Have you made plans for Golden Week yet?
With so many wine-related events taking place, this may be the season for the pleasant dilemma of deciding where to go and whom to invite.
Wine events near Tokyo are especially appealing because you can enjoy both wine and nature on an easy day trip.
Nature in the Setting, the Vineyard and the Winemaking: Musashi Winery
Musashi Winery, located in Ogawa, Saitama Prefecture, a little over an hour from Ikebukuro Station on the Tobu Tojo Line, makes natural wines with Shokoshi as its flagship grape.
In the vineyard, the winery practices completely pesticide-free cultivation, without even using Bordeaux mixture, a treatment permitted under JAS organic standards. It also uses no chemical fertilizers. In the winemaking process, it reportedly uses no added yeast, chaptalization, antioxidants or fining agents.
Linkhttps://nihonwine.jp/winerys-voice/interview/musashi-winery/
At Musashi Winery, WINE WEEK 2026 will be held for four days from Saturday, May 2 through Tuesday, May 5 (public holiday).
Enjoying wine outdoors while looking over a vineyard covered in natural ground vegetation is a perfect seasonal experience. Shuttle-bus reservations are available between Musashi Winery’s station-front shop, just a two-minute walk from Ogawamachi Station, and the winery, so you can enjoy a day-trip wine event without a car.
Alongside Musashi Winery wines, the four-day event will feature natural food, music and winery tours.
The round-trip bus fare is ¥500, paid on site, but advance reservations come with either a glass of wine worth ¥500 or gelato. In other words, the bus is effectively free.
(Reserve using the free ticket and pay the bus fare when you board on the day.)
Event Overview
“WINE WEEK 2026”
May 2 (Sat), 3 (Sun), 4 (Mon/holiday), 5 (Tue/holiday), 2025 10:00–16:00 | Free admission; canceled in heavy rain or severe weather
Venue: Musashi Winery, 104-1 Takaya, Ogawa, Hiki District, Saitama 355-0311 | TEL 0493-81-6344
▶︎ Musashi Winery wines and sake offered at event prices.
Musashi Winery’s first-ever Petit Verdot release and the highly popular first-release 2025-vintage Albariño will be sold in limited quantities at this event
▶︎ Winery tours led by owner Yuzo Fukushima through the vineyards every day
11:00 / 14:00
Free of charge, no reservation required, approximately 30 minutes
▶︎ For every ¥5,000 (tax included) spent in the winery shop, guests can enter a guaranteed-win prize drawing for winery products, shopping vouchers and more
(It is also a good opportunity to pick up a Mother’s Day gift.)
▶︎ Open-air live stage
DEDEPO (Hatoyama) improvisational live band — Sat 5/2, 11:30 / 14:30
TOKI BAND (Tokigawa) oldies cover band — Sun 5/3, 11:30 / 14:30
Enjoy the music with a glass of wine in hand
▶︎ Natural Food Market
・Nitousanto (Serrano workshop prosciutto, Kyodogakusha raclette cheese, etc.)
・vegegarden i-rie (vegan vegetable plates, etc.)
・atelico (satoyama French snack box; no booth at the event)
・Musashi Tonnary (salted tonkatsu)
・Briskle Coffee (organic specialty coffee)
・Kaze no Mori (homemade natural-yeast bread)
・Wasshoi Shokudo WAM (gapao rice, baked sweets, etc.)
・comejirushi (naturally grown rice onigiri)
・shushupoppo (Cuban sandwiches)
…and more. Further details will be announced when confirmed.
For the latest information, see Musashi Winery’s social media.
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Details are subject to change.
Underage drinking and driving after drinking are strictly prohibited.
Even if you reserve in advance, payment is made on site that day, so you can book without worrying about what the weather might do.
What an appealing setup.
If you are interested, why not reserve early?
Tickets are available here 🔽
https://wineweek2026.peatix.com/view
https://musashiwinery.com/wineweek2025/