Kyoto, Japan｜Fushimi Sake Village

Absolutely incredible. Was able to feed family of five with a very reasonable price and had a flight of sake and enjoyed a lot of dishes. Highly recommend the A5 beef, beef skewers went fast, the spinach garlic side was incredible. Staff was super friendly and price was good. Absolutely had a 10/10 experience here!!

Love sake and always on a lookout where I get to try it all. Love the write up of the sake and definitely have fun trying the sake from different breweries. Ordered the set w grilled vegetables (grill it yourself). Ard 3400 yen for the whole set w sake. Worth a visit after fushimi inari!

While looking for a sake tasting place in Kyoto, we watched a video about a place in Fushimi that has a 18 sake tasting. My only knowledge of Fushimi is the famous shrine with all the Torii gates. Getting there isn't hard and I made it part of our morning trip to Fushimi Inari Shrine and then an early brunch at Fushimi Sakegura Koji. From the shrine, it is a short 22 minute ride on the Keihan line or Nara line (JR). The Keihan line has a lot less walking and would be my recommendation. I recommend making a reservation as the counter space is limited and I believe the 18 sake tasting is only available at the counter. You can still order food although not every item is available. The food would be delivered to your seat and is very convenient. There are several mini-restaurants in the place serving a wide variety of Japanese cuisine including ramen, yakitori, and street foods. In total, there are 8 restaurants including Sakegura which is the sake tasting restaurant. Sakegura focus on local sakes and the 18 tasting gives you a wide range. They have an English tasting sheet that explains all of the sake you are tasting including the brewery. It isn't the premium sakes on the tasting. I would recommend trying a few of the premium once you have finished the tasting. You can let the bartender know your preference and they will make recommendations. It was an eye-opener for me to be able to taste so many sakes and to discover new sake profiles that would be very difficult to try outside of Japan. The servers when I was there spoke very limited English. While they can answer some questions and provide recommendations, I relied heavily on Google Translate to look at their recommendations and to understand some of the sake descriptions. This was not a problem as I'm quite used to having to do this.