A small family winery that grows its grapes on a sunny hillside and makes them into wine.
This is a sample page. Hidamari Hill Winery is a fictional place, and every detail on this page is a sample setting.
How to enjoy it
In the vineyard, notice how bunch size and leaf shape differ by variety. The tasting pours wines from the plots you just walked, so you can match landscape and flavor. In the September–October harvest, taste grapes straight from the vine.
Wine by the glass and tasting flights on a terrace above the vines. Wine and grape juice to take home.
How to enjoy it
Go white to red, light to full. Swirl to open the aroma, then sip.
Walk the vines with the winemaker, see the tanks and barrel cellar, then taste four wines.
How to enjoy it
Touch the vine leaves and smell your fingers. Ask the winemaker how the year’s weather shows in the wine.
Booking is in Japanese. Please use the booking site or call.
Book by By 17:00 the day before Cancellation 50% the day before; 100% on the day
Harvest-season only. Pick bunches alongside the winemaker, then enjoy fresh grapes and a light snack.
How to enjoy it
Cut the bunch at the stem and support it from below. Lay it gently in the basket so no grapes fall.
Booking is in Japanese. Please use the booking site or call.
Book by By 17:00 two days before Cancellation 50% the day before; 100% on the day
Hours
Shop and terrace10:00–17:00
Closed
Tuesdays (open on holidays); weekends only in January and February
NotesWinery visits may be shorter during harvest
CashAccepted
Credit cardsVISA, Mastercard, JCB, American Express
E-moneyTransit IC cards, iD, QUICPay
QR code paymentPayPay, Rakuten Pay, d Barai
Drinking under the age of 20 is prohibited by law. Do not drive after drinking.
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