Kochi
HIGHLIGHTS
Sake
Visit four breweries located throughout Kochi Prefecture and see them during the brewing season.
The brewers will share their philosophies and approaches and offer tastings on the premises.
In addition to sake, one brewery will show us their chestnut shochu production.
Food
Enjoy the best of Kochi’s Pacific seafood and a stunningly wide variety of citrus fruit.
The welcome dinner will introduce you to Kochi hospitality, featuring Sawachi Ryori, a style of cuisine designed for long nights spent leisurely drinking sake.
Climb onto a fishing boat for the ultimate sushi fan experience, and have lunch right at the port with the fishermen themselves.
Get a close-up, exclusive look at the making of katsuobushi, an ingredient central to Japanese cuisine.
Visit a citrus farm and taste different varieties of buntan citrus, a kind of small pomelo.
Culture and Nature
Experience the henro pilgrimage by visiting a few of the 88 major temples that dot Shikoku.
At welcome dinner, enjoy the private Geisha performance and traditional Kochi drinking games that aren’t played anywhere else in Japan.
Hear from Japanese washi papermaking artisans, and make some washi paper yourself.
Visit popular local markets in the city, in a port town, and tucked away in the mountains.
On the last day, enjoy sake in a low-slung yakatabune boat while leisurely floating down the Shimanto River, Japan’s last undammed and free-flowing river, surrounded by lush green mountains.
This tour will not be offered in 2026/ 2027. The itinerary below is an example of what has been offered on this tour previously.
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Tour Destination: Kochi
Dates & Duration: TBA.
Group size: Minimum 10 guests/Maximum 14 guests
Tour Cost: TBA
One of the undiscovered gems of Japan, Kochi Prefecture offers stunning natural beauty, warm hospitality, and its signature light and dry sake. This interactive tour is for adventurous food and sake lovers interested in exploring Kochi’s rich culture and taking in its ruggedly beautiful natural landscape. Tour highlights include: four brewery visits, lavish dinners of local seafood and foraged mountain delicacies, a geisha performance, and visits with artisan makers of katsuobushi (fermented and smoked bonito) and handmade washi paper.
Enjoy a catch-your-own fisherman’s lunch, and a sampling of freshly picked buntan citrus fruits. You’ll walk a portion of Shikoku’s historic 88-temple pilgrimage, and relax on a boat ride along the Shimanto, one of the purest and most scenic rivers of Japan. The tour will close with a stay in a traditional inn, complete with open-air hot springs baths and panoramic views of a beautiful Pacific ocean bay from your room.
PRICE INCLUDES
Three to four special private tours and tastings at sake breweries.
Activities and entertainment: okyaku-style welcome dinner with geisha performance, private sushi lesson/ dinner, citrus tasting at a orchard, hands-on Japanese washi paper making, and fishing with the fisherman
4 nights accommodation. 3 nights hotel and 1 night at ryokan Japanese style inn with hot springs.
4 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 3 dinners. Dinners include selected sake from the breweries we visit.
All transportation costs during the tour around Kochi, excluding travel to and from Kochi. Travel on your own to Kochi via JR or fly from Haneda with the group in the morning. The flight is not included in the tour cost.
DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL IN JAPAN
Your tour begins and ends in Kochi. Travel on your own to Kochi via JR or fly from Haneda with the group in the morning. Transportation to and from Kochi is not included in the tour cost.
For your convenience, we will of course coordinate your domestic transportation for you.
