Saijo Sake Matsuri

Become a connoisseur of Japanese sake in two days… or just get smashed.

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

September 9, 2023September 14, 2023 Paul Walsh 5164 Views Higashi-hiroshima, Saijo, sake

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.

Features Travel

Sake Town Saijo

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 Sponsored post 4412 Views Higashi-hiroshima, Saijo, sake

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

Miho Imada Head Brewer at Fukucho sake in Hiroshima, Japan

People

Talking sake with master brewer, Miho Imada

April 25, 2020July 2, 2020 Hana Shiraishi 5047 Views sake

Miho Imada is one of Hiroshima’s top sake brewers, passionate about spreading the joy of sake around the globe.

Saijo Sakagura Art Festival →Connect←

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

Dining Japanese

Aburiya Hachisuke

October 27, 2016April 12, 2023 Kismet Cordova 5810 Views sake

There’s nothing quite like barbequing food over glowing charcoal. A relatively young robatayaki (lit. “fireside-cooking”) restaurant in Nakamachi, Hachisuke’s [炙り屋

Lifestyle Shopping

Yamato-ya Sake Shop

September 28, 2012July 9, 2023 Paul Walsh 11142 Views sake, wine

What the Oyama family, proprietors of this liquor store at the north end of Yagenbori-dori, don’t know about those most

Nihonshu Sansan Downtown Sake Festival

This sake festival organised by Yagenbori liquor store Yamatoya is one of our favorite events of the year.