Saijo, in Higashihiroshima, packs seven sake breweries with red-brick chimneys into a few streets beside JR Saijo Station. Most open their shops for tastings, and an official guided tour visits them all in two hours.
Brewery chimneys along Saijo’s sake brewery street, Higashihiroshima. Photo: 東広島市, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
We list 4 bookable sake experiences in Saijo (3 brewery tours, 1 food pairing and 1 day trips) and 7 breweries you can visit, 7 of them without booking. Yen-priced experiences start from ¥7,700 as shown on booking pages. Every listing links to its booking page or official source.
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An English-guided walk from JR Saijo Station; the seven-brewery version visits every brewery on Sake Brewery Street.
A guided walk along Saijo Sake Brewery Street.
A full day from Hiroshima Station combining Saijo’s brewery street with sights in Kure; transport and meals included.
Three or four of Saijo’s breweries with a local lunch; runs every day, ages 20 and up.
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| Brewery | Visit | Admission | Tasting | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamotsuru Sake Museum Shop賀茂鶴酒造 | Walk-in | Free | Yes (tasting available) | Summer and New Year holidays |
| Kamoizumi Sake Brewery賀茂泉酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes (tasting available) | Not stated |
| Fukubijin Sake Brewery福美人酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes (tasting available) | Not stated |
| Kirei Sake Brewery亀齢酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes (tasting available) | Not stated |
| Saijotsuru Sake Brewery西條鶴醸造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes (tasting available) | Not stated |
| Hakubotan Sake Brewery白牡丹酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes on weekends (tasting available) | Not stated |
| Sanyotsuru Sake Brewery山陽鶴酒造 | Walk-in | Not stated | Yes on weekdays (tasting available) | Closed on the weekend shown (17–18 Oct 2026) |
From each brewery’s official site or the local tourism office, checked 18 October 2026. Click a brewery for hours and the source link.
Saijo is one of Japan’s three famous sake districts with Nada and Fushimi. Its breweries sit along Sake Brewery Street, a short walk from the station: Kamotsuru, Kamoizumi, Fukubijin, Kirei, Saijotsuru, Hakubotan and Sanyotsuru. Each has a well; Hiroshima brewers developed ways to make fine sake from the area’s soft water in the late 1800s, which helped Hiroshima ginjo win national fame.
Opening hours differ between weekdays and weekends, and some breweries close for lunch or leave staff only on call, so check our brewery list or the tourism authority’s hours page on the day.
The local tourism authority runs a two-hour, English-guided tasting tour of three or seven breweries from JR Saijo Station, also sold on GetYourGuide and Viator. Arigato Travel’s three-hour tour adds a local lunch. From Hiroshima there is also a full-day tour that combines Saijo with Kure.
Saijo is on the JR Sanyo Line east of Hiroshima; local trains take around 40 minutes. The town’s sake festival in October is its busiest weekend; book tours and trains early if you go then.
Yes. Most of the seven breweries open shops with tastings, several without booking. Kamotsuru’s museum shop is free and open daily from 10:00 to 18:00.
Half a day is enough for the guided tour or a self-guided walk; allow a full day if you add lunch and several tastings.