Tohoku
HIGHLIGHTS
Sake
This is going to be a sake fan’s dream tour with visits to four sake breweries across the Tohoku region during the brewing season, bridging the contrast between the snowy mountains of Yamagata and Miyagi’s Matsushima Bay.
You will help to brew sake at Dewazakura. The brewers will share their philosophies and approaches with the group during the tours and at meals.
Taste daiginjo just-pressed for the season right at the source and with meals.
Food
Taste beautifully marbled Yonezawa beef shabu shabu at the welcome dinner in a former feudal lord’s mansion.
Try your hands at making rustic Yamagata style soba. See how simple local dishes from the mountains of Yamagata such as imoni taro simmered in broth pair with local sake.
On the coastal side of our tour in Miyagi, it’s going to be a two-day seafood feast. Enjoy shopping from the local catch at the “Tsukiji Market” of Tohoku and enjoy your purchase either as sashimi or cooking on a grill. Kaiseki style farewell dinner showcases the best of the season in elegant style. Lunch on the last day is indulging in steamy hot oysters at a pop-up shack by the water.
Nature & Onsen
This tour gives you the highlights of nature and onsen in Tohoku by taking you through snowy mountains and valleys in Yamagata down to the bays of Miyagi.
You will trek up the snowy slopes to see Snow Monsters up close.
Then, cruise in gentle Matsushima Bay dotted with oyster farms and sprinkled with islands.
This tour will not be offered in 2026/ 2027. The itinerary below is an example of what has been offered on this tour previously.
Contact us today info@saketours.com if you are interested.
Tour Destination: Tohoku
Dates & Duration: TBA
Group size: Minimum 10 guests/Maximum 14 guests
Tour Cost: TBA
PRICE INCLUDES
Four special private tours and tastings at sake breweries.
Activities and entertainments: soba making experience, snow monsters and skiing, Shiogama Wholesale Fish Market, boat tour of Matsushima Bay.
4 nights accommodation.
4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 4 dinners. Dinners include selected sake from the breweries we visit.
All transportation costs during the tour – except the trip from Sendai to your next destination.
DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL IN JAPAN
Your tour begins at Tokyo and it ends at Sendai. Shinkansen bullet train from Sendai to Tokyo is not included in the tour cost.
For your convenience, we will of course coordinate your domestic transportation for you.
For those planning to use JR Pass for more extended travel, please contact us for details regarding Shinkansen return travel from Sendai.
