Kin Cave

Kin cave

Do you know that caves are used for purposes other than sightseeing? Kin cave is Japan’s first old Sake brewery utilizing the natural environment. We are looking at how the cave in Kin is being used. We are talking about how to get there, what to do there, admission fees and what things we can buy.

How to get there

A limestone cave is in Kin near King Tacos. It takes only 3 minutes to get to the limestone cave from King tacos. After arriving at the limestone cave, you need to pay an admission fee at first. Next a clerk tells you how to get to the cave. However, it is a little difficult to get there so we’re going to introduce how to get there. It takes about 5 minutes on foot. First, go straight in front of the shop for 3 minutes and then you can see a monument on your left. After that, turn left at this monument. There are stairs. You go down the stairs. Finally, you will see the cave.

What to do there

The cave also acts as a storage place for Touhuyou Tatsu Awamori, a local brand. Within the cave, witness several stainless steel vats used for aging awamori sake. Additionally, there are many racks of bottles which are ceremonially placed. The oldest Awamori in that place is from the first year of the Heisei era. These are usually purchased on special occasions such as the birth of a child. The bottles are then kept in the cave until the child turns 20, at which time the bottle is removed and a celebration held.

Admission fee

The admission fee for adult is 400 yen, for junior high school students it is 300 yen, for elementary school students it is 200 yen, under 6 years old is free. If you have a printed coupon from the website, the admission fee will be half.

What we can buy

A few minutes walk from the cave there is a shop related to Tatsu. You can buy Awamori, original tea and Okinawan souvenirs at that place.

Impressions

It was first time for us to go to Kin cave. When we entered the cave, it was very cool even though outside was 30 degrees. The inside of the cave is kept at about 18 degrees. There was a guide so we could easy understand about the cave. We were surprised when we heard that more than half of the customers are from outside of Okinawa. We recommend this beautiful underground storehouse!!!!!!