page_title: Saijō Sake Matsuri
hierarchical_section_title: Saijō Sake Matsuri
caption_attribution_description: English: In the streets of Sake breweries in Saijo. Festival rally is a common sight.
context_page_description: The Saijō Sake Festival is a sake matsuri festival held annually in Saijō Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  Saijō is famed for local sake or Saijō Sake. Within the narrow streets of the Sakagura Dori area near JR Saijō Station are the Namako wall and Sekishu Gawara roofs of ten well-known sake breweries; Chiyonoharu, Fukubijin, Hakubotan, Kamoki, Kamoizumi, Kamotsuru, Kirei, Saijotsuru, Sakurafubuki, and Sanyotsuru. In July 1995, Saijō was made the home of the Brewery Laboratory of the National Tax Office.
  The Saijō Sake Matsuri is an important part of Hiroshima culture, which draws crowds of between 100,000–200,000 revelers and sake connoisseurs each October before the brewing season begins. Visitors also enjoy numerous attractions, sidestalls and games. There is also a wide variety of traditional as well as modern carnival food available.
context_section_description: The Saijō Sake Festival (西条酒まつり, Saijō Sake Matsuri) is a sake (rice wine) matsuri festival held annually in Saijō Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  Saijō is famed for local sake or Saijō Sake. Within the narrow streets of the Sakagura Dori ("Sake Storehouse Road") area near JR Saijō Station are the Namako wall (white-lattice walled) and Sekishu Gawara (red-roof tile) roofs of ten well-known sake breweries; Chiyonoharu, Fukubijin, Hakubotan, Kamoki, Kamoizumi, Kamotsuru, Kirei, Saijotsuru, Sakurafubuki, and Sanyotsuru. In July 1995, Saijō was made the home of the Brewery Laboratory of the National Tax Office.
  The Saijō Sake Matsuri is an important part of Hiroshima culture, which draws crowds of between 100,000–200,000 revelers and sake connoisseurs each October before the brewing season (October–March) begins. Visitors also enjoy numerous attractions, sidestalls and games. There is also a wide variety of traditional as well as modern carnival food available.
caption: Saijō Sake Matsuri
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