Oct. 9th,10th Saijo Sake Festival

Sake festival in Saijo is coming up! Saijo is one of the big three Sake breweries in Japan as well as Nada(Hyogo) and Fushimi(Kyoto).

You can taste like 900 kinds of Sake from all over Japan, if you buy one day ticket for admission. It means...yeah...limitless sake tasting...

Plase Be careful not to drink too much!

You can get to Saijo by JR Sanyo line in less than an hour from Hiroshima HANA Hostel.

Location:Saijo Central Park(West side)
Date: October 9th(Sat) 11:00-20:00(Last admission 19pm)
October 10th(Sun) 10:00-17:00(Last admission 16pm)
Access:Saijo Station(JR West Japan, Sanyo Honsen)
*40min. from Hiroshima station.

Saijo Sake Festival website(English leaflet)
http://sakematsuri.com/leaflet.html

October 1st. (FRI) SAKE Festival in Hiroshima downtown

!! Sake Festival in Hiroshima !!

It is a Japanese traditional festival season in Autumn.

Here is a Sake Festival for someone who wants to try lots of types of SAKE as much as you like!

When : October 1st. (Fri) 17:00 - 20:00

Where : Hiroshima Downtown @ Alice garden (near Parco shopping centre)

Admission fee :

1000yen for Original cup

(You can drink sake as much as you like)

500yen for 5 tickets

( You can drink 5 cups of sake)

In case of RAIN.... GO!

From Hiroshima Hana hostel...Take a tram(#1,2 or 6) from Hiroshima sta. and get off at Hachyobori sta.

Then walk on a chuo-dori toward to Parco shopping centre for 3min.

　

SAKE tasting every SUNDAY & WENDESDAY

Hello everyone!

We have been doing SAKE tasting every Sunday

and our guests are really enjoying it :)

SO,

we decided to do this 2 days a week,

SUNDAY and WEDNESDAY!!

Try our local SAKEs!

Oct 15 (Fri) Kikka Chrysanthemum Festival on Miyajima Island

Kikka Chrysanthemum Festival

11 ancient court dances that date from the 12th Century performed in striking costumes, in the dramatic setting of Itsukushima Shrine.




Address:
Itsukushima Shrine
Miyajima

Dates/Times:
15 October 18:00 Hrs

Sep. 18th to 20th. Experience Japanese cultural Activities!

Are you interested in Japanese cultural Activities?

Three activities will be held in Hiramatsu chaya on Miyajima Island.

1. Tea ceremony (１０００yen) 1 hour (It starts every hour from 9am - 5pm)
You will learn Japanese traditional tea ceremony and then you will participate in one. Tea
and Japanese sweets are served during the ceremony.

2.Calligraphy class (1300yen) 1 hour (It starts from 9am, 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm)
　 You do not need to bring anything and the art that you make in the class is yours to keep!

3.Cooking class (1500yen for lunch/ 2500yen for dinner class)**Reservation's required**
Enjoy cooking Japanese food and eating them :)
Lunch class starts from 10am (About 1hour and 30minutes)
Menu: 18th and 20th Tempra Udon(Wheat noodle in soup with Tempra) ,Rice ball, Dessert
19th Spicy Yaki Udon(Spicy fried Okonomiyaki taste wheat noodle) , Rice ball, Dessert

Dinner class starts from 3pm (About 3 hours)
Menu: 18th to 20th
Teriyaki Chicken, Grilled fish, Dashimaki Tamago (Rolled egg), Chawanmushi with Japanese clams(steamed egg hotpot)

Come to Hiramatsu chaya 10 minutes before the classes.

For reservation and Question : 090-8996-4252 (Kazumi)

From J-hoppers Hiroshima: It takes about 60 minutes to get Miyajima Island.
From Hiroshima Hana Hostel: It takes about 40 minutes to get Miyajima Island.