🚘 Private wine tasting in Yamanashi — from Tokyo
Katsunuma → Historic winery → Lunch → Mt. Fuji viewpoint
Visit: Yamanashi Region
Duration: 9 hours
Lunch: Not Included
Language: English/Japanese/Chinese/Portuguese/Spanish/Dutch/Nepalese
Yamanashi is where Japanese wine began, two hours from Tokyo. A few long-established wineries, and koshu — the native grape that barely leaves the country. With a chauffeur, everyone gets to drink; nobody has to stay sober to drive.
- hours
- 9
- per car
- ¥81,840
About this Tour
Fruitful experience of Winery tour in Japan, located in the Yamanashi prefecture with a personalized sightseeing tour curated for you by our knowledgeable staff.
1. Friendly and knowledgeable chauffeur：One of our friendly and courteous chauffeurs will come and pick you up at your desired location.
2. Enjoy and relax your ride to your destination：Enjoy the flexibility of our private tours and customize the itinerary to your interests. Let us help you to experience the very best of Japanese wine.
3. Safety：Your safety will forever remain our number one priority. Please rest absolutely assured that our chauffeurs are the best because Outech only hires the best.
Please enjoy our tour. The wine makers will also explain about characteristics of their wine!
・This tour is available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays except on public holidays and New Year holidays.
・The private winery and wine tasting tour in Maruki Winery takes about an hour.
・The minimum number of people required is 4.
🕖 Departure: 7:00 am🕔 Tour ends: 4:00 pm
🕐 The day, hour by hour
08:30Hotel pickup
Tokyo hotel
10:30Visit1.3 hours
First Katsunuma winery
12:00Lunch (your pick)1.3 hours
Lunch with koshu wine
13:30Visit1.3 hours
Second winery — the cellar
15:00Photo stop30′
Mt. Fuji viewpoint on the way back
15:45Drive back to Tokyo
Back to Tokyo
17:30Hotel drop-off
Hotel
📍 Itinerary idea
Pick-up at your hotel
Maruki Winery4 hours
Sample selected wines from the Maruki Winery and enjoy the convenience of round-trip hotel transportation from the city. Your private chauffeur will not only serve as your "designated driver," but will also share history and insight about the Yamanashi region. The Maruki Winery is the oldest winery in Japan, located in the Yamanashi prefecture. Its 50 acres of vineyards are famous for being the birthplace of Koshu grapes, producing remarkable wines with a combination of flavors, from citrus (particularly Japanese yuzu) to yellow fruit. The Maruki Winery also produces red wines from Muscat Bailey A grapes, resulting in their wonderful aroma, reminiscent of strawberries. *Important Reminder -This tour is available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays except on public holidays and New Year holidays. -The minimum number of people required is 4. The 4 hour duration includes 2hour drive from Tokyo to Maruki Winery
Chateau Mercian Winery60 minutes
For all the oenophiles who wish to discover and savor even more wines from Yamanashi, your chauffeur will gladly take you to two other wineries: the "Tomi no Oka winery" and the "Chateau Mercian winery". Each visit includes a tasting of unique, locally produced wines, a visit to the wine cellar, and a tour of the vineyard. If you're looking for a relaxing, but also in depth look at the Yamanashi wine industry, we are here for you!
Suntory Tominooka Winery4 hours
For all the oenophiles who wish to discover and savor even more wines from Yamanashi, your chauffeur will gladly take you to two other wineries: the "Tomi no Oka winery" and the "Chateau Mercian winery". Each visit includes a tasting of unique, locally produced wines, a visit to the wine cellar, and a tour of the vineyard. If you're looking for a relaxing, but also in depth look at the Yamanashi wine industry, we are here for you! The 4 hour duration includes 2hour drive from Suntory Tominooka Winery to Tokyo.
Drop-off at your hotel
Chauffeur / English Speaker Guide
Our chauffeurs go through a rigorous selection process, and extensively trained on driving skills, Tokyo geography and history. They are energetic and passionate about their jobs, friendly and eager to please our customers. They are ready to go above and beyond to make your trip memorable and worthwhile, and often have a special (and pleasant) surprise for you and your guest. When you think about it, they are much more than a driver/tour guide. They are your personal concierge. Please join one of our tours, and we guarantee to deliver the best experience.
Our Services
- 💧 Bottled water
- 💧 Tour guide in English
- 💧 Taking photos service
- 💧 Snacks
*Anniversary gift service
* Please request * items when you reserve this tour.
Additional Info
- • Pick-up and drop-off locations are in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Mitaka City or Musashino City.
- • This tour will have a maximum of 9 passengers.
- • Advance reservations can be made a minimum of 24 hours before departure.
- • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- • The alcoholic beverages are only allowed for travelers age 20 and above.
- • Your chauffeur may not be able to accompany you and your party to certain locations when a parking for a vehicle is not readily available on site. In such situation, your chauffeur may choose to provide you with relevant information about sites inside a vehicle, and answer any questions you may have prior to your excursion on your own.
- • The price on the Tours don’t include entrance fees and meals.
- • The Tours are subject to extra charge (usually 20% of the base price) in case of early morning and late night departure and/or arrival.
- • Some tours may not be available on requested dates due to holiday schedule or a scheduled closure of business.
- • We reserve the right to assign a type of vehicle (Sedan, Minivan or Van) most suitable for your trip, based on the size of your party.
- • Not wheelchair accessible.
- • Most travelers can participate.
- • Our tour images are for illustrative purposes only.
- • The following fees will apply to the cancellation.
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before the event
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% if booking is cancelled 2 days or less before the event
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 30% if booking is cancelled 10 days or less before the event
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The price includes
A private vehicle for the whole day · driver · fuel · hotel pickup
⚠ Price covers car, driver and fuel. It does NOT include a guide, entry tickets, expressway tolls or parking.
🗓 All private tours must be booked at least 7 days ahead.
Up to 6 guests per vehicle — beyond that we add a second car.
- • How does booking work — is it instant?
- It is not an instant-confirm button. You send a request at the bottom of this page and we reply with a written quote: the final price, exactly what it covers, and the cancellation terms for that specific trip. The booking exists only once you accept that quote. Slower than a Book Now button, but nothing gets sold to you that is not actually available.
- • Will we be grouped with other travellers?
- No. Every tour in these two sections is private: your party only, your own vehicle, your own host. No sharing, no waiting on strangers.
- • Is there an age limit?
- This programme involves alcohol, so 20 and over — that is the legal drinking age in Japan, and the venues check ID, not us. Bring your passport.
- • Where does pickup and drop-off happen?
- Pickup and drop-off at your hotel inside the central area of the city named on the tour, included in the price. Outside that area we can still collect you — the surcharge is written into the quote, never added when you get in the car.
- • Can the itinerary be changed?
- Yes. The hour-by-hour schedule above is the version that works best, not a fixed mould. More driving time, a different meal, an extra night, or dropping a leg — write it in your request; the price moves with it and the change is spelled out in the quote.
- • What languages does the team speak?
- Put the language you want in your request. The quote tells you whether someone who speaks it is free ON YOUR DATE — we do not promise a language and then tell you on the day that nobody is available.
- • When and how do we pay?
- You pay nothing before you have read and accepted the quote. Payment method, payment dates and which part needs a deposit to hold a third-party booking are all written into that quote. Nothing appears afterwards.
- • How far ahead should we book?
- The earlier the surer. Helicopters, ryokan rooms, supercars and tables at small restaurants all have very few slots a day — money does not conjure one up. Ask anyway if your dates are close: if it is open we will take it, and if it is not we will say so plainly.
Cancellation and date changes
The cancellation terms for your trip are written into your quote, and you read them BEFORE you pay anything.
We do not post one blanket rule like "cancel X days ahead for Y% back" across this section, because every trip holds different bookings: an aircraft charter, a ryokan room, a supercar, a table with a handful of seats. Each supplier has its own terms and most are paid up front. One shared number reads tidily and would be the wrong number on most trips.
The rule we hold to: anything not yet paid out to a supplier can be cancelled, and anything already paid that the supplier will not refund we call non-refundable out loud — at quote time, not at the moment you ask to cancel. If you want a different date, ask before cancelling: moving a booking usually costs far less than dropping it.
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