Stores

Head office

The main brewery is designated as a “Machikado Museum” by Gifu Prefecture as a sake brewing museum.
In the 180-year-old building, you will find a Daifukucho (a book of good fortune), a 200-year-old Hina dolls, old sake brewing tools and materials, and many other items related to the lifestyle and culture of the Toji. Please take a look at the history of Okuhida Sake Brewery, which has walked with the times.

本店外観

Address 1984 Kanayama Kanayama cho, Gero city, Gifu pref. 509-1622
TEL 0576-32-2033
Opening hours 9:00 to 17:00
Closed No regular holidays

-Access by car-

・Approx. 45 minutes travelling towards Gero from the Tomikaseki Interchange on the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway.
・Approx. 30 minutes travelling towards Gifu from Gero Onsen on National Route 41.
*Parking is available next to roadside kiosk/stores. Please inquire for details.

-Access by train-

Approx. 10 minutes’ walk from Hida-Kanayama Station on the JR Takayama Line.

Guide to Brewery Tours and the Museum

We will guide you through the brewery’s sake-making history, which has continued uninterrupted since the brewery’s establishment in 1720, as well as the sake-making process and the brewery itself.
See the tanks actually used for brewing sake, gaining a glimpse into the traditional world of sake-making. Visitors who wish to do so can also taste any of our products (unless they are driving).

*With regard to brewery guided tour and sake tasting services are currently not available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, take a look around our 200-year-old headquarters building and enjoy shopping.
TEL: 0576-32-2033

Brewery tours

Brewery tours must be booked in advance.
Reservations for groups of two or more persons are accepted. Sake tasting is available including daiginjo sake, ginjo sake, junmai sake, nigorizake, rice shochu, and barley shochu spirits.

Tour times From 9:00 to 17:00
We accept reservations for not only weekdays but also public holidays as long as guides are available. Please feel free to inquire.
Length of tour (time taken) About 30 minutes
Regular holiday Irregular holidays
Tour fees free
Parking Parking is available for both cars and large vehicles.

*With regard to brewery guided tour and sake tasting services are currently not available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, take a look around our 200-year-old headquarters building and enjoy shopping.
TEL: 0576-32-2033

About brewery tours

180年以上の歴史がある本宅

The main house has a history spanning more than 190 years. On both sides of the building are “Udatsu” (raised walls for preventing the spread of fire).

岐阜県まちかど美術館・博物館にも指定されている店内。

The store is also designated by Gifu Prefecture as a “Street Corner Art Museum/Museum.” The various items on display also include artifacts unrelated to sake-making.

天保年間から昭和初期のものまである大福帳。

There are old account books dating from the 1830s through to the 1920s. Bamboo indexes exude a sense of history.

昔のレトロなラベルや、1860年代の英語の教科書も展示しております。

Exhibits also include old-time retro labels and English textbooks from the 1860s.

松の木の梁もかなりの太さです。

The ceiling’s pinewood beams are quite thick.

中庭を抜けて…

Pass through the courtyard …

蔵の中へ

to the brewery.

タンクがズラリと並んでおります。

Here you will find rows of tanks.
Between October and April—the sake-making season—you can smell the sweet, fruity aroma of the sake mash as it ferments.

工場を通って…

Through the factory …

国道売店へ。

to the kiosk on National Route 41.

清酒、焼酎、ウォッカの試飲をお楽しみ頂けます。

Here you can enjoy tasting Sake, Shochu (distilled spirits), and vodka.
There is also non-alcoholic Amazake for children and those who are driving to taste.

National Route 41 Kiosk

Our roadside kiosk is located in front of the Genky drugstore on National Route 41. In addition to Okuhida Shuzo’s Japanese sake, shochu, and vodka, the kiosk sells snacks, sweets, and souvenirs recommended by the proprietress. Sake tasting is available free of charge (as long as you are not driving).

*With regard to brewery guided tour and sake tasting services are currently not available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, take a look around our 200-year-old headquarters building and enjoy shopping.
TEL: 0576-32-2033

売店内観

Address Kanayama, Kanayama cho, Gero city, Gifu pref. 509-1622
TEL 0576-32-2833
Opening hours 9:00 to 17:00
Closed Year-end and New Year only