Dining room of the 100-year-old house under a glowing chandelier

Stay

A sake retreat on Tokyo's nature side,
all to yourselves.

A private sauna, a BBQ, and conversations under warm light. Up to 10 guests.

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Guests listening to a sommelier inside the sake brewery

Sake Tour

Walk a 300-year-old brewery
with a sake sommelier.

From Shinjuku to Sawanoi — a five-and-a-half-hour journey into sake.

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A Field Trip
for Grown-ups

— with far better drink.

SAWAI, TOKYO

Sawai, Tokyo

In Sawai, a riverside town,
two kinds of time flow side by side.

Sawai is a small town on the upper Tama River, at the gateway to Okutama. A brewery that has made sake for 300 years and a house that has welcomed people for 100 years stand just one station apart.

Connect over sake, open up in the sauna, talk late around the fire. Forget about efficiency, and make time in this town for the things worth wasting time on.

100 yrsAge of the house
300 yrsHistory of the Sawanoi brewery
1 stopIkusabata and Sawai are neighbors
Stepping-stone path to the latticed front door
Bottles of Sawanoi sake

Two Ways to Experience

Stay. Explore.

Inside the sauna
STAY

An entire kominka × a sauna made for conversation

★ 4.9 10 Airbnb stay reviews
  • Up to 10 guests · over 100 m²
  • Private sauna for guests only (up to 100°C) and cold plunge
  • Gas BBQ grill · a bottle of sake with every stay
  • 1 minute on foot from Ikusabata Station (JR Ome Line)
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Sake tasting
SAKE TOUR

Sawanoi Brewery Tour with a Sommelier

★ 4.99 500 Airbnb Experience reviews
  • 5 hours 30 minutes · meet in Shinjuku
  • Guided in English by a certified sake sommelier
  • Junmai, ginjo and daiginjo tasting with light snacks
  • ¥20,000 per person (transport not included) · ages 20+
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Combine Them — Model Plan

Learn at the brewery, talk late at the retreat.
A field trip for grown-ups — with far better drink.

DAY 1 — 09:00

Meet in Shinjuku

Head west on the Ome Line with your sommelier

DAY 1 — 11:00

The Sawanoi brewery

Brewery visit, tasting, a toast by the Tama River

DAY 1 — 16:00

Check in to the retreat

1 minute from Ikusabata, the next station

DAY 1 — 18:00

Sauna and BBQ

Open the sake you discovered with your friends

DAY 2 — 07:00

Morning through shoji

Wake up to the quiet

* This is a sample itinerary. Times are approximate. The tour and the stay are booked separately on Airbnb.