Chiyomusubi Sake Brewery Guided Tasting

Chiyomusubi Sake Brewery has operated on Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato City since 1865 and is one of Tottori Prefecture's best-known producers of junmai sake, a pure-rice style that Tottori brewers have leaned into heavily enough that the prefecture is sometimes described locally as a 'junmaishu kingdom' for the high proportion of its output made without added brewer's alcohol. Guided tours run at fixed times, typically 11:00 and 14:00 on weekdays and four sessions on weekends and holidays, walking visitors through the production areas where rice polishing, fermentation, and pressing take place, with a Japanese-language guide leading the group; the brewery is used to receiving foreign visitors, given its location on the same street as the Mizuki Shigeru Road yokai statues, so basic English support is generally available at the tasting counter even if the tour itself runs in Japanese. Following the walkthrough, the tasting flight is served at a standing bar inside the brewery building, covering several junmai varieties including one of the brewery's sparkling sake styles, alongside the option to buy bottles at the attached gift shop. The brewery tour itself is free, while the tasting flight is charged separately, from ¥500 for a short flight up to ¥1,500 for a fuller selection including the sparkling sake. A small teahouse on site serves non-alcoholic options for those not drinking. Reservations are required by the day before for the guided tour, since group sizes are limited and the brewery balances visitor tours with ongoing production; walk-ins can sometimes join the tasting counter without the guided walkthrough. December through February is the most active brewing period, when the kura is in full production and the smell of steaming rice fills the building, though tours run year-round.