Soy Sauce Tour: Craft Your Own Bottle

Discover the art of soy sauce making in Asuka Nara. Press, taste, and personalize your own bottle at a historic brewery.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tokuboshi Soy Sauce Factory - Established 105 years ago, Tokusei Soy Sauce has been producing soy sauce near the entrance to Okadera Temple in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. Visitors can enjoy a tour of the brewery and have the unique opportunity to use an original press to create their own soy sauce from the mash. The experience is enhanced by…
What's Included
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Soy sauce is a vital component in Japanese cuisine. After exploring an authentic soy sauce brewery with over a century of history, guests can engage in a hands-on activity of extracting soy sauce from moromi, the soy sauce base, using a traditional wooden press.
Conclude the experience by attaching a personalized label to the bottle. Guests will have the…

Location
明日香スタンド
We will be accepting applications inside the Asuka stand.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jens
Apr 25, 2025
In-depth tour and soy sauce making experience - Nice tour with two very kind hosts. English is very good as well. We saw the soy sauce factory and pressed our own soy sauce, and got to take it home with a label we could make ourselves to make it more unique. When finished with the tour we tried dango, a local delicacy with soy sauce from the factory. Very good experience and would definitely recommend!
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622curtv
Apr 16, 2025
Amazing Time!!! - We had an absolutely great time! We learned a lot and saw some beautiful old building and countryside. Highly recommend to anybody interested in Japanese culture. Our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.
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Kyren
Apr 14, 2025
Must see Asuka-Nara away from mass tourism - Super experience very friendly and familiar. The place is a little remote but worth every visit! Definitely worth it for a day trip.It has a lot of temples and sights in the village that have almost no tourists. The Guied was great and told me a lot about the story, I also learned a lot about the soy sauces. I was allowed to take my self-pressed soy sauces with me and was then fed in their super nice souvenir stand/cafe.(included)
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Southsd
Apr 11, 2025
Go for it! You'll have a fantastic time. - Extremely gracious hosts who were accommodating to us, even with our confused tourist ways. The soy sauce experience was detailed, and delicious. As was the Dango! Thank you so much
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Sightsee29884620381
Mar 31, 2025
Fun class in historic town! - We went as a family and had a lot of fun! A lot of the other activities that we did were in very crowded touristy places. This town was beautiful and the class was interesting. I’d recommend this activity :)
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From $83
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).