Sake Matsuri, Japan’s best sake festival is back!

The annual Sake Matsuri, held over 2 days in the brewing district of Saijo in Higashi Hiroshima, has to be the best sake festival in Japan.

Going beyond sake in Higashi-hiroshima unearths hidden gems

Although Saijo in Higashi-hiroshima City is still very much off the radar of most people from overseas, it is well

In 2016, former U.S. president Barack Obama dined with, then Prime Minister, the late Abe Shinzo at the almost legendary

Aikido is a powerful yet beautiful Japanese martial art focused on flexibility and self-defense- this excellent dojo is located in

Organic grass-fed dairy cows on the Uenohara farm source the superb Gelato, cheese and cheesecake at Cadore.

With some advance knowledge, this week’s Sakagura Art Festival can enhance a visit to “sake town” Saijo.

While it doesn’t have the history of Shukkei-en garden in Hiroshima city, nor is it likely to make any top