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.

Sake Town Saijo

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

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

9 day art festival in Saijo’s historic sakagura sake brewing district. Each exhibit is housed in one of 7 sake

The streets and buildings in Saijo’s distinctive Sakagura-dori sake brewing district are illuminated by lights, lanterns and candles between 6pm