Why You Should Visit
A charity tasting where 18 sake breweries from the Harima region pour their picks, including "GI Harima" bottles brewed only with Hyogo-grown Yamada Nishiki rice. Join the 500-yen charity on the day and you receive a strip of five tickets, exchanging one to three of them per pour. Staff from some of the breweries pour their own sake, so you can ask the makers about what you are drinking before choosing the next glass. Mini snacks made with Harima ingredients are served alongside, and a few of the bottles are on sale to take home. The venue is MONZEN, right by JR Himeji Station.
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Shop List & Map
The 18 breweries and their sake as listed on Himeji City's official page; the number in brackets is how many tickets each pour costs. The line-up may change without notice.
Essentials
- location
- MONZEN Himeji Local Gateway (Quel Himeji 1F–2F, Himeji, Hyogo)
- period
- August 21, 2026 (Fri) - August 22, 2026 (Sat)
- Time
- Fri Aug 21: 16:00–19:00 / Sat Aug 22: 14:00–17:00 (ends early once the sake runs out)
- cost
- Take part in the 500-yen charity on the day and you receive a strip of five tasting tickets. Pours are exchanged for tickets, with each sake needing one to three of them.
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- Just north of JR Himeji Station, on floors 1–2 of Quel Himeji. The organizers state that no sake is served to anyone driving a car, motorbike or bicycle, so come by public transport.
- NOTE
Breweries and sake on offer (tickets needed)
- Meijo Shuzo — Shiboritate Junmai Harunagi (1)
- Tsubosaka Shuzo — Junmai Ginjo Genshu Sehikosan, GI Harima (2)
- Yaegaki Shuzo — Junmai Daiginjo Aonomu (3)
- Honda Shoten — Ryuriki Daiginjo Kome no Sasayaki (3)
- Tanaka Shuzojo — Chateau SHIRASAGI 65 (1)
- Himeji Nadagiku Shuzo — Junmai Ginjo MISA (2)
- Shimomura Shuzoten — Okuharima Yamahai Junmai Standard (1)
- Sanyohai Shuzo — Banshu Ikkon Junmai Daiginjo Yamada Nishiki 40 (3)
- Okuto Shoji — Chushingura Junmai Daiginjo 47 (3)
- Okada Honke — Seiten Junmai Daiginjo (3)
- King Jozo — Inami Daiginjo GI Harima (3)
- Kamimusubi Shuzo — Kamimusubi Yamada Nishiki Junmai Genshu (1)
- Fukunishiki — Junmai Daiginjo Kimoto Kamiyo no Mai (3)
- Akashi Shurui Jozo — Junmai Daiginjo Genshu Akashi-tai (3)
- Eigashima Shuzo — Kamitaka Junmai Ginjo Nakadori (2)
- Ibaraki Shuzo — Rairaku Daiginjo 35 (3)
- Saikai Shuzo — Tokubetsu Junmai Tsuru (1)
- Inami Shuzo — Aoitsuru Miki Kassen Junmai Ginjo (2)
On the day
- Staff from some of the breweries pour their own sake
- A number of the bottles can be bought on the spot
- Mini snacks made with Harima ingredients are served
Please note
- No sake is served to anyone under 20; ID may be checked
- No sake is served to anyone driving a car, motorbike or bicycle
- Tasting sake and snacks end once they run out
- The line-up may change without notice
【In cooperation with】Harima Sake Culture Tourism
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 12 car parks within a 12-minute walk of MONZEN Himeji Local Gateway (Quel Himeji 1F–2F, Himeji, Hyogo), and 2 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
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