Gensaka Sake Brewery
Genzaka Sake Brewery is a sake brewery located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, and continues to produce sake using traditional methods. The sake, which is painstakingly made using high-quality local rice and pure water, is popular with local Japanese people as well as foreigners from overseas, and some people even travel all the way to Ise just to see the brewery.However, the sake brewery tour and tasting program is not open to everyone, but is only available to guests of luxury hotels and travel agencies that have contracts with Motozaka Sake Brewery. Visitors can learn about the sake brewing process while enjoying fresh, juicy sake.

Japanese cuisine: Hinakaya
This famous Japanese restaurant was awarded one Michelin star in the Mie Michelin Guide. It stands next to the pesticide-free “Isenishiki” rice fields that Gensaka Sake Brewery has revived, and serves exquisite seasonal kaiseki cuisine amid a spectacular view of the scenic and abundant Isemiya River. With its thatched roof, earthen walls, earthen floor, and hearth, the restaurant retains the original scenery of good old Japan, allowing you to feel Japan through its food and architecture.

Visiting Gensaka Sake Brewery and Hinakaya will give you a valuable experience of enjoying Ise’s sake culture and local ingredients. It is especially recommended for those who are interested in sake or want to learn more about local culture.
This time, the tour will be specially designed to pair the cuisine of Hinakaya with Gensaka Sake Brewery’s sake.