We highly recommend this tour of Matsui Brewery. The owner, Jiemon Matsui, guided us through the brewing process and conducted the tasting himself. We truly felt like special guests at the brewery. Yumiko, our tour guide and interpreter, made sure that the whole morning ran smoothly.

Me and my boyfriend didn't bring a big luggage to trip so we couldn't buy any sake, but the owner did not mind and still be very polite and welcoming. We are going to buy some of their own branded sake next time.

Arrived at WAKJAPAN offices for start of our Sake Brewery Tour. Was pleasantly greeted by a charming Japanese lady sorry, I don't remember her name, who was key to this positive review. She escorted us by taxi to Matsui Sake Factory. Note: My husband and I were the only members of the group so it was essentially a private tour. Our tour guide at the factory, Shigeki Matsui, was terrific. He spoke perfect English and was very informative. He showed us the processes in the brewing of sake. We actually got to see inside of a fermentation vat! Really cool! Previous to tour, we knew nothing about sake after, we had a basic understanding of the differences between rice wine and grape wine production. After the tour, we got to taste around 6 different types of sake, with very generous pours. We even got seconds of a couple that we liked! We walked away with a bottle of our favorite. We were limited by USA customs laws about bringing back alcohol. After the tour, our WAKJapan tour guide walked us to the train station and even took the train with us and told us where to get off! Along the way, she talked to us about what we were passing and answered any questions we had. Great service! Overall, great experience!

Really enjoyed, our guide was really good taking photos etc. The amount of Sake tasted was generous and the brewery master was very knowledgeable.

I really enjoyed this small brewery tour of the Matsui Shuzo Brewery. They've been around for a couple of hundred years, and supply many of the local shrines, and for good reason. The brewery staff and master brewer were super nice, and the sake was really excellent I bought a couple of bottles of my favorites to keep me company during the remainder of my trip. The tour guide, Ms. Kinoshita, was terrific she was very knowledgeable about sake and about the local area, her English was very good, and she was excellent company during the tour. I had a terrific time.

We are very glad to choose this tour. Our guide Yoshie is a certified Sake Sommelier, who is very passionate about the Sake culture as well as very helpful in answering our questions.

The Sake Brewery Matsui Brewing is highly recommended. It is small however the owner is the 15th generation who is very kind, friendly and well knowledgable. We also visited other bigger brewery, we are very glad that we have visited Matsui.

Highly Recommended personal tour with experienced teacher.

It was just my girl and I and had a blast. Great sake and very informative.

Great exprience. I love going to Wine country in California so this was the sake version of that. The tour was given by the wife of the owner. Small sake distillery so we were able to get a behind the scene look at the making and production of Sake. Great way to spend a few hours and taste some great sake.