Higashihiroshima
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Higashihiroshima (東広島) is a city in Hiroshima prefecture. There are many sake breweries in Saijo district, one of the towns in Japan famous for the production of sake. Higashihiroshima is a university town of Hiroshima University. Higashihiroshima is adjacent to Hiroshima, and so also forms a commuter town of Hiroshima.
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The region of Saijo, noted for its sake breweries, features a couple of local specialties, themselves incorporating sake. Bishu-nabe is a hot pot prepared with sake, originally a brewer's dish served to brewery staff. Kome-kara is fried chicken whose batter contains sake and rice powder. There are, of course, the seven breweries on the Sakagura-dori walking tour. Tasting up to five cups of sake at seven breweries, in the middle of the day (most of the breweries are open 10:00-16:00, 17:00 at the latest) will make the hardiest stagger.
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Getting There
Multiple OptionsSaijo is easy to get to from Hiroshima and would make an excellent day trip from there. Saijo is very easy to navigate on foot: it is quite flat, and all the major attractions are within 2 km or so of one another. The breweries of Sakaguri-dori feature particular architectural features. Their red brick chimneys, twelve in all, tower above the low classical buildings roofed in red akagawara tiles and featuring distinct black and white "namako" lattices on their walls. Sugidama, balls of Japanese cedar leaves, hang from the eaves of the sake breweries. The breweries sell their sakes in the tasting rooms and often offer varieties that are not available anywhere else. There are also a number of liquor shops along Sakagura-dori. The region of Saijo, noted for its sake breweries, features a couple of local specialties, themselves incorporating sake. Bishu-nabe is a hot pot prepared with sake, originally a brewer's dish served to brewery staff....
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Getting Around
Saijo is very easy to navigate on foot: it is quite flat, and all the major attractions are within 2 km or so of one another. The breweries of Sakaguri-dori feature particular architectural features. Their red brick chimneys, twelve in all, tower above the low classical buildings roofed in red akagawara tiles and featuring distinct black and white "namako" lattices on their walls. Sugidama, balls of Japanese cedar leaves, hang from the eaves of the sake breweries. The breweries sell their sakes in the tasting rooms and often offer varieties that are not available anywhere else. There are also a number of liquor shops along Sakagura-dori. The region of Saijo, noted for its sake breweries, features a couple of local specialties, themselves incorporating sake. Bishu-nabe is a hot pot prepared with sake, originally a brewer's dish served to brewery staff. Kome-kara is fried chicken whose batter contains sake and rice powder.
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The breweries sell their sakes in the tasting rooms and often offer varieties that are not available anywhere else. There are also a number of liquor shops along Sakagura-dori. The region of Saijo, noted for its sake breweries, features a couple of local specialties, themselves incorporating sake. Bishu-nabe is a hot pot prepared with sake, originally a brewer's dish served to brewery staff. Kome-kara is fried chicken whose batter contains sake and rice powder. There are, of course, the seven breweries on the Sakagura-dori walking tour. Tasting up to five cups of sake at seven breweries, in the middle of the day (most of the breweries are open 10:00-16:00, 17:00 at the latest) will make the hardiest stagger.
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