About the brewery
Suginomori, reborn in 2021 after 10 years of silence, is one of the smallest breweries in Japan and brews sake in one of the highest breweries in Japan, standing at an altitude of 940m and surrounded by an abundance of nature. While many breweries typically use a stable water source such as well water, narai uses the fresh water from the mountains, flowing from an altitude of over 1,000m.
The brewery is nestled in the historic townscape of Narai-juku, a well-preserved post town in Nagano stretching for about 1km – the longest of its kind in Japan.
Special Features
Usage of mountain water
Size of the brewery - one of the smallest in the world
Location - in the middle of Narai-juku
Price
JPY 12,000 per person (plus tax)
Useful information
Language: English / Japanese
Kids: Allowed
Itinerary
Brewery’s story telling
Walking tour in the brewery
Sake making experience (only if timing allows)
Enjoy water from which Suginomori brews sake
Tasting
Shopping (not mandatory)
Brewery’s sake
narai - light, fresh, bit fizzy
Location
551-1 Narai, Shiojiri, Nagano
Spots around
Narai-juku
Yukawa Sake Brewery (1003-1 Yabuhara, Kisomura, Nagano)
Testimony
I am very satisfied with the fantastic tour with unique tour guide Yuki. Nagano sake, soba and scene.