Tokyo's Oldest Sake Brewery and jump into historic town

Our guide will meet you here and take a train for approximately 30 minutes to the first destination. Please purchase your train ticket. Train ticket for round trip is Approx. 2,000yen.

Thirty buildings from the Edo period to the early Showa period, which had high cultural value but were difficult to preserve on site, have been relocated and restored and are on display. Indoor exhibits are also held according to the period of construction and the purpose for which the building was used, recreating the lifestyle and culture of that time. The designs for the film Spirited Away (2001), directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli), were based on the designs of public bathhouses in the museum and the architecture of merchant houses in the downtown area.

This brewery has a history of over 300 years, and the sake they make with water that springs from the Chichibu Paleozoic Formation, one of the best spring waters in the country, has a crisp, impressive aftertaste. The terrace adjacent to the brewery allows you to enjoy your meal surrounded by beautiful nature, making it a very popular tourist spot. You will have an opportunity to get explanation about the process of making sake, talk about the brewery, and enjoy a tour of the brewery, which will be an unforgettable experience. And of course, Sake sampling is included in this tour!

When calligrapher Taguchi Beiho visited the temple outside Gusu city in China in 1885, he was entrusted with a wooden statue of Shaka Buddha by the head monk, Soshinshi. After returning to Japan, the temple was built here in 1930 with the cooperation of Ozawa Taihei. People who come to stroll through the valley can be seen stopping by the hall, which stands quietly along the Mitake Valley footpath, to ring the bell.

Please purchase your train ticket.