Iwakuni Yukariya 岩国縁家

Iwakuni is a small city in the southeast of Yamaguchi. We would be visiting Dassai brewery the next morning, and decided to stay a night before. Iwakuni is just a short distance from Hiroshima, and can be a short day-trip.

We were staying near the Iwakuni station. We found this izakaya about 8min away. It served five local sakes - Kinsuzume (金雀), Ganki (雁木), Gokyo (雁木), Hinoshita musou (日下無双), Dassai (獺祭)

Choushuu Chicken liver (長州どりの鶏レバー). One of my favorite izakaya dish. Boiled liver with shoyu.

Yakitori sticks.

Website: http://www.iwakuni-yukariya.com/
Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/yamaguchi/A3506/A350601/35008777/

Hiroshima Okonomiyaki Again

After our morning visit to Saijo sake district, we headed back to Hiroshima to pick up our luggage. We decided to have another Hiroshima okonomiyaki. We had found one from the internet that was quite near the station. It was located in a building called Full Focus (フルフォーカスビル). When we reached, we realised that there were many other okonomiyaki restaurants on the same floor. We made one round to survey them, and decided on one that had just one other customer.

We ordered one with udon and one with soba. The yellow noodle one was the soba.

We added an oyster add-on for the one below.

These were delicious. Would definitely go for Hiroshima okonomiyaki again if there is chance.

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Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/hiroshima/A3401/A340121/34001612/

Saijo Sake District

Hiroshima Saijo (広島西条) is one of the famous sake districts in Japan. The other two are Hyogo Nada (兵庫灘) and Kyoto Fushimi (京都伏見). Saijo is the birthplace of 三浦 仙三郎, the father of ginjo sake. He first proposed using soft water to make ginjo sake in 1887.

There were 7 breweries within walking distance from the Sajio station (one other had ceased operations)

Near the station, there was the Matsuo shrine (松尾神社). This was a branch of the famous Matsuo shrine in Kyoto. Prayers were usually made just before the brewing season.

Website: http://saijosake.com/index.html