The Otori Brewery is located in the Hyogo Prefecture, in Sasayama. Sasayama was the largest town, closest to where we were staying with our friend, so it made sense to explore the area and see what we could find. The Brewery itself has a shop, musuem, and courtyard garden to walk through. There is a Trip Advisor page for it as well.
My husband John and I visited with our friend Deven, and did a walk-through. The shop was having a tasting, so with Deven's help we tried a few kinds and brought some souveniors home. While John sampled of the sake they had open, I looked around, and ended up picking out a little friend, a small, furry boar on a keychain.
This particular brewery plays music to the sake they are brewing, and sell bottles based on the musical styles experienced. The musuem had some of the barrels set up, with speakers, and there was music playing when we walked through. John has brewed beer, back at home, so with Deven translating the signs, we were able to work out the terminology together, and see how things had been made before. The production has since moved elsewhere, but it was fun to walk through and see the history.
