【TONO JAPAN HOP COUNTRY TONO BEER TOURS -BEER-】
BEER EXPERIENCE guided tour is visiting two of Tono’s finest microbreweries and tasting the hops in action. Enjoy a picnic-style lunch right on a hop farm surrounded by an endless curtain of hops and pair your favorite local beers with fresh seasonal harvests.
Do you know “hop”, an important ingredient that creates the aroma and taste of beer? In this tour, you will visit hop fields and two breweries in Tono, a major Japanese hop-producing area! This is a must-see tour for beer lovers, which can only be experienced in Tono, where hop fields and breweries are located in the city area. Enjoy “until hops become beer” with a beer tourism guide and experience the best beer of your life!
Please contact us by email.
*Please tell us your name, No. of your group, and Your preferred date(s) of joining our tour.
Date： July to 12th August
*The holding period varies depending on the growth and harvest conditions of hops.
Tour Duration : About 4 and a half hours
Price：¥16,000〜24,000 per person (Tax included. Depending on No. of participants of the group)
*Included in price: Guide fee, facility usage fee, lunch box fee, beer tasting fee, Tono charter taxi fee
11:00 Meeting at JR Tono Sta.
Your beer tourism guide is waiting in front of the station. After telling you the schedule of the day, we will move to the first destination on foot.
11:15 Arriving at Tono Brewing Taproom
Visit the first brewery and have a welcome drink. Pick up your lunch box made with local ingredients. In the brewery tour, we will ask about the characteristics of their beer and the story of its founding.
12:15 Kamihei-Shuzo (ZUMONA BEER) Brewery Tour
Visit the second brewery and sample beer. Enjoy the aroma and taste of beer using Tono-made hops.
12:55 Arrive at hop field
Visiting a new variety of hop fields (MURAKAMI SEVEN) that has introduced the German cultivation method. Let’s experience the refreshing scent of hops!
13:30 Visiting the second hop field and enjoy glasses of beer with lunch boxes
Enjoy lunchtime in the hop field where IBUKI varieties of hops are cultivated! Let’s toast in the hop field!
15:20 Return to JR Tono Sta.
There are facilities where you can buy souvenirs in front of the station, so you can enjoy buying souvenirs and exploring the town after the tour.
*Some contents may change depending on the weather.
Please contact us by email.
*Please tell us your name, No. of your group, and Your preferred date(s) of joining our tour.
A mask may be required for participation.
Participants’ temperatures will be taken upon arrival. Those with a high temperature may be withheld from participation.
Participants experiencing a fever or symptoms of illness are kindly asked to refrain from participation.
Planed by: Tono Tourism Association
Operated by: BEER EXPERIENCE Co., Ltd.
In Partnership with BrewGood
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電話番号: 代表 050-8880-1870、ビアツーリズム専用 050-8880-1872
