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About Saijo
Along with Nada from Hyogo Prefecture and Fushimi from Kyoto Prefecture, Saijo in Hiroshima Prefecture is a famous city known as one of the three major Sake breweries in Japan.
Around the station is a Sake Breweries Street with multiple sake breweries with chimneys of red bricks and whitewashed walls, creating a unique atmosphere and scenery in the area.
There are several famous Japanese sake breweries in the city, thus you can enjoy sake tasting and going around various shops.
However, this city is only famous for its Japanese sake brewery, so if you’re not much of a liquor lover, it could be difficult to recommend visiting Saijo.
Recommendation
The best way to enjoy Saijo is to stroll around the city, try some sake tastings, and to profit from the Japanese sake as much as possible.
Since there are 8 brewers close by the station, access to the various sake sites is easy.
There are several stores visitors ca enjoy sake-based gourmet food and Japanese sweets.
Additionally, a sake festival is held on the weekends of early October every year called Sake Matsuri , where the city becomes crowded with more than 200,000 people.
Access to Saijo
The nearest station is JR Saijo Station
Take the train from JR Hiroshima Station and get off at Saijo Station.
- Approx. travel time: 35 min
Sightseeing
Listed below are several famous sake breweries in Saijo.
Kamoizumi Sake Brewery (Kamoizumi Shuzo)
Kamoizumi Sake Brewery is a long-established brewery, and it uses rice harvested in Hiroshima to produce its sake. One can taste the brewery’s recommended sake in the store.
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| Address | 2-4 Kamiichicho, Saijo Higashi-Hiroshimashi Hiroshima Prefecture |
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| Access | 10 min walk from JR Saijo Sta[…] |
| Tel | 082-423-2118 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Kamotsuru Sake Brewery (Kamotsuru Shuzo)
Kamotsuru Sake Brewery is one of the largest sake breweries in this area, where it has received gold prizes in several Japanese sake competitions multiple times. Here, one can experience sake tastings as well.
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| Address | 4-31 Honmachi, Saijo Higashi-Hiroshimashi Hiroshima Prefecture |
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| Access | 3 min walk from JR Saijo Stat[…] |
| Tel | 0120-422-212 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Hakubotan Sake Brewery (Hakubotan Shuzo)
Hakubotan Sake Brewery is a long-established brewery as well, where it is said as the birthplace of sake brewing in Saijo.
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| Address | 15-5 Honmachi, Saijo Higashi-Hiroshimashi Hiroshima Prefecture |
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| Access | 5 min walk from JR Saijo Stat[…] |
| Tel | 082-422-2142 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
Fukubijin Sake Brewery (Fukubijin Shuzo)
Fukubijin Sake Brewery has high technique in sake brewery, where it was once known as Saijo Sake brewing school (Saijo Shuzo gakko) for raising lots of distinguished chief sake brewers and sending them off to various breweries all over Japan.
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| Address | 6-21 Honmachi, Saijo Higashi-Hiroshimashi Hiroshima Prefecture |
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| Access | 5 min walk from JR Saijo Stat[…] |
| Tel | 082-423-3148 |
| URL | [ Click ] |
