First-Ever 'Kome to Mugi Festival in Kyoto 2026' to Feature 14 Sake Breweries and 14 Craft Breweries, Launching June 28

【Kyoto's Largest】14 Sake Breweries and 14 Craft Breweries Unite

Inaugural 'Kome to Mugi Festival in Kyoto 2026'

～Kyoto's major alcohol event, absent since the pandemic, returns with a new festival spotlighting sake and craft beer at Umekoji Park～

The Kome to Mugi Festival Executive Committee (Kyoto City) will hold the first-ever 'Kome to Mugi Festival in Kyoto 2026' on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at the Shichijo Gate Plaza of Umekoji Park.

This event is Kyoto’s largest food and drink festival, featuring 14 sake breweries, 14 craft breweries, and 10 popular local food vendors.

Expected attendance: 3,000–4,000 people. Breweries, craft brewers, and Kyoto-based restaurants from across Japan will gather for this celebration.

While sake and craft beer events are held nationwide, large-scale festivals treating both as equal main attractions are extremely rare. This festival creates a new format where fans, brewers, and cultures of both beverages intersect.

Since the Heian Sake Festival in 2019, Kyoto has lacked large-scale events centered on sake and craft beer, especially after the pandemic.

The 'Kome to Mugi Festival' marks the revival of such events, showcasing Kyoto’s vibrant drinking and culinary culture after this long hiatus.

The venue will bring together 14 distinctive sake breweries and 14 craft breweries from across Japan. Additionally, 10 popular food vendors from Kyoto and surrounding areas will participate, offering a three-dimensional dining experience where sake, craft beer, and cuisine share the spotlight.

Beer lovers will discover sake, and sake enthusiasts will explore craft beer. Bridging genre boundaries to foster new discoveries and interactions is a key highlight of this festival.

【Event Overview】

Name: Kome to Mugi Festival in Kyoto 2026

Date and Time: Sunday, June 28, 2026, 11:00–18:00

Venue: Shichijo Gate Plaza, Umekoji Park (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City)

Scale: 14 sake breweries, 14 craft breweries, 10 food vendors, and more

Expected Attendance: 3,000–4,000 people

Organizer: Kome to Mugi Festival Executive Committee

Planning and Operation: Craft Beer and Sake Shop Asakura

Participating Sake Breweries (14)

Tomio (Kyoto), Tsukinokatsura (Kyoto), Jizou (Kyoto), Ippaku (Shiga), Maibijin (Fukui), Hanao (Nara), Miwa Sakura (Hiroshima), Hourin (Kyoto), Tamasakura (Shimane), Naminone (Shiga), Chikujaku (Gifu), Oku Harima (Hyogo), Shuuka (Osaka), Tsurusai (Niigata)

Participating Breweries (14)

Nishijin Beer (Kyoto), KYOTO NUDE BREWERY (Kyoto), Woodmill Brewery Kyoto (Kyoto), Kyoto Brewing (Kyoto), Yellow Beer Works (Fukushima), FLORA FERMENTATION (Shiga), Free Spirits Brewing (Hyogo), Viet Coco Brewing (Fukui), GROUNDTAP BREWING (Ehime), Gangi Brewing (Niigata), CRAFT BEER BASE (Osaka), NOMCRAFT BREWING (Wakayama), Bighand Bros. Beer (Kyoto), CAMADO BREWERY (Gifu)

Participating Food Vendors (10)

Sakana to Ryori Tsubu, Sakazukaya Daimi, IZAKAYA Tanoshimi, Wa Dining Ichimasa, Ryori to Sake Fukura, Jijibaba Kibatei, Saki Tako, Nihonshuya Shuuroku, Sushi to Sake Kotonogi, Kyoto Neta Seisakusho

Ticket and Sales System

Sake and craft beer are available via drink tickets (¥200 per ticket). Sake is served in dedicated glasses (~65ml), and craft beer in dedicated beer cups (~200ml). Food is purchased directly from each vendor.

Advance Tickets (¥2,700)

Includes: Sake glass, beer cup, glass holder, and ¥2,000 worth of drink tickets

On-Site Sales

Sake glass: ¥400 Beer cup: ¥400 Glass holder: ¥600

Official SNS

Instagram: @komemugikyoto

【Planning & Operation】Craft Beer and Sake Shop Asakura

Operates 'Sake BAR Asakura,' a long-standing sake bar in Kyoto with over 20 years of history, and 'Kakuuchi Asakura,' a retail and counter-drinking shop.

Under the concept of 'Making sake more accessible and more enjoyable,' the shop has consistently promoted the appeal of sake and craft beer. Prioritizing experiences like 'delicious,' 'fun,' and 'I want to drink again' over technical knowledge or trivia, it has earned widespread popularity among locals and tourists alike.

The 'Kome to Mugi Festival' is a project made possible only by this shop, thanks to its two decades of experience in the sake culture scene and early engagement with craft beer, building strong networks with brewers and drinkers of both beverages.

'Let sake lovers discover craft beer.' 'Let craft beer fans discover sake.'

By creating a space for cross-genre interaction, the festival aims to rediscover the culture of enjoying alcohol itself, launching a new festival model from Kyoto.