Hiroshima
You must be 20 or over to drink in Japan. If you are driving, you cannot taste.
Higashihiroshima (Saijo), Hiroshima
A Saijo sake-street brewery founded in 1675. The Tenpo-gura exhibition room shows brewing history, tools and materials linked to the artist Munakata Shiko, with tasting and limited products on sale.
Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
A guided brewery tour led by the master brewer, held one day a month: a 10-minute video and then a tour of the brewhouse.
A historic brewery on Saijo’s sake-brewery street. It offers an English-guided tour of about 40 minutes with a tasting.
Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
A distillery in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. A paid tour of about 90 minutes shows where its malt and grain whisky and gin are made.
Kure, Hiroshima
Tour the bottling plant and taste sake. A separate programme visits the Setouchi Distillery whisky distillery.
Sera, Hiroshima
A winery in Sera Yume Park where visitors can see the tanks and bottling line. A shop is on site.
Akiota, Hiroshima
A brewpub run by the brewery, serving its own craft beer.
Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Miyoshi, Hiroshima
Hiroshima, Hiroshima
A restaurant run by the brewery where its local beer is served.
Onomichi, Hiroshima
Usually June and September
A sake tasting event centred on Hiroshima breweries, with some from Yamaguchi and Shimane, held in early summer and early autumn.
Usually early October
The annual festival in Saijo, one of Japan's three major sake towns. It features a Sake Hiroba with about 800 sake brands from across Japan, plus events at seven breweries along the brewery street.
Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
The largest drinking district in Hiroshima, with izakaya and bars gathered around Nagarekawa-dori. Together with the adjacent Yagenbori and Shintenchi, it forms one connected entertainment area.
A building-type food hall packed with Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki shops, on the 2nd to 4th floors of Shintenchi Plaza.
