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Get Your Tour and Pour On at Suntory Brewery

For just an hour of your time you can enjoy a free factory tour and beer tasting at Suntory’s Musashino Brewery in Fuchu, Tokyo.

Get off at Bubaigawara Station, catch the factory’s free shuttle, and you’re on your way to getting an up-close and personal look into beer giant Suntory’s Premium Malt brewing process. After about a 5-minute shuttle ride you arrive at the lobby and are promptly greeted by the friendly staff.

Your eyes are immediately drawn to the center wall that features the hallmark blue and gold Suntory logo, but before you go anywhere be sure to check in at the reception desk on the right side of the lobby.

Suntory Brewery

If you have some time to kill before your tour starts be sure to check out the gift shop and the beer-themed photo props next to the logo wall so you can make your very own Suntory factory souvenir photo. If your tour begins right away don’t worry, you can visit these areas again at the end of the tour.

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When it’s time to begin, you’ll take the elevator upstairs where you’ll be shown a short video about the quality of the spring water they use in their brewing process.

The first stop after the introduction is the hops display where you’ll learn about the type of hops that Suntory uses. You’ll even get to taste and smell a sample!

Next you’ll be led through a long hallway to the vat area where you can look inside a port-hole window that allows you to see what the vat looks like.

Then you’ll move on to the filling and packaging area. You’ll watch a short video about their process and you can look through the large windows that allow you to see the factory floor.

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And now for best part of the tour: the beer tasting. You get to wet your whistle on some freshly brewed Suntory beer straight from the factory.  After all, you worked hard learning all about the process on the tour, so you deserve a few cold ones!

Each guest can savor 3 frosty beers from Suntory’s selection of the day. You’ll also find Suntory-branded salty snacks on the table to pair with your brew.

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After everyone gets their beer your tour guide will show you how to properly pour it so you get a nice foam, just like in the Suntory commercials.

True to Japan’s affinity for convenience and customer service, Suntory even offers a mail-order option where they will deliver fresh Suntory beer to your doorstep if you live in Tokyo.

After the tasting you head back down to the lobby where you can check out the gift shop and souvenir photo wall if you didn’t have time before the tour. At the gift shop you’ll find a variety of their beers, handmade glassware, t-shirts, key chains, and other gift ideas.

If you buy nothing else I highly recommend the Fujiyama beer glass, designed to resemble the iconic Mt. Fuji when a beer is poured into it. The Fujiyama glass won a Tokyo Midtown Award for its design and level of craftsmanship. It’s a little small (and a little pricey too at about 5,000 yen), but its hand blown glass from a master glass blower and comes in an elegant bamboo gift box, making it a fantastic souvenir for yourself, or a unique gift for someone back home.

Suntory Brewery 5

Important points to consider:

  • Cameras are welcome, just know that there are some areas of the factory where photography and recording are not allowed. You’ll see signs advising where you can and can’t take pictures.
  • The tour, handouts, and display placards are all in Japanese, so be sure to bring a native Japanese speaker if you want to learn about all the nitty-gritty details involved in beer brewing. Even without a native speaker to help you can still get the general idea, after all, beer is a universal language.
  • Children and non-beer drinkers are welcome, as there are soft drinks and water available in the tasting room in lieu of beer.
  • If you’ll have more than 10 people in your group you’ll need to make a reservation, which can be done over the phone, or on their website. Be sure to use Google Translate or the Google Chrome browser to help with making an online reservation.

Access : It’s about a 1.6 km walk from Bubaigawara station, or you can take the free shuttle on the south side of the station near the horse-mounted samurai statue.

Tour times : Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm. Saturday, Sunday, and Japanese public holidays 10:00 am-11:30 am.

And if you really love free beer (and sake!), you can also check out the free tour at Ishikawa Brewery —the “Disneyland for beer lovers”.

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Where Beer Is Born: Take a Suntory Brewery Tour in Musashino

December 5, 2017 Updated On December 26, 2022

As you head towards the end of the year in Tokyo, the first thing you need to do is get your bonenkai experience sorted . After that’s done, perhaps you want to learn a little more about the beer you’ll be sipping on as you celebrate the festive season. A visit to Suntory’s brewery is educational up front, with a delicious finish.

Japan may be best known for sake , but if you go to bars, pubs, and izakayas, the drink that you’ll most commonly find being poured is beer. Japan consumed more than 2.72 million kiloliters – that’s 718.5 million gallons – of the beverage in 2015, and is showing no signs of slowing down.

One of the giants of Japanese beer is Suntory, and their flagship product is The Premium Malt’s, an easy drinking lager that goes great with Japanese food, whether it’s yakitori skewers from a yatai during the summer or a hearty yakiniku feast in the middle of winter.

Suntory has four breweries in Japan: one in Tokyo’s Musashino area, one in Kyoto, one in Gunma, and one in Kumamoto, and tours are available at three of the breweries. When we heard about the opportunity to visit their Musashino brewery recently, we jumped at the chance.

A short walk from Fuchu Hommachi Station, the brewery is a massive operation, producing hundreds of thousands of liters of beer every day. Walking into the facilities, we were greeted by our tour guide, who led us to a small auditorium where an instructional video played and explained some of the things that make The Premium Malt’s the unique beer that it is – and as the tour moved into the manufacturing facilities, we got to see these for ourselves.

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As our tour guide explained, only three ingredients go into The Premium Malt’s: water, barley, and hops. The first, and most plentiful ingredient in beer is water. In fact, beer is 90 percent water – so if anyone tries to tell you that beer isn’t a healthy drink, you can always counter with that! In order to ensure a plentiful supply of 100 percent natural water, each of Suntory’s four breweries is located close to a fresh water source. In the case of the brewery in Musashino, the water source is the Tama River, and water for the beer is drawn daily from an enormous well at the brewery. Every day, Suntory’s brewers taste the water to make sure it will bring out the best of the other two ingredients.

What comes next is barley. Suntory uses the finest two-row barley to make its malt, and adds a rarely found diamond malt (which comes from Czech Republic and surrounding countries) to its barley mix, making for an even deeper flavor. We were given a chance to taste the barley, which reminded us a bit of oatmeal that hadn’t yet been cooked. Finally, tour participants get a chance to smell hop pellets, which have a sharp, bitter aroma that balances out the natural sweetness of the barley malt.

After seeing the raw material that goes into making the beer, we were brought into a large section of the brewery where the first part of the magic that is beer brewing happens, and where you get to learn just a bit of the science behind a tall frosty one.

The malt is made from barley that is allowed to germinate, or sprout, which kicks off a biochemical process that gets it ready to brew beer. It develops the enzymes that will help turn the barley’s starch into sugar, and other enzymes that transform proteins in the grain into substances that the yeast, which will be used for fermentation, can “digest.”

In large tuns, or vats, the malt is mixed with water and heated in a process known as mashing. At this stage, the starches in the malt are broken down into sugars by enzymes that are present in the malt. One of the techniques that Suntory uses to add a special touch to their beer is a process known as double decoction, which means that part of the mash is taken out of the tun and boiled, or decocted, two times in order to draw out the unique flavors of the malt.

brewing equipment at the suntory brewery in musashino

At this point, the sweet mixture of heated malt and water is known as wort, and the smell of it heating away in a large section of the brewery is much like the smell of oatmeal cooking in the morning – except on a much larger scale. You can also peer into the various tuns, thanks to windows mounted on top of them, which let you see exactly what is going on inside.

The next stage in the production of the wort is crucial to the flavor of good beer. In order to balance out the sweetness of the wort and add complexity to the flavor of the brew, hops are added to the wort twice: once when it begins to boil, and again just at the time when the boiling is about to stop. Suntory uses aroma hops for the first hopping stage, and these hops impart a bitter flavor that balances out the sweetness of the malt. Meanwhile, in the second hopping, fine aroma hops are used, which give the beer an elegant, refined aroma.

The next step is fermentation, which takes place at a much lower temperature than wort production. Yeast is added to the hopped wort, and during fermentation, the yeast turns the sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide. After about seven days, the fermentation transforms the mixture into “young beer,” which is then matured as its flavor gets milder. Once it is matured, it is filtered, removing all of the materials that were used from the earlier stages of the beer-making process. What is left behind is the clear, golden color that is the mark of a fine lager beer.

Finally, the beer is packaged in cans, bottles, kegs, and other containers – guests on the tour can watch cans of The Premium Malt’s moving along conveyor belts, and boxed into cases.

After seeing so much of the work that goes into making the beer, we were more than ready to taste the final product. Fortunately, the final – and just maybe our favorite – part of the brewery tour is a visit to Suntory’s tasting rooms, where guests can sample three different varieties of The Premium Malt’s: Premium Lager, Kaoru Ale, and Master’s Dream, a Pilsener type beer. Each is served, with just the right amount of creamy head, in a special glass meant to bring out the flavor of each brew. It’s a tasty way to finish off a learning experience.

a server pouring a glass of suntory premium malts from a tap

To schedule a tour at Suntory’s brewery in Musashino, call 042-360-9591 or visit www.suntory.co.jp/factory/musashino/index.html

Photographs by Robert Kirsch

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There are four big beer companies in Japan: Asahi, Suntory, Kirin, and Sapporo. The first three have a pretty even distribution around Japan, but sadly the Sapporo factories are farther away than is reasonable for us to go to at the time— so, best three out of four?

Suntory started in the Osaka area in 1899, by a man named Shinjiro Tori . The name “Suntory” comes from “Tori” and the honorific “san”.

So “Tori-san” -> “SanTori” ->Suntory

cardboard display of beers offered in the Suntory Kyoto beer factory

While the Suntory first became famous for its whiskey, their beers have been very successful and produce my favorite mass produced beer, The Premium Malt’s . What makes Premium Malt’s special is that it is a 100% malted barley Danish style beer. I have never seen this beer sold in America, which seems strange since all the other big Japanese beers get imported.

In any case, as luck would have it, the  Suntory  Kyoto  beer factory is one of the factories that makes Premium Malt’s.  Reservations are a must for this tour! You can sign up for the free tour here you want, however, the website is only available in Japanese. The tour is also open to young children, but naturally they cannot have any alcohol. 

There are two kinds of tours offered, the regular factory tour and the Premium Malt Lecture (ザ プレミアム モルツ講座) The only difference between the two is that the you don’t get to tour the factory with the Malt Lecture. You still get beer at the end, same as the factory tour, so I guess this is just for those more interested in the details of beer making.

Getting to The Suntory Kyoto Beer Factory

There are two train stations near the factory, the Hankyu Nishiyama Tennousan Staion [西山天王山] and the JR Nagaoka-kyo Station [長岡京]. From either of these stations it will be roughly 10 minutes to Nagaoka-kyo.  There is a free shuttle to the factory from either station.

From Kyoto:

JR : At the JR Kyoto Station take a Rapid or Local service train bound for either Osaka, Shin-Osaka or Sannomiya .

Be careful! The New Rapid  service trains do not stop at Nagaoka-kyo!

Hankyu : At Kyoto Kawaramachi Station take any train abound for Umeda.

From Osaka:

Getting to the Suntory factory from Osaka is also very easy. In the Hankyu Umeda Station, take a train bound for Kyoto Kawaramachi.

The Suntory Kyoto Beer Factory

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Suntory Kyoto Beer Factory Tour

Once you get to the Suntory factory, be sure to sign in at the front desk to receive your welcome brochures.

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Before long, the factory tour will start and you will be guided through the various stages of production.

Board discussing the key elements of the Premium Malts beer at the Suntory Kyoto beer factory

Suntory Beer Tasting

Finally, after the 70 minute tour of the factory is completed, you will be rewarded with the pièce de résistance—the beer tasting!

Beer tasting room at the Suntory beer factory in Kyoto

In the tasting room, each guest gets to choose from any of the beers on tap.  The beer tasting lasts for about 30 minutes, and Suntory recommends 3 glasses of beer per guest. If you cannot drink beer or have children with you, there is a different section of the tasting room that offers  juice of soft drinks during the 30 minute tasting.

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Suntory Kyoto Beer Factory

The Suntory beer factory tour is a really fun change of pace. Even though the tour is conducted exclusively in Japanese, its not only good practice for your language still but it is still interesting to see all the different parts of the factory. The free beer isn’t bad either. All in all, I think anyone who comes will have a good time.  If you would like to hit up another beer tour, you should check out the Asahi Beer Factory in Suita too!

Coming next time, Another beer tour!

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Suntory operates a whisky distillery, and even produced the first whisky to be registered in the U.S. (In fact, you can also tour the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery, 30 minutes south of the brewery by train.)

After their success with whiskey, Suntory began brewing its own beer, and soon became one of the most popular breweries in the country.

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Suntory Musashino Brewery Tour

A free brewery tour at its operational beer factory

Elena Lisina

Established in 1899, Suntory is one of the oldest companies that produces all kinds of drinks in Japan. You can even see their trademark all over the country. So, I was interested in visiting Suntory Musashino Brewery after a friend’s suggestion. The excursion was in Japanese as most of the visitors were Japanese – adults as well as kids. But, as the explanation went along with the demonstration, it was easy to understand. The tour guide told us how beer was made and all of the ingredients it comes from. The last part of the tour was trying different sorts of beer for adults and soft drinks for children. Then we could buy special sets at the gift shop. I enjoyed the tour a lot!

Tours take place every 30 minutes between 10am and 4pm.

Free shuttle bus from Bubaigawara Station (Keio and Nambu lines).

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Known for its blue and gold cans of Premium Malt’s, Suntory will take you on a tour of its brewery, walking you through the various stages of beer-making, from nurturing the hops to the customary sampling of the wares. The 70-minute tour starts with an introductory video before diving into the production process, and, somewhere along the line, you’ll get the chance to walk into a beer vat. While you can’t wander into the production line itself, explanatory footage with English subtitles give you the lowdown on what’s going on as you look on from the observation gallery. At the end, you’ll be treated to three draft beers – just what you need to relax after watching other people hard at work.

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Outside view of the entrance to the factory

Suntory Brewery Tour and Drink

Home of the premium malts brand and other beer.

Outside view of the entrance to the factory

Inside the lobby you are greeted by smiling employees

You can listen to this device to get the tour information in English

There is a big screen that shows the process of creating the beer

Real examples of barley are displayed

You can taste a real wheat kernel, same as the ones used to make the beer

Some hops are also on display

The hops are imported from the Czech Republic

The factory has many levels

Everything is shining and spotless inside the factory

This is the packing area

Here the beer cans travel through the packing process

After the tour is over, it is time to taste the beer

Fresh beer directly from the source is served with a salty snack

The tour guide also shows you what the best way to pour the beer is

At the gift shop you can purchase some beer-related souvenirs

The factory has a high rating from TripAdvisor and is a lot of fun

The Suntory brewery in Fuchu (a suburb of Tokyo) operates free tours to explain the technique and knowledge that goes into creating their famous beers, including the well-known brand Premium Malts. The factory is easily accessible by train and accepts both adults and children for their tours; however, at the tasting time only adults may try the beer and the youngsters can have soft drinks made by Suntory. They need advance notice for two or more visitors, so you would have to call and book a tour ahead of time. (Solo visitors may be able to join an existing tour but it's always advisable to book in advance.) The tour takes about an hour, and you will receive a device through which you can listen to the English version of whatever you're watching at any given time. The tour guide will explain everything in Japanese and at the tasting time, she will show you how to pour the beer the Suntory way, which guarantees a 7:3 ration of beer to foam in your glass. At the end of the tour, you are encouraged to purchase some souvenirs from the gift shop. The tour is a lot of fun and very educational and of course, you can't beat the chance to drink up to three glasses of beer at the end.

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Suntory Brewery Kyoto Tour

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Suntory Brewery

Suntory has been around since 1899 and is a leader in the market for both alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages in Japan (and not only).

When it comes to beer, Suntory offers tours at the Tokyo Musashino Factory, Kyoto Factory and Kyushu Kumamoto Factory. Whisky-wise they have the Yamazaki distillery and the Hakushu distillery, both usually offering tours, but the latter is in renovation until autumn 2023.

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How to get there?

Suntory Kyoto Brewery is about 30- 40 minutes from Kyoto Station by train or a 25-minute drive. I was close to Karasuma Station so I took Hankyu-Kyoto Line to Nishiyama-Tennozan Station (9 stops, 280 Yen one way). From there I walked for about 10 minutes to the Brewery. Of course, it was raining heavily.

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I'm pretty sure the other two factories have the same type of tours but I can only talk about the one I visited.

The Kyoto Brewery offers two types of tours, a free one and a paid tour for 1500 Yen.

The free ones take place every day between 10 am and 15.15 and include at the end a tasting session where you get to enjoy their 3 most popular beers.

The paid tours are mainly on Saturdays and Sundays (with a few more on specific dates). They also include a tasting session where you can try the 3 Premium Malts as well as The Premium Malt's Master's Dream - Hakushu Unblended Barrel.

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You need a reservation in order to take part in the tour. You can book up to two months in advance either online or by phone.

I completely forgot about Suntory Brewery's existence since I'm too in love with whisky so when I tried to book online the message displayed told me to call. My advice is to book as much in advance as you can. You will find an extensive list of Q&As on Suntory's website.

If you want to try your luck and book on the day, you will have to call, as online it will not be possible

Luckily for me, the amazing receptionist from Fuji Hotel Kyoto Gojo was super helpful and made the booking for me, otherwise, this tour would not have been possible. Thank you again.

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My only option was the free tour, and, again, I'm lucky I managed to find a slot for that.

The whole thing - tour and tasting at the end - lasts about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

You can download the audio tour on your phone before the tour starts and it will be made available for you to listen when the tour begins. You cannot listen to it before or after.

The tour starts with an introductory video about the manufacturing methods in the same building as the reception. You then get on a bus which takes you to the actual factory. There the tour continues with details about the ingredients used and the preparation equipment after which you get to see the manufacturing process.

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As expected, it all looks impressive. what's even more impressive is that at the end of the tour, you get to try some of the beers they make. In the tasting room, you are greeted with a freshly poured glass of beer and a little packet of edamame snacks.

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After you've enjoyed your beer you can sample 3 of their best products. You can see below what I tried, but I'm not sure that they always have the same 3 products to try.

3 suntory beer samples

After you try the tasters, you can choose your favourite and they will give you a glass of whatever it is you have chosen.

The only downside is that the whole tasting session lasts only 15 minutes, after which the tour fully ends, so if you like to take your time enjoying your drink, it might feel a bit rushed.

the premium malts suntory glass of beer

I was genuinely impressed by how the tour was conducted at the Suntory Brewery in Kyoto and I would honestly recommend it. If you're a fan of beer or just curious about how it's made, book a tour, you won't regret it.

If you have any questions, ask away in the comments below.

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For just an hour of your time you can enjoy a free factory tour and beer tasting at Suntory’s Musashino Brewery in Fuchu, Tokyo.

Get off at Bubaigawara Station, catch the factory’s free shuttle, and you’re on your way to getting an up-close and personal look into beer giant Suntory’s Premium Malt brewing process. After about a 5-minute shuttle ride you arrive at the lobby and are promptly greeted by the friendly staff.

Your eyes are immediately drawn to the center wall that features the hallmark blue and gold Suntory logo, but before you go anywhere be sure to check in at the reception desk on the right side of the lobby.

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If you have some time to kill before your tour starts be sure to check out the gift shop and the beer-themed photo props next to the logo wall so you can make your very own Suntory factory souvenir photo. If your tour begins right away don’t worry, you can visit these areas again at the end of the tour.

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When it’s time to begin, you’ll take the elevator upstairs where you’ll be shown a short video about the quality of the spring water they use in their brewing process.

The first stop after the introduction is the hops display where you’ll learn about the type of hops that Suntory uses. You’ll even get to taste and smell a sample!

Next you’ll be led through a long hallway to the vat area where you can look inside a port-hole window that allows you to see what the vat looks like.

Then you’ll move on to the filling and packaging area. You’ll watch a short video about their process and you can look through the large windows that allow you to see the factory floor.

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And now for best part of the tour: the beer tasting. You get to wet your whistle on some freshly brewed Suntory beer straight from the factory. After all, you worked hard learning all about the process on the tour, so you deserve a few cold ones!

Each guest can savor 3 frosty beers from Suntory’s selection of the day. You’ll also find Suntory-branded salty snacks on the table to pair with your brew.

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After everyone gets their beer your tour guide will show you how to properly pour it so you get a nice foam, just like in the Suntory commercials.

True to Japan’s affinity for convenience and customer service, Suntory even offers a mail-order option where they will deliver fresh Suntory beer to your doorstep if you live in Tokyo.

After the tasting you head back down to the lobby where you can check out the gift shop and souvenir photo wall if you didn’t have time before the tour. At the gift shop you’ll find a variety of their beers, handmade glassware, t-shirts, key chains, and other gift ideas.

If you buy nothing else I highly recommend the Fujiyama beer glass , designed to resemble the iconic Mt. Fuji when a beer is poured into it. The Fujiyama glass won a Tokyo Midtown Award for its design and level of craftsmanship. It’s a little small (and a little pricey too at about ¥5,000), but its hand blown glass from a master glass blower and comes in an elegant bamboo gift box, making it a fantastic souvenir for yourself, or a unique gift for someone back home.

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Important points to consider:

  • Cameras are welcome, just know that there are some areas of the factory where photography and recording are not allowed. You’ll see signs advising where you can and can’t take pictures.
  • The tour, handouts, and display placards are all in Japanese, so be sure to bring a native Japanese speaker if you want to learn about all the nitty-gritty details involved in beer brewing. Even without a native speaker to help you can still get the general idea, after all, beer is a universal language.
  • Children and non-beer drinkers are welcome, as there are soft drinks and water available in the tasting room in lieu of beer.
  • If you’ll have more than 10 people in your group you’ll need to make a reservation, which can be done over the phone, or on their website. Be sure to use Google Translate or the Google Chrome browser to help with making an online reservation.

Access: It’s about a 1.6-km walk from Bubaigawara station, or you can take the free shuttle on the south side of the station near the horse-mounted samurai statue.

Tour times: Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm. Saturday, Sunday, and Japanese public holidays 10:00 am-11:30 am.

And if you really love free beer (and sake!), you can also check out the free tour at Ishikawa Brewery — the “Disneyland for beer lovers”.

Images by Angela Schnabel

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At these beer factories, you can not only watch the production of delicious beer, but also taste freshly brewed beer as well! You can enjoy them with just 1-2 hours of free time, so they're great as sightseeing spots with your family or significant other. Here are 6 that are easily accessible from Tokyo.

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1. Suntory Musashino Beer Factory [Tokyo]

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At Suntory Musashino Beer Factory, you can enjoy a tour of the beer brewery and try The Premium Malts. 

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After the tour of the production factory, you can check out the packaging process from filling up cans and kegs to boxing. 

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After you finish the tour, you can try freshly brewed The Premium Malts. After the tour and the beer tasting, you can take a photo with a Malts panel and buy original goods that can only be found here in the shop. It takes about 70 minutes, and is free.

[About Suntory Musashino Beer Factory]

Opening Hours: 9:30-17:00

Closed: End of the year holiday, when the factory is closed (including special holidays) 

Price/fee:  Free

Access:  10 minutes by shuttle bus from Bubaigawara Station, 15 minute walk from Fuchu Honmachi Station 

Address:  Yazakicho 3-1, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo ( Google Map )

HP: www.suntory.co.jp/factory/musashino/ (Japanese Only)

2. Yebisu Beer Museum [Tokyo] 

Yebisu Beer Kinenkan is a place where you can have a tour and a tasting for 500 yen. You can also learn about the secrets behind the creation of Yebisu Beer and the history presented in the Yebisu Gallery.

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Yebisu experts will guide you around the brewing machines. You can learn how Yebisu is made by seeing the factory sights that are normally unseen.

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After the tour, you can taste fresh Yebisu Beer or Kohaku Yebisu Beer. There's also a shop so you can buy souvenirs. This factory tour is recommended for date nights.

[About Yebisu Beer Museum]

Opening Hours: 11:00-19:00

Closed: Mondays, end of the year holidays, special holidays

Price/fee: Starting at 500 yen 

Access: 5 minute walk from Ebisu Station 

Address: Inside Ebisu Garden Place, Ebisu 4-20-1, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ( Google Map )

HP: www.sapporobeer.jp/brewery/y_museum/access/index.html (Japanese Only)

3. Kirin Beer Yokohama Factory [Kanagawa]

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At the Kirin Beer Yokohama Factory, they have various 80 minute tours, including one of the secrets behind the deliciousness of Ichiban Shibori, one focusing on the blessings of nature, or a family tour.

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You'll learn all about the production processes and the secrets behind the deliciousness of Kirin Ichiban Shibori through the tour and the guide's explanation.

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After you take the tour, you can taste the difference between barley juice that's filtered once and filtered twice as well the actual barley wheat. On the tour about the blessings of nature, you can walk around the garden and a biotope while learning about the history of Kirin Beer. 

[About Kirin Beer Yokohama Factory]

Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00

Closed: Mondays (if it's a holiday then it's open and will be closed the next weekday instead)

Access: 10 minute walk from Namamugi Station and 20 minutes from Shin-Koyasu Station 

Address:  Namamugi 1-17-1, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa ( Google Map )

HP: www.kirin.co.jp/entertainment/factory/yokohama/access/ (Japanese Only)

4. Asahi Beer Kanagawa Factory [Kanagawa]

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At the Asahi Beer Kanagawa Factory, you can enjoy a 90 minute tour of the production factory and taste freshly brewed beer. 

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During the tour you can learn about Asahi Beer's initiatives through a video, and you can also see the preparation and filtering rooms as well as the fermentation and bottling/canning processes. You can also see a 360° angle video of the production line as well as a model of the huge wings of the windmill used for wind power generation as well as the quality control room.

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After you finish the tour, in the guest hall you can taste freshly brewed Asahi Beer. You can try Super Dry, Super Dry Black, and Dry Premium. After you finish the tasting you can buy novelty goods and souvenirs at the shop and take a walk around the bio-garden. It's a great place to spend time with your family or significant other.

[About Asahi Beer Kanagawa Factory]

Opening Hours: 9:00-17:00

Closed: End of the year holidays

Price/fee: Free

Access:  20 minutes by bus or 15 minutes by taxi from Shin-Matsuda Station or 10 minutes by bus from Daiyuzan Station

Address: 1223 Nuda, Minamiashigara-shi, Kanagawa

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HP: www.asahibeer.co.jp/brewery/kanagawa/ (Japanese Only)

5. Roti's House [Chiba] 

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At Roti's House, you can tour the brewery and enjoy a beer tasting of local Maihama beer.

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At the Harvest Moon brewery, you can learn about the production process from a master certified by the Japanese Beer Association. You can also see the brewing process up close for a precious experience.

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After the tour, you can enjoy tasting Harvest Moon beer at Roti's House. After the tasting, you can enjoy beer and rotisserie meals that go perfectly with the drinks. This is a popular area where you can enjoy not just beer but delicious meals too.

[About Roti's House]

Opening Hours: 11:00-23:00

Closed: Never

Access: 1 minute from Maihama Station

Address:  Ikispiari 4F, Maihama 1-4, Urayasu-shi, Chiba ( Google Map )

HP: www.ikspiari.co.jp/harvestmoon/rotishouse/index.html (Japanese Only)

6. Sapporo Beer Chiba Factory [Chiba] 

You can enjoy a Black Label tour at the Sapporo Beer Chiba Factory for 500 yen. You can hear all about the great attention to detail used in the ingredients and production process for Black Label, tour the factory, and try freshly brewed Black Label beer afterwards.

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You'll be able to enjoy the beer production process and facilities up close and it will deepen your understanding of beer.

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After the tour, you can taste freshly brewed Black Label as well as check out panels detailing the history of Black Label and watch commercials. There is also a shop where you can buy Black Label goods that can only be found here. 

[About Sapporo Beer Chiba Factory]

Closed: Mondays, end of the year holidays, special holidays 

Price/fee: 500 - 1,300 yen

Access: 15 minutes by taxi or shuttle bus from Tsudanuma Station, 5 minutes by taxi from Shin-Narashino Station

Address: Takasecho 2, Funabashi-shi, Chiba ( Google Map )

HP: www.sapporobeer.jp/brewery/chiba/ (Japanese Only)

These 6 beer breweries are accessible from Tokyo, and all of them are either free or very reasonably priced for tours and tastings. They also have shops selling original goods and you can go with children, so please try to visit them if you can!

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  1. Suntory Tokyo-Musashino Brewery

    Suntory Tokyo-Musashino Brewery. One of the premier beer brands in Japan, Suntory offers free tours of their brewery in Musashino on a daily basis. Get to know one of the oldest beer breweries in Japan and learn how they make their well-loved products. At the end of the tour, you will also get to taste freshly produced beer—all for free!

  2. Suntory Brewery Tour and Drink

    The tour guide will explain everything in Japanese and at the tasting time, she will show you how to pour the beer the Suntory way, which guarantees a 7:3 ration of beer to foam in your glass. At the end of the tour, you are encouraged to purchase some souvenirs from the gift shop. The tour is a lot of fun and very educational and of course ...

  3. Get Your Tour and Pour at Suntory Brewery

    And if you really love free beer (and sake!), you can also check out the free tour at Ishikawa Brewery —the "Disneyland for beer lovers". Legal. Open with Maps. Name Suntory Musashino Brewery. Pricing info Free. Address 3 Chome Yazakicho, Fuchu, Tokyo. Area (s) Fuchu. Website Official Website ⚠️ Link in Japanese.

  4. Where Beer Is Born: Take a Suntory Brewery Tour in Musashino

    Fortunately, the final - and just maybe our favorite - part of the brewery tour is a visit to Suntory's tasting rooms, where guests can sample three different varieties of The Premium Malt's: Premium Lager, Kaoru Ale, and Master's Dream, a Pilsener type beer. Each is served, with just the right amount of creamy head, in a special ...

  5. Suntory Brewery Musashino Factory

    The brewery itself is about 45-ish minutes outside of Tokyo but it's an easy train ride and it's even accessible via JR lines (for those JR rail pass holders). we arrived at the JR Bubaigawara station and took the free Suntory shuttle to/from the factory. there is a set schedule so make sure to check with the brewery so you can plan your tour ...

  6. Suntory Kyoto Brewery

    Around 90% of beer is made of water, so Suntory insists on building their brewery in places rich in high quality ground water. A tour of the brewery will demonstrate the process of beer production, from ingredient selection, wort production, fermentation, maturation, and filtration to packaging.

  7. The Suntory kyoto Beer Factory: Free Tour and Beer Tasting!

    At the Suntory Kyoto beer factory they brew version of The Premium Malts including: original, ale, and masters dream. While the Suntory first became famous for its whiskey, their beers have been very successful and produce my favorite mass produced beer, The Premium Malt's.What makes Premium Malt's special is that it is a 100% malted barley Danish style beer.

  8. Suntory Kyoto Brewery

    Suntory operates a whisky distillery, and even produced the first whisky to be registered in the U.S. (In fact, you can also tour the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery, 30 minutes south of the brewery by train.) After their success with whiskey, Suntory began brewing its own beer, and soon became one of the most popular breweries in the country.

  9. Suntory Musashino Brewery Tour

    Established in 1899, Suntory is one of the oldest companies that produces all kinds of drinks in Japan. You can even see their trademark all over the country. So, I was interested in visiting Suntory Musashino Brewery after a friend's suggestion. The excursion was in Japanese as most of the visitors were Japanese - adults as well as kids.

  10. Suntory Musashino Beer Factory

    View Website. 0423 60 9591. Transport: Free shuttle bus from Bubaigawara Station (Keio, Nambu lines) Price: Free. Opening hours: 10am-3.15pm (last tour)/irregular closing days. Known for its blue ...

  11. Suntory Brewery Tour and Drink

    The Suntory brewery in Fuchu (a suburb of Tokyo) operates free tours to explain the technique and knowledge that goes into creating their famous beers, including the well-known brand Premium Malts. The factory is easily accessible by train and accepts both adults and children for their tours; however, at the tasting time only adults may try the ...

  12. Suntory Kyoto Brewery (Natural Water Beer Plant)

    This Suntory beer factory in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture holds free guided tours of the production process for its "The Premium Malts" beer. Places on the tour must be reserved in advance and each tour takes 70 to 90 minutes. After learning about how beer ingredients are chosen, one can look at the preparation pots up close and then ...

  13. Suntory Brewery Kyoto Tour

    When it comes to beer, Suntory offers tours at the Tokyo Musashino Factory, Kyoto Factory and Kyushu Kumamoto Factory. Whisky-wise they have the Yamazaki distillery and the Hakushu distillery, both usually offering tours, but the latter is in renovation until autumn 2023.

  14. Get Your Tour and Pour On at Suntory Brewery

    Tour times: Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm. Saturday, Sunday, and Japanese public holidays 10:00 am-11:30 am. And if you really love free beer (and sake!), you can also check out the free tour at Ishikawa Brewery — the "Disneyland for beer lovers". Images by Angela Schnabel.

  15. Suntory Kyoto Brewery

    Suntory encourages visitors to arrive via public transportation, as Japan has very strict laws re: DUI. They meet you at the railway station with their shuttle bus. The brewery is ultra modern and spotlessly clean. You can pick up a free audio set in your choice of languages at Reception for the guided tour.

  16. Suntory Japanese Whisky Distillery Tours

    Yamazaki Distillery. The Yamazaki Distillery is Japan's first and oldest malt whisky distillery established in 1923 by Suntory's founder Shinjiro Torii. Inspired by traditional Scottish whisky, Torii envisioned a Japanese approach by choosing a terrain and climate completely different to those of Scotland to create a unique kind of whisky.

  17. Suntory Kyoto Brewery

    Suntory Kyoto Brewery holds two types of tours. Each tours are free of charge. 1:Guided tours (About 70 min) This is a normal guided tour. This tour is held every day except a factory holiday. A schedule for three months including this month can make reservations. 2:Lecture of "The Premium Malts" (About 90 min)

  18. Suntory Yamazaki Distillery |Japanese whisky distillery

    Visit the distillery where Japanese whisky was born. Reservations for the Yamazaki Distillery Tour can be made, where the guide will show you how our whiskies are made, and help you understand the craftsmenship and dedication of Yamazaki Distillery. Understand, taste and enjoy a range of Suntory's whiskies and learn the history of Suntory's whisky making, at the Yamazaki Whisky Museum.

  19. 6 Beer Factories and Museum Easily Reachable from Tokyo

    After you finish the tour, you can try freshly brewed The Premium Malts. After the tour and the beer tasting, you can take a photo with a Malts panel and buy original goods that can only be found here in the shop. It takes about 70 minutes, and is free. [About Suntory Musashino Beer Factory] Opening Hours: 9:30-17:00

  20. Beam Suntory Rebrands As Suntory Global Spirits

    The new name comes as Suntory Global Spirits celebrates 10 years of sustained and profitable growth since Suntory Holdings (its parent company) acquired Beam Inc. in 2014.

  21. Aleisa Vergara Silva

    11 likes, 0 comments - leivsilva on May 8, 2024: "Brewery tour and free beer tasting. Free! Suntory brewery, Kyoto! #suntory #brewery #beertasting".

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  25. Electrostal History and Art Museum

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