Guide, Food, Drinks and snacks and Souvenir pictures to download. It does not cover Extra Food, Extra Drinks and Shopping and Souvenirs, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.
行基菩薩像. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date with Japan Tour Adventure before treating your booking as final. If they cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Tour Itinerary
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Starting location
行基菩薩像
Secret stop
Food tasting (15 minutes)
On foot
(15 minutes)
On foot
(5 minutes)
Harushika Sake Brewery store
Aperitif, Wine tasting (30 minutes)
On foot
(10 minutes)
Nara machi craft beer
Beer, Local snacks (45 minutes)
Naramachi Koshi-no-Ie (Lattice House)
Visit (15 minutes)
On foot
(12 minutes)
Shikamaru
Aperitif, Beer, Cocktail, Dinner, Regional food, Tapas (1 hour)
2 drop-off locations
Statue of Gyoki-bosatsu, 行基菩薩像
Detailed Itinerary
Starting location: 行基菩薩像
Secret stop: Food tasting (15 minutes)
On foot: (15 minutes)
On foot: (5 minutes)
Harushika Sake Brewery store: Aperitif, Wine tasting (30 minutes)
On foot: (10 minutes)
Nara machi craft beer: Beer, Local snacks (45 minutes)
Naramachi Koshi-no-Ie (Lattice House): Visit (15 minutes)
Includes
- Bilingual Local Guide
- Food (within the volume preset at each stop)
- Drinks and snacks (within the volume preset at each stop)
- Souvenir pictures to download
Excludes
- Extra Food (Possibility to buy more yourself)
- Extra Drinks (Possibility to buy more yourself)
- Shopping and Souvenirs
Important information
Meeting point
行基菩薩像
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
Excelente! We totally recommended this tour with Melody!
We had a blast on our beer, sake and food tour. Our guide, Melody was a wonderful host. We learned so much and enjoyed the company as much as the unique, delicious food. Sign up. You won’t be disappointed!
Really good tour with great food, sake & beer, very friendly guide
This tour was great! Remy was a great tour host. He knew so much about Nara and took us to get one if a kind sushi and mochi. He was personable and really made sure there were things my friend could eat as she has a gluten allergy. I highly recommend this tour!
Locations waren geschlossen. Keine zusätzlichen Informationen zu Sehenswürdigkeiten in Nara. Unorganisiert. Biertasting hat nur aus 2 Bier bestanden. Foodtasting war nichts besonderes. Sake Brauerei. war keine Besichtigung. Alles was gemacht wurde hätte man auch alleine machen können. Feedbackfunktion zur Erfassung war eine schlechte User experience. Kommentarfeld kann beim schreiben nicht eingesehen werden.
Only ok for us foodie/beer enthusiasts: Shops were good, guide nice but it required a LOT of effort from us to make conversation let alone discuss the food/drink. Her expectation seemed to be that the guide role was to walk us to 4-5 shops and pay the bill for us. We ended tour early, felt it would have been more enjoyable, just as informative and cheaper to visit each business on our own. Despite visiting mochi shop earlier than planned, demonstrations were done for the day by 2:45pm, so pls consider shifting time of tour earlier. It seemed they had no special arrangements with any shops, jus
Nara is a great little town and this food and drink tour really does it justice, walking through the really atmospheric old quarter sampling its homegrown sake, beer, sushi and ramen. I had a fun afternoon exploring with Remi, a Frenchman who lives here, speaks fluent English and really knows his stuff. If I'd have had more time I'd have done one of his bike tours too.