Guided Cycling Tour in Hagi with Sake Brewery Visit
Description
“FURUSATO Cycling” is a new tour project designed to let you fully experience the “REAL HAGI”. Enjoy a guided cycling tour through beautiful countryside landscapes, feel the local lifestyle, and visit special places not usually open to visitors. Our first tour focuses on Japanese sake. Follow the brewing process of locally made Hagi sake, including visits to the rice fields, water source areas, a local sake brewery, and a rice polishing facility. ・Course length: Approx. 11 km ・Tour duration: 3 hours 30 minutes ・Bike brand: Giant ・Equipped with a rear mudguard, pouch, and drink holder Access to the tour location The tour starts about 30 minutes by car from central Hagi. If you plan to come without a rental car, please let us know when booking. We will be happy to assist you. After the tour, guests may visit a local sake brewery and enjoy sake tasting if interested.
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Itinerary
We will explain about sake rice using flip charts while looking at the rice fields where sake rice is grown from a little hill. The content that tickles the intellectual curiosity of sake lovers will increase your love for sake.
【Sake rice polishing factory】 The process "polishing" is performed before the actually harvested sake rice is transported to the sake brewery. The taste of sake will be different with just one polish. At this factory, while actually seeing the machine that "polishs" sake rice, we will approach the taste of sake that changes with polishing.
Unrinji is commonly known as "Cat Temple" and is full of cat-related figurines. Don't miss the wood carving cat made with a chainsaw. Even if you don't like cats, you'll definitely be curious!
Spring spots that local people still use in their daily lives It feels good to put your feet on because it's chilly in the summer! !!
【Yachiyo Sake Brewery】 A sake brewery where female forests play an active role. Pursuing a new Yachiyo brand while valuing the old-fashioned manufacturing method. It is said to be the heart of sake breweries, and depending on the brewery, you can easily see the "Muro", sample the "prepared water" used for brewing, and prepare sake lees tasting. After the tour, you will also have a tasting and you will be immersed in sake both physically and mentally.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(4)
Ari was both knowledgeable of the sake brewing process, and an excellent leader who answered all questions throughly.
Thank you for posting your review! We were impressed by Daniel's keen sense of curiosity and were delighted to see him ask questions about a variety of things. Please don't forget about us and the Mutsumi area of Hagi City, where we cycled!
0 did not go because it was too far from the town and would cost too much to get there by Taxi so we forfeited the registration fee.
We apologize for the late reply to your comment. We have taken your comment into consideration and added information about access to the tour location to the content introduction page. Thank you for your valuable comment. We were able to make improvements thanks to your comment. If you have the opportunity, we would love to have you join us on another tour. Best regards.
The guided bicycle tour with Akiyama-San “aki” was awesome!! Aki is very knowledgeable in how sake is made and history of the cat temple and is fluent in Japanese and English. The countryside of Hagi is beautiful and there were hardly any cars which made this tour very relaxing as i didn’t have to keep checking if cars were coming behind me. The cat , unrinji temple is unique and the wooden cat figures were carved by a chain saw. Temple is dedicated to cats and if you go on this tour you will find out why. The tour started and ended at the yachiyo shuzo brewery and the head sake master gave me a tour of her brewery and explained the involved process of the production of sake and what makes good tasting sake. Sampling was given at end of the tour; I’m not a sake drinker but this sake tasted so good that I bought several bottles to take home as gifts but I may end up keeping them all!! You will not be disappointed in this tour.
Aki-san from furusato cycling was a fantastic, knowledgeable and fun guide. He was able to adjust the tour to my personal interests and preferences which made it a very valuable experience. The tour was well paced with lots of points of interest, and I was given a very good bike made it easy and fun to ride. I was able to engage directly with Hagi locals involved in the Sake brewing and ask questions directly, and get an understanding of how the local community is an important part of Sake. I am glad I decided to do the tour and it became one of the high points of my trip to Japan. I recommend this tour to anyone interested in where Sake comes from.
Thank you for your wonderful comment despite your busy schedule. Mr. Anthony's visit to the Mutsumi area (where the cycling tour is held) will be a great asset for the area. Because I was able to let the people who came from the perpetrator know about this small area. And for us, it was an unforgettable experience. We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for participating in our cycling tour. thank you very much. Lastly, please continue to be our fans! From FURUSATO Cycling Aki & Zaki
