Follow Japan's fermentation culture.
Explore selected miso, soy-sauce, sake, and pickles sites with a cautious guide to visiting.
Asahi Shuzo Brewery Tour
15 Niigata
A starting point for exploring sake making and brewery culture in rice-growing Niigata.
Hakurei Brewery Tour
26 Kyoto
A starting point for exploring a sake brewery founded in Tango Yura in the Edo period.
Hatoya Miso Brewery
23 Aichi
A starting point for exploring Okazaki fermentation culture around cedar vats and miso making.
Honcho Pickles Brewery
06 Yamagata
A starting point for tracing Tsuruoka pickling culture shaped by Shonai vegetables and sake lees.
Kakukyu Hatcho Miso Village
23 Aichi
A starting point for exploring long-aged Hatcho miso through Okazaki wooden vats and stone weights.
Maruchou Pickles Factory
25 Shiga
A starting point for seeing how Omi pickles are made from the factory viewing space.
Matsumoto Shoyu Brewery
11 Saitama
A starting point for tracing Kawagoe soy-sauce making among traditional wooden vats.