The Mizkan Museum’s surprisingly engaging interactive exhibitions introduce Japanese food culture, focusing on sushi and vinegar. Mitsukan, Japan’s premier vinegar manufacturer, was founded in 1804.

Handa City’s sake, vinegar, miso, and tamari soy sauce breweries have endured over 300 years. Large wooden ships transported brewery products fromtheHandaCanaltoallover Japan.

Come for the sake tasting and to learn sakeculture.Anexcellentsake museum displays brewing tools and techniques dating to the 1600s. The brewery's reflection floats on the surface of the historic Handa Canal.

Nakasada Shoten produces miso and tamari soy sauce, which are essentials of Japanese cuisine. Soybeans and salt mature for over two years in large wooden vats, creating a rich flavor sought by chefs across Japan.

Six breweries in Taketoyo Town have followed traditional miso and tamari brewing methods for generations. This community market near the historic Kura-no-Machi area is where you can sample and buy miso, tamari, and local seasonings.

Sample fantastic local sake after touring the rustic Sawada Sake Brewery. Establishedin1848,theold-style brewery,knownforitsbrandsake called Hakuro, is in a quiet Ise Bay port town.

ChitaPeninsula’soldestbrewery houses this unique restaurant, which displays Japan’s food culture. The menu features fermented dishes and drinks, such as miso cutlet, tamari ice cream, sake, and even miso beer.

The ninth-generation owner of this family-run sake brewery aims to continue brewing “food sake.” Tours are available, and you can stroll the brewery grounds, which blend history with modernity. Definitely, taste samples of fresh sake.