Kurodo experience
3 days required
Itinerary [Day 1]
■14:00 Gathering/Orientation
We will provide a detailed explanation of the schedule, accommodation, and notes regarding the experience during your stay, as well as provide a time for self-introductions for everyone who will be spending the three days together as brewers.
■14:30 Move to Iwamotoji Temple
Head to Iwamoto-ji Temple, the 37th temple of Shikoku's 88 sacred sites in a town with a sake brewery.
■14:35 Misogi
Cleanse your mind and body before brewing sake.
We will have a sermon about alcohol and temples.
■16:00 Move to the sake brewery and watch the sake brewing process video (about 8 minutes)
You will watch an explanation video about sake breweries, our passion for sake brewing, and the brewing process.
■16:10 Washing and soaking rice
The sake rice that will be steamed the next morning is washed and soaked. This work is very time-consuming.
This is a work where you can experience the depth and difficulty of making sake by changing the conditions, such as the time to wash the rice and the time to pickle it, depending on the sake to be made and the temperature.
■17:00 Steaming
Steam the rice using a stove
■18:00 Dinner
Dinner at the pairing bar attached to the sake brewery.
Enjoy dishes made mainly from Tosa ingredients and Japanese sake.
■20:00 Stay at Iwamotoji Temple
Itinerary [2nd day]
■6:30 Morning service
A memorial service was held at the main hall of Iwamotoji Temple.
■7:00 Breakfast
Prepare your body with a Buddhist temple breakfast.
Let's try the local brand rice, which is also used as the raw material for alcoholic beverages.
■8:00 Washing rice, steaming rice, koji making, preparation
Following the instructions of the brewer, we perform sake-making tasks such as steaming the rice, cooling it, making koji, making the yeast mash, and mashing the mash.
■12:00 Lunch
Enjoy a salt ball lunch with the brewer and brewer.
■13:00 Sake brewing
We will be involved in sake making, such as paddle racking, sorting koji, peeling sake lees, cleaning up, and helping with shipping preparations.
■17:00 Dinner
Enjoy dinner with the chief brewer and brewer.
Itinerary [3rd day]
■7:00 Breakfast
Power charge before the final work.
■8:00 Washing rice, steaming rice, koji making, preparation
Following the instructions of the brewer, we perform sake-making tasks such as steaming the rice, cooling it, making koji, making the yeast mash, and mashing the mash.
■11:00 Alcohol label creation
Try handwriting your own original label.
This will be your original alcohol label.
■12:00 Lunch and certificate of completion of brewing experience
We will give you a certificate of completion as a commemoration of your sake brewing experience.
Please take it home as a souvenir of your life.
■13:00 End
Precautions etc.
■Event dates: Irregular (Please check the calendar linked to the "Apply" button)
■Holding time: 2 nights and 3 days
■Capacity: 4 to 10 people (please consult in advance for large groups)
■Experience fee: 98,000 yen (tax included) Ages 20 and over
■What is included in the experience
1. Brewery experience fee (The chief brewer or brewer will guide you)
2. Accommodation at Iwamotoji Temple (2 nights) included in the itinerary, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners
3. Junmai Daiginjo “SHIMANTO” 500ml 3 bottles
<br>Additional fees will be charged separately.
■What is not included in the experience
Expenses other than those included in the above experience
■Notes
1. Please do not eat natto for one week before your tour.
2. Do not wear scented items such as cosmetics or perfumes.
3. No smoking inside the venue
4. Please follow the instructions of the staff (there is a lot of equipment and it is dangerous)
If you do not follow the instructions of the staff, you may be asked to leave.
■What to bring
1. mask
2. Curiosity about sake brewing
■Payment
Reservation page Credit card accepted
■Cancellation fee
100% on the day, 100% for non-participation without contact after the start of the trip
80% of the previous day starting from the day before the trip start date
50% from 3 days to 2 days starting from the day before the trip start date
20% from 7 days to 4 days starting from the day before the trip start date
■Reservation
Available online only
<br>If you are a group or would like to make arrangements, please contact us by e-mail.
info@fumimoto.jp