Places behind the journey.
Useful places first. Photography is a bonus, never a requirement.
Obata Shuzo Gakkogura
Obata Shuzo Gakkogura is a former elementary school operated as a brewery, with an advance-arranged Tour & Tasting that makes it a core sake experience on this journey.
Goen no Yado Itoya
Goen no Yado Itoya is a potential non-driving base in Mano-shinmachi, close to the local bus stop and offering English support, online booking and meal plans using Sado ingredients.
Obata Shuzo
Obata Shuzo is the brewery behind Gakkogura, providing the parent-brewery context for understanding the story of the school brewery.
Ryotsu Port
Ryotsu Port is the Sado-side gateway for the year-round ferry route from Niigata and the natural starting point for this public-transport journey.
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya is one of the four distinct Suwa Taisha shrines and is included in Shinyu’s four-shrine guest bus route.
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Harumiya
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Harumiya is one of the four distinct Suwa Taisha shrines and is included in Shinyu’s four-shrine guest bus route.
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Honmiya
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Honmiya is one of the four distinct Suwa Taisha shrines and is included in Shinyu’s four-shrine guest bus route.
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya is one of the four distinct Suwa Taisha shrines and is included in Shinyu’s four-shrine guest bus route.
Kamisuwa Onsen Shinyu
Kamisuwa Onsen Shinyu can simplify the journey with station transfer, luggage storage, an onsen stay and meals, plus a reservable guest bus serving all four Suwa Taisha shrines.
Masumi / Miyasaka Brewing
Masumi / Miyasaka Brewing is one of Kamisuwa’s five Suwa Gokura breweries and a core stop in the compact brewery-walk experience.
Yokobue / Ito Shuzo
Yokobue / Ito Shuzo is one of Kamisuwa’s five Suwa Gokura breweries and a core stop in the compact brewery-walk experience.
Honkin
Honkin is one of Kamisuwa’s five Suwa Gokura breweries and a core stop in the compact brewery-walk experience.
Reijin
Reijin is one of Kamisuwa’s five Suwa Gokura breweries and a core stop in the compact brewery-walk experience.
Maihime
Maihime is one of Kamisuwa’s five Suwa Gokura breweries and a core stop in the compact brewery-walk experience.
JR Kamisuwa Station
JR Kamisuwa Station is the rail gateway to central Kamisuwa and a natural starting point for exploring the five Suwa Gokura breweries nearby.
Sakudaira Station
Sakudaira Station is the Shinkansen-side gateway for travelers heading to KURABITO STAY from Tokyo, making it the natural long-distance rail starting point for this journey.
KURABITO STAY
Stay on the brewery grounds at KURABITO STAY, the base for the multi-day Kurabito Experience and a place to settle into Saku’s sake-making story.
Tokamachi Station
Tokamachi Station marks the end of this Shu*Kura journey. Step off here after experiencing Niigata through sake, landscape and movement aboard the train.
Joetsumyoko Station
Joetsumyoko Station is the starting gateway for this ShuKura journey. Board Koshino ShuKura here and let the sake experience begin as the train heads toward Tokamachi.
Hama Fukutsuru Ginjo Kobo
Hama Fukutsuru Ginjo Kobo is a brewery stop where you can see sake-making through glass, taste freshly pressed sake and explore limited bottles before continuing west through Nada Gogo.
Nada Gogo Sakedokoro
Nada Gogo Sakedokoro is the route’s sake-and-food anchor, bringing together Nada sake and small dishes in a tasting stop designed to fit naturally into the wider brewery walk.
Okage Tofuan
Okage Tofuan is a small local tofu shop that gives you a food break between sake stops as you walk from Nada Gogo Sakedokoro toward Kobe Shushinkan.
Kobe Shushinkan
Kobe Shushinkan brings the walk to a brewery-focused finish, combining the home of Fukuju sake with tasting, brewery experiences, a shop and Japanese food on site.
Hanshin Ishiyagawa Station
Hanshin Ishiyagawa Station is the finish point for this Nada Gogo walk after Kobe Shushinkan, giving the route a clear rail endpoint at a different station from where you started.