Gekkeikan Okurakinenkan in Kyoto

Great museum in a historic building and neighborhood. Worth the trip there and admission price. I bring all my visiting 20+ friends and family here.

Very cool Museam with all information in English and some genuine brewing antiques from 1800s.

Worth a visit if you love sake.Gekkeikan offer you the possibilityto purchase some 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵production for the local market and some limited edition sake; you will also receive a small sake as present👨‍🔬.There will be a brief 🥂tasting🥂 experience too.It's a quick visit worth 400¥ and a free sake, obviously you will go there to buy a good bottle or two too🍾🍾.

A bit far to get to, however it is well worth the journey if you enjoy sake and are interested in how it is produced. The museums is not the biggest but entrance is cheap with three tastings and a bottle of sake to enjoy afterwards. Bottles of sake in the shop are also reasonable value.

It's an easy 15 to 20 min walk from the nearest railway station. Upon arrival and paying the entrance fee, which was quite cheap, they gave the adults 2 good sized sample bottles of Sake each and kids got a postcard pack. It's an interesting museum which has good English translations throughout. At the end you will be able to taste some samples, we found them to be very nice. The shop there has a lot of different Sake varieties you can buy also, at reasonable prices. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend visiting.

What a lovely place this is. ¥400 fee with two 180ml sake bottles included. Staff is super friendly and speak English. You get to taste three different sakes by the end of the visit.It was a nice detour away from the crowds you find in the major touristic spots in Kyoto.

Really cool place to see all the history behind the manufacturing of the sake, they also let you try really good sake, definitely recommended

Very cool to learn the history and you do get a 180ML bottle of Sake. You also get to sample 3 different kinds of Sake as well. Entry fee was 400 Yen. Not much else in the area to do

Great information on the Sake brewing process. Cost of admission was 400 yen, worth it just for the one cup you get to take with you and the sake tasting at the end.

Absolutely delightful museum. Very friendly English speaking museum staff. Cheap admission fee includes two small bottles of sake and a tasting. Upon entering you are encouraged to taste the spring water and it is delicious. Exhibit includes clear English explanations. You will definitely understand more about how sake is made and its history. Really worth a visit.

It was fun. I got to learn about sake is made and I also got to try some sake (over 20 y.o.) the owner of the museum was also there as well and he explained the images and pictures that were in the museum. He spoke to me in very good English.

It is beyond me how this place has good reviews. I have been in Japan for one month and have done tour after tour every single day and this would without a doubt be the only thing I regret spending time on. We went with Sunrise Tours and the guide was dreadful. No education, didn't even seem to want to be there. Regardless of the tour this, measum is pretentious and a waste of time

Very short, but interesting self-guided tour through the sake making process. Entrance fee includes a small souvenir bottle of sake and a tasting of 3 pre-selected Gekkeikan products.

Get museum, you get a cool souvenirReally good for the price, and the location is awesome and heritage listed.

History and tool displays with very limited interactions. Complete with small sample tastings. Good for basics. Different experience compared to say a distillery visit.

Tiny Sake museum. 月桂冠 (Gekkeikan) is popular Japanese sake brewer and a pioneer of industrial production. Trade-name represents a Laurel wreath is symbol of triumph. If you are lover of Sake , there is worth to pay 400 JPY for admission fee. In every time you can get free mini-bottle.

The admission is 400 yen and you also get a free small 150ml bottle of sake. The museum is small, but definitely worth visiting!

Worth the effort getting there. History of this traditional brewery and the process of production is very interesting. The water there is crystal clear and wonderful to drink as of course was the 3 samples of sake. The free bottle of sake was a bonus.

The staff were really lovely, the place was air-conditioned, the museum was very interesting, and the alcohol you can taste was great. Definitely recommend! I loved the plum wine especially.

Most of the signs were in Japanese. Gave 2 small samples of Sake which was nice.You could sake 3 of their products The museum is small. But interesting to read on sake making.

Worth hiking out to. Well put together museum with a full descriptions in English and Japanese of the traditional production process and loads of interesting tidbits from the sake company archives (including a racy poster from the 1920s that was banned!) You get a free 180ml sake per visitor plus a chance to taste three styles at the end. There are a selection of nice products in the shop - we bought a limited edition bottle we tasted and liked. Great, affordable way to learn a bit about sake in a traditional neighborhood with lots of other bars you can go on and taste more brands/styles nearby if you choose. Would be good to pair with an evening visit to one of the nearby temples or shrines. Note it shuts at 4.30pm.

Good for a wet day. Easy to get to. Enterence is 400 yen per adult and you get a small bottle of sake. You go round the Musium yourself, most signs have English translation. Then you can sample the water they use to make the sake and you can sample 2 types of their Sake, one sweet and one dry followed by a plumb wine, which if you like you can purchase. Easy and cheap to get to from the center of Kyoto on public transport.

Wonderful museum! Learn about the sake making process and taste some delicious sake at the end! One of the employees spoke perfect English and started giving us fun tidbits about the history of the company, which made the museum that much more fun. Their company has been around longer than my country! We also purchased a couple of bottles to take home, the prices were very fair if not low compared to what we would pay in the states. They also had other cute items, such as a nice purse and clothing.

Awesome tour with tasting. They focus on the history of sake and the process. Highly recommend if you are looking to expand your knowledge.of sake and its role in Japanese culture, history and religion.

very nice place to visit and learn about sake conceptionadmission fee 400 jpy and you get a little bottle of sake + trying 3 differents good sake

Great museum with multilingual explanations of the exhibits, giving a good insight into the process of making sake. The sake tasting at the end of the self tour had a great and delicious selection as well, and we were tempted into buying a few bottles that we tried. However, it would be great if the liquor shop supported tourist tax rebates, and allowed for paid tasting of the different bottles for sale.

Quite a small museum, but interesting to learn the sake making process. It only takes around 30 mins (or less if you're quick) to get around.On entry, you are given a generous size sample bottle of sake to take home with you. On exit, you can sample a few different sake and purchase them from the gift shop.

Basically you're paying to get a small bottle of good sake and free tasting of 2 of their signature sake. You will learn how the Japanese prepare the sake using rice and water in the museum. When you're done you'll get the free tasting sake and lastly you'll enter the souvenir shop for some shopping. Everything can be done in just half an hour and the place is walking distance from the nearest Keihan Line train station.

A lovely, small museum with great displays about sake making. Very fascinating and informative, with many English signs, too. It was only 400 yen to get in (less than $4) and that includes a small bottle of sake and tasting 3 types at the end. We ended up purchasing the plum wine and small bottles of sparkling sake as souvenirs to give friends and family! Good prices for good sake, in our opinion!

Really cool experience to learn about sake making process. They actually make small batch sake on site in tradition method using wood, and we bought the one they make that requires refrigeration. When we drank it later that day we really enjoyed it. It’s on the fruity sweeter side. It’s very easy to drink. It’s not dry. The historic building and street is cool. The tour is conducted in Japanese normally. But since everyone at our time slot spoke English, The tour guide did the tour in the best English he could. We were grateful!

Such a fantastic meseum to visit! Good for family and couple abd even travelling alone! One of the oldest sake brewery in Japan! The museum ticket was 400 yen, it includes 3 cups of sake tasting, and a freeby (a bottle of sake, very cute), definitely good value!

This is a good tour for anybody that is interested in the process of making sake. They have some exclusive batch that you can only get in this sake brewery. Other than that I thought their exhibition was a little too small for my taste

It's a small museum but worth to try for the sake and souvenir. The museum is also very traditional and entrance is along the long wall.

This is a nice place to stop on the way to another location, but not as your main destination because it is not very large Very interesting to learn about how sake is made, plus you get free tastings. You can purchase some high quality sake (and plum wine) at the end of the tour.

Very nice little museum. For the entry price of 300yen you get the museum, a little bottle of sake and a tasting at the end. There was a big group when we were there but after waiting for them to get through we could look at the exhibits peacefully. Museum is short, maybe 30 minutes to walk through if you read everything, but well worth it! Bought a nice bottle of sake too.

Short and sweet museum. The tasting was very good

I do recommend coming out to this museum but it is very old school. This speaks nothing to the modern way sake is produced. That said it's interesting the effort they went through to make it.The tasting at the end is nice too. We visited the shop and picked up a few things. Note that you can buy and drink sake there. If you want you can drink the sake in a gazebo in the garden and it's nice out there.

History of this area is all about the old sake brewery that still producing one of the best sake in this area. Junmaidaigynjo my 1st choice.

Good place to spend an hour and take self guided tour of Sake museun. Tasting is brief but good. Worth the late afternoon trip down from Kyoto.

Cute little museum which learns you how sake was made a long time ago. Maybe a bit outdated and old school but it felt authentic. Also located in a nice quiet neighborhood. You get to taste sake and plum wine in the end, and are provided with two small bottles of sake (included in entrance fee)

In my opinion, this one of the most recommended place to visit. They offer knowledge about sake, free sample of high quality sake, and the entry fee is not expensive. The staffs are friendly and helpful. To approach this museum, you just need to take a train and walk not so far from the museum.

Beautiful old sake brewery with a tour available showing the history of this famous brewery. They sell many types of sake that is only available in-house. A nice place to visit on a lazy afternoon in Kyoto.

Not worth going out of your way to but it's a nice place to pass some time if the weather is too wet (or hot). Admittance is fairly priced (400 yen) but the museum does not take long to go around and you get about 3 x 10ml tasters at the end and a sample bottle to take away. It would be better if they let you try more varieties and more than once and maybe talk you through what you should be tasting.

Informative and fun! We've been trying more sakes since we got to Japan so it was nice to learn about what we've been drinking. You get three small taster samples at the end of the museum. English speaking staff and signs! It's a little off the beaten path but worth it and easy access to train station nearby.

Fun exhibit on how sake is made.. with a small tasting at the end. Nice getaway for an afternoon.

Cheap admittance at 400 yen, considering you get two small bottles of sake to take home plus a taste of three different sakes inside the museum. There is information about the process of making sake and some history behind it, along with all the different equipment on display. The museum has a traditional and aesthetic style all around.

Great quick stop. Displays in English. The owner is proud of his business and great to talk to. Try the plum wine, it's breathtaking.

Of all the sake museums I've been to, this is amongst one of the best for learning about the production process. There's good exhibits with english explanations for each.Included in the entry price is a small bottle of sake and after the museum there's an opportunity to taste some of their sake and plum wine.The gift shop has a nice selection that made great gifts.

An education in Sake and the best bit is the tasting !! We purchased a ‘Retro bottle’ which is designed not to tip over on the train. Easy to get here from Kyoto Station. Enjoy !

Entrance fee is 400yen per pax with a small bottle of sake as souvenir. Quite informative with English description at each corner. Well known brand that serves to the Japan imperial palace as well.