Japanese Sake Brewery Experience in Nagano

Sakudaira Station is a 1 hour Shinkansen trip from Tokyo and I went here to stay at a sake brewery and learn how to make Japanese sake. Kitsukura Shuzo offers a stay at the brewery!

Table of Contents
0:02:03 Shinto Priest Blessing the Sake
0:02:53 Pouring washed rice into a giant steamer
0:05:48 Starting the Giant Rice Steamer!
0:11:16 Steaming outside the 100 year old wood building brewery
0:16:10 Enter the Koji Mold locker room
0:17:53 Separate the Clumpy Rice & Transport to Pallet
0:33:17 SUPER STEAMING STEAMER (Cool!)
0:38:39 Fermentation Tanks
0:47:42 Steamed Rice is Done
0:49:30 Transport Hot Rice to cool in a wooden bucket
1:00:20 Koji Mold Shaking on Rice (Sake Catalyst Ritual)
1:15:30 Inside Sake Brewery Hotel
1:23:35 Sake Bottle Shopping at the Brewery Store

 Would you like to learn about sake at the brewery? https://kurabitostay.com/en/
▶︎ Where is Saku city? https://goo.gl/maps/mr4Q8Zo9ScG7daku8

Thanks for the invitation and I hope you have as much fun as I had!