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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.
| 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
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).
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.
There are old account books dating from the 1830s through to the 1920s. Bamboo indexes exude a sense of history.
Exhibits also include old-time retro labels and English textbooks from the 1860s.
The ceiling’s pinewood beams are quite thick.
Pass through the courtyard …
to the brewery.
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.
Through the factory …
to the kiosk on National Route 41.
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
| 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 |
