Hiroshima Day 1: The Saijo Sake Festival Hiroshima at Night

Here is a picture of my programme, ticket
and sake festival cup.

Saijo Sake Festival.

This past weekend I visited Hiroshima. The impetus for this visit was the annual Saijo Sake Festival. In this festival you have the opportunity to try over 600 different types of Sake from all around Japan. The trip to Hiroshima from Kudamatsu took just over an hour vis Shinkansen (bullet train) and after a coffee at Hiroshima station I took the 35 minute to Saijo.

The festival was huge and very crowded. There was a great atmosphere throughout the day. The day was filled with good sake, interesting conversations and great times.

Interesting news, there is a huge range of sweetness levels in sake. The levels vary from about +25 to -20. The lower the level, the sweeter the sake. It seemed the more bitter the sake, the more popular it was.

Long lines of attendants eagerly
served festival-goers all day. 

It was crowded!

Hiroshima...at night!

After about five hours I went to check into my hotel in Hiroshima. I later went on for some drinks with some of the other JET teachers from the Sake Festival. We went to Molly Malone's near Modori station. They serve relative traditional Irish cuisine and they have a very decent selection of beer as well. For anyone who visits Hiroshima and it looking for Western food, I highly recommend it.