I went to Fushimi, Kyoto for a sake brewery tour during the consecutive holidays in May.

First, get off at Chushojima Station on the Keihan Line, walk about 5 minutes, and you will find Chokenji Temple before the Fushimi Jyuseki-shu.(tourist ship)

We will pay our respects here. This shrine enshrines Benzaiten, one of the seven gods of fortune that bring good fortune, wisdom, and treasures, and is believed by people to be one of the seven gods of fortune.

Cross the bridge to the Gekkeikan Okura Memorial Museum.

Pay the admission fee of 600 yen. You will receive one boar cup and three coins.

We will look around at the history of Gekkeikan and finally, we will have a tasting. (This is the fun part)

You can choose 3 coins and 3 types from 10 items.

I prefer dry, so I selected and tasted three types of junmai ginjo dry.

They are mellow and delicious.

There is a store next door where you can purchase the sake you tasted.

I decided to buy some on my way home since there were still some places I wanted to visit.

Next, we went to the Kizakura Brewery.

We went to Kappa Country to see the history of Kizakura and then to the Kizakura restaurant.

For lunch, I had the salmon and dashimaki tamago set meal, and for sake (this is the important part), I chose freshly brewed sake…and for a side dish, I chose tako wasabi.

The octopus is tender and the wasabi is not too spicy and goes very well with sake.

This restaurant also focuses on making beer.

Continue through Ryoma Street to Teradaya.

This is where Ryoma Sakamoto used to stay in Kyoto.

I had mistakenly thought that he was murdered here. The place where he was murdered is Omiya.

Admission here is 400 yen for adults.

On the way back, the place where the Gekkeikan headquarters used to be is now a cafe, where we will have tea.

There were no seats available, but there were not many waiters and we had to wait quite a long time.

When I was about to leave, I was called to the restaurant, had a cup of coffee, and quickly left.

I went to the reception to take the Jujisekibune(tourist ship), but was told that there was a two-hour wait.

The weather was beautiful and it was a good day for sightseeing.

After returning home, I realized that there was one more liquor store I wanted to visit, but I had completely forgotten about it.

I would like to try again next time…