Sakakiyama Hachiman Shrine
A Shintō shrine in Akitsu with a sake theme. In the shrine compound is a fine bronze statue of Miura Senzaburō, who devised a method for brewing sake with the soft water of Hiroshima.
SETOUCHI TOURS
Miura Senzaburō
Miura Senzaburō was a Japanese sake brewer whose “Miura method” of brewing sake with soft water, invented in 1887, laid the foundation for the development of the renowned Hiroshima sake. He’s also known as the father of ginjō sake.
Takehara
A port town on the Seto Inland Sea famed for its traditional wooden buildings from the Edo period.
Hiroshima
The western node of the ‘Golden Route’, famous for being atom bombed.