Kyoto Yamazaki Whisky & Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Halvdags liten gruppetur

The tour today to the Asahi estate and Suntory Yamazaki distillery was an amazing experience. I was met by Fuji-san at the train station, and she was an amazing guide who spoke great English and taught me a lot about the history of the area, as well as the two locations we visited. I would highly recommend this tour for any whisky lover or anyone trying to get out of the main tourist hubs and get out to the countryside. This was one of the highlights of my trip.

Our guide Yuri was amazing and made this tour all the more enjoyable!! She truly got to know each group on the tour and tailored her recommendations and conversation. She also had plenty of knowledge about the area and both tour spots, which was very fun. The meet up point was clear and close to the museum and Suntory. Both locations are incredible, but I do wish we overall had more time in each place. The walk to the museum is up a very steep hill so just be prepared for that, though the walk is short. Suntory was a beautiful spot and the tasting just made it that much better. We even got little gift bags at the end! ☺️ Highly recommend this tour, especially if you missed out on the lottery for Suntory!

Whisky-turen på en halv dag til Yamazaki Whisky Museum og Asahi Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art var helt fenomenal! Veibeskrivelsen til møtestedet var tydelig og enkel, rett utenfor Yamazaki stasjon (hovedutgangen), bare en kort spasertur fra destilleriet. Guiden vår var allerede der og ventet, supervennlig og imøtekommende, og tilbød oss til og med flaskevann og senere en gavepose, noe som var en veldig omtenksom gest.

Our guide Aya is the best! There's so many small nuggets of interesting information that I wouldn't have known. It made the tour more enjoyable. The whiskey tasting was a good way to try the bottles we were so curious about.

Vi hadde en flott opplevelse på Asahi-museet og Yamazaki Distillery-turen med guiden vår Woohee. Hun var vennlig, kunnskapsrik og full av interessante historier om villaen og dens samlinger, noe som gjorde besøket veldig hyggelig. Rommene og hagene er fulle av karakter og en fryd å utforske. Destillerituren var like bra. Woohees lidenskap og kunnskap gjorde at destilleriets historie virkelig kom til live, og whiskysmakingen var avslappet og veldig hyggelig. Det var en fantastisk dag, og vi vil på det sterkeste anbefale denne turen til andre.

Our wonderful host welcomed us warmly at the Yamazaki Station, incl. a free bottle of cold water. Very mindful. She answered all kinds of questions and explained everything about the visiting sites, organized all tickets and even a small present at the Suntory Destillery for all of us. The tour over all is definitely recommendable. The art museum is a beautiful location, even when your not into arts, you can enjoy the beautiful garten and a cafe. The Suntory Museum speaks for itself as well as the tasting and the gift shop. we enjoyed it a lot! Thank you very much!

We had a wonderful day with our English speaking guide. She was extremely knowledgeable and funny! The Asahi Art Museum was absolutely stunning and much more enjoyable than expected (be warned though - it’s a bit of a hike up a hill to get there!). The whisky distillery museum was a little bit of a whirlwind but we were all pretty keen to get tasting. A very enjoyable day - thank you!

The guide was very friendly and explained everything in great detail, speaking very good English! She made the already incredible experience of visiting the asahi museum and the yamazaki distillery that much more enjoyable, taking the group on a walk around the beautiful area in-between the 2 tours.

I was able to see the guide on time at Yamazaki Station and handed out a bottle of drink. The Asahi Museum of Art was able to make a modern house like this about 100 years ago, and it was good to see art. The best thing was the Yamazaki Distillery Tour, which was good for explaining and giving me gifts.

Highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide Fuji San was friendly and very knowledgeable. Very much appreciate this gifts we all received from her at the end. The Asahi villa museum and Yamazaki Distillary are a must see for Art lovers, architecure and whisky conoseurs. Thank you Fuji San