- We offer guided tours to the distillery and our warehouses by advance reservation. With our expert guides, you will see all the whisky making process up close. You will also enjoy tasting our whisky after the tours at "THE MELLOW BAR" situated on the second floor of our building, that overlooks the beautiful ocean with long white sand beach of HIOKI city.
Tour Contents
- 1Reception Desk
- 2History Guide
- 3Mash Tun (Sugar Conversion)
- 4Wash Back (Fermentation)
- 5Pot Stills (Distillation)
- 6Warehouse
- 7Tasting at “THE MELLOW BAR”
- 8Please enjoy your time
at our “SHOP” and “GARDEN"
- *We don’t offer any liquor to car drivers.
- *Soft drink is also available.
- Tour Hours
- Sat/Sun/Nat. Holidays
10:30 - 11:30
Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun/Nat. Holidays
1:30PM - 2:30PM
(SHOP open until 4:30PM)
Tour closed: Oct 22nd and 24th
- Summer Openings:
- Jul 23rd - Aug 16th
Tue - Fri 1:30PM - 2:30PM
- Fee(tax included)
- -Adult: 1,000 JPY
(Tasting included)
-Children: 500 JPY(soft drink included)
-One child (under12) per adult is
free of charge for sofa seat.
- Closed Day
- Closed Mondays,
(except public holidays)
and New Year's Holidays.
Temporary Closure: Nov 9th(Sat)
To make a reservation for a distillery tour, please submit
the following information at least two weeks prior to the
desired date to info@kanosuke.com.
Name/Requested date of visit/Requested tour time
(Weekdays 1:30PM/ Weekends:10:30AM or 1:30PM)
/Number of guests/Country of residence/E-mail
/Daytime phone/Requested guide language (Japanese or English)
- *Reservations need to be made by 14 days before the visits.
- *Confirmations will be sent via e-mails within few days.
- *Reservation will be available from one month in advance.
- *In case you do not receive the confirmation e-mail
or you would like to cancel your reservation,
please let us know at info@kanosuke.com - *Children under 12 will share a table with an adult for sofa seats.
*If one of your group members is capable of interpreting
from Japanese, please cooperate with interpreting
amongst your group as much as possible.- *Please understand that depending on the requested
date of your visit, an English-speaking guide may not be available.