Kirin Gogo-no-Kocha Tour
Afternoon Tea Tour Points
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- You can learn about the manufacturing process through the actual production line and impressive footage.
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- You can taste and experience the tea leaves used in "Afternoon Tea" and Kirin's unique manufacturing process.
Tour Feature
Factory Tour Overview
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Tour name
Afternoon Tea Tour
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The packaging line in the factory may be stopped. If it is stopped, we will show you a video.
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Tour start time
10:00～14:00
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Travel time
Approximately 90 minutes (including 20 minutes for tasting)
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Capacity
Maximum 20 people
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Participation fee
free
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Closed days
Mondays (open on public holidays, closed the following weekday)
Equipment inspection days New Year's holidays -
Tour Contents
- Theater
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The fun-loving "Gogotchi" and "Ant" will guide you through the manufacturing process in an exciting theater. The video of the production line is shown at actual speed, so you will feel like you are on a roller coaster, and you will also get a taste of what it feels like to see the tea bottled in a plastic bottle.
- line
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You can see the entire factory production line through the glass window, where you can see many machines, the people who actually work there, and the factory conditions.
- Commemorative stamp
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As a memento of your visit to the factory, you can have a visitor stamp printed on your pamphlet using the same machine that actually prints expiration dates on plastic bottles.
- Blow Molding Machine
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You can experience up close the process of how a material called a preform is inflated to make a PET bottle. Kirin Beverage's factories are the only places in Japan where you can see bottles being inflated in a "blow molding machine" *1. *2
The bottle shape that you can see on the tour is based on Kirin Beverage's environmental mascot, Eco Panda *3.
On the tour, you can see up close how the Eco Panda-shaped bottles are made.
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※1A demonstration machine made for exhibition purposes that shows the process of blow molding PET bottles.
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※2According to our research (as exhibit equipment for tour courses)
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※3The Eco Panda-shaped bottles are only available for the tour and are not for sale to the general public.
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Products available for tasting
- soft drinks
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- Kirin Afternoon Tea Straight Tea
- Kirin Afternoon Tea Milk Tea
- Kirin Afternoon Tea Lemon Tea
There may be changes depending on the season.
About reservations
Please check before booking
- If you do not show up without contacting us to cancel, we may not be able to accept your future bookings.
- If you have already made a reservation, please make a new reservation after the date of your previous reservation has passed. We appreciate your cooperation so that as many people as possible can visit.
- To ensure that our customers can enjoy themselves safely, we may contact you by email or phone to confirm your reservation details. Thank you for your understanding.
- For safety reasons, we do not allow visitors under junior high school age to visit alone.
- If the production line is suspended, we will provide information via video.
- To ensure safety and hygiene within the factory, please refrain from visiting if you are not feeling well (if you have symptoms such as fever or diarrhea).
- For hygiene reasons, please refrain from bringing in food and drinks. Also, please refrain from eating on the premises (including the gardens).
- Please refrain from bringing pets (except for assistance dogs).
- You may only participate in the same tour once per day.
- We may be forced to close due to bad weather, natural disasters, etc. If we are to be closed, we will inform you in the "Notice to Customers" section at the top of the factory homepage, so please check.
- Tours are only available in Japanese.
Reservation
- If you have domain restrictions or settings set to block emails from spam filters on your mobile carrier's email, you may not receive the reservation confirmation email. Please make sure to specify the domain "kirin.co.jp" so that you can receive emails from that address.
- Tours are only available in Japanese.
The Brewery tour is provided in Japanese only.
It's important to know.
We only provide Japanese language guide for you to play.
Kirin Beer Shiga Factory / Kirin Beverage Shiga Factory
1600 Binmanji, Taga-cho, Inukami-gun, Shiga Prefecture, 522-0342 (Access here)
Kirin factory tour general information desk
TEL:0570-055898（ナビダイヤル）
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※There is a call charge for using Navi Dial. Please follow the voice guidance and select a factory.
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※Navi Dial cannot be used from outside Japan. Please use the inquiry form.
Reception hours: 9:30am - 4:00pm (excluding closed days)
Closed on Mondays (open on public holidays, closed the following weekday), closed during the New Year holidays and other irregular closures
(Please check the calendar on the reservation screen for closing days.)
- ※Please be careful not to dial the wrong phone number.
