Kansai Sake Trail: Where to Taste, Buy, and Stay in Nada and Fushimi
Two of Japan’s three great sake regions, an hour apart by train — and different enough to taste the gap between them in one day. By Biteway Japan · 7 min read Biteway Japan is reader-supported. Some of our guides contain affiliate links — if you book through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Nothing here is paid placement. Nada and Fushimi brew sake from completely different water, and it shows. Nada, tucked between Kobe and Osaka, draws from a hard mineral spring called Miyamizu that pushes toward drier, more assertive sake. Fushimi, on Kyoto’s southern edge, uses soft water that comes out […]
