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Fully experience long-established awamori brewery, Yaesen Shuzo! Learn how awamori is made, enjoy a tasting, and make your own original awamori blend and cocktails!

A Tasting Experience at the Long-Established Awamori Brewery, Yaesen Shuzo! A Behind-The-Scenes Tour of Ishigaki Island’s Major Brewery and Awamori Drinking Experience at a Special Counter

USD45.28(JPY7,000)

  • A confirmation email for your reservation will be sent to you within 48 hours.
    *If your reservation cannot be completed, WAmazing Play will process your refund.
  • Required Time:
    120minutes
  • Time:
    13:50
  • Supported Languages:
    Japanese
Participants(Min.):
1 Person
Participants(Max.):
4 People
Min. Participants Required For Activity:
1 Person
Payment Method:
Credit Card (VISA/MASTER/AMERICAN EXPRESS/JCB)
Fee:
Adult(Aged 20 years and above) USD 45.28
Age (Min.):
20 years old
Parent/ Guardian Required:
Under 0 years old
Cancellation:
Yes
Booking deadline:
7 days prior by 17:00

Activity

A rare behind-the-scenes tour of the factory

Learn the process of making awamori from rice.
This is a special tour of the inside of Yaesen Shuzo awamori brewery, where the distinct aroma of rice and sake drifts through the air.

You won't just watch the pros at work! You can try your hand at making your own awamori blend and awamori cocktail!

Sample some delicious awamori while you select a blend! You can experience blending and bottling your own one-of-a-kind awamori blend and make an easy-to-drink awamori cocktail that you can recreate at home.

Awamori tasting with local specialty snacks

Carefully selected by the third generation sake master himself! Ishigaki local specialty snacks that go well with alcohol!

Includes a souvenir pottery piece designed to enhance the taste of awamori!

Yaesen Shuzo's selection of beautiful pottery will help bring out the full taste of awamori.


Schedule

  • Meet-up / Reception: "Yaesen Shuzo" Awamori Brewery

    Please present the My Page reservation screen at reception.

  • Behind-the-scenes brewery tour and tasting experience

    After the behind-the-scenes tour of the brewery, you'll go to the bar and enjoy making your own original awamori blend and awamori cocktail!

  • End of Tour/Activity

    If you need a taxi, please inform a staff member.


Included in the Fee

Brewery tour fee, drinking fee, snack fee, pottery fee

Meeting Place

"Yaesen Shuzo" Awamori Brewery

1834 Ishigaki, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa 907-0023

Directions

Nearest Station"Yaeyama Shizenmura Iriguchi" bus stop

Directions to Nearest Station15 min walk

Destination by Taxi"Yaesen Shuzo" Awamori Brewery


Things guests need to prepare on the day of the activity (clothes, belongings, etc.)

Comfortable shoes (Please refrain from wearing heeled shoes as the factory is narrow in some areas and has steep stairs.)


Cancellation Policy

The cancel fee is based on the timing of the cancellation. Please check the cancellation policy below.

  • After 3 days before date of use
    30%
  • The day of use
    100%

Notes

[About Option: Making Awamori "Oar into Moromi"]
Moromi is made by fermenting rice koji, yeast, and water together.
You will participate in the important process of making Moromi, which is indispensable for making Awamori, and stir a large tank.
Original Yaesen T-shirt included.
Time required: about 30 minutes.
Please remove any ornaments (such as earrings) beforehand.

[Access]
・A 15-min drive from Ishigaki Port Terminal.
・Parking lot: free

[Precautions]
・Participants must be 20 years old or older to consume alcoholic beverages.
・Children can accompany for free.

[Cancellation]
・The tour may be cancelled after the reservation is made due to inclement weather. In such case, WAmazing Play Customer Support will contact you by email after 3:00PM on the day before the event.

[Language Support]
Communication via pointing tools and body language/gestures.
The awamori blend activity and cocktail-making activity explanations are available in English and traditional Chinese characters.


Organizer

Yaesen Shuzo Co., Ltd.

1834 Ishigaki, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa 907-0023

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Dates
Adult(USD 45.28)
Aged 20 years and above
USD0.00(JPY0)
Unavailable:Saturdays, Sundays, Obon Holiday Period (August 28-30, 2023), New Year's Holiday Period (December 31, January 1-3)
Optional Extras
Making Awamori "Oar into Moromi" Experience(+ USD 19.40)
Original T-shirt is included. *See Notes section.
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