| 2007 SAKE MATSURI is the festival for citizens held every year at
 Higashihiroshima,where the birthplace of Ginjoshu(high grade and
 unadulterated "sake" made from rice that has been polished leaving
 forty-precent of its full and fermented slowly at a low
 temperature.)
 
 Over 200,000 people gathered to enjoy SAKE MATSURI.
 Both who come with family and who are crazy about "sake" can enjoy
 the festival
   Nondara Noruna! Please don't drive after drinking!Use JR trains or the bus.
  OOSAKABAYASHI Mikoshi Parade
Mikoshi Parade
   Saturday 13th
           Mikoshi and children's Musical Accompaniment Parade 
           Sakagura Dori -> Main Square
    Mikoshi Parade 
 Sake Brewery Events
  Saturday and Sunday 10:00-16:00 
          The following breweries are organizing various events.
  Kamoki, Sanyotsuru, Chiyonoharu, Hakubotan, Saijotsuru, Sakurafubuki,   Kamotsuru, Kirei, Fukubijin, Kamoizumi
    Sake Brewery Events
 Sake Hiroba (Central Park West)
   Japanese Sake Breweries Assembly 
          About 900 different kinds of Sake from all over Japan available for tasting.
  Saturday 13th  11:00-20:00 (Admission until 19:00)
  Sunday 14th  10:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:00)
  Advance Tickets  1,000 yen, or 1,500 yen at the door. 
          You will get a small cup and the list of exhibited Sake brands;    
        you can freely taste any kind of   Sake in the park. 
          For food or soft drinks you need to buy Point Tickets, as you can't use cash    
        in the park.One Point is equivalent to 100 yen. 
          Once you leave the park, you can't re-enter. 
          *We appreciate your understanding if the Sake stocks run out.
    Sake Hiroba
    2006 List of Sake brands exhibited in Sake Hiroba              ↑UPMain Square and Main Stage (Central Park East)
   Saturday 13th 10:45-21:00, Sunday 14th  10:00-17:00
          Saturday 13th 
           10:45 Opening Ceremony and OOSAKABAYASHI Mikoshi Parade 
           11:40 Public Relation on Higashi-Hiroshima by Azalea Fairy 
           12:00 JIROMARU TAIKO  Traditional Drum Performance 
           12:25 SAIJO TARU ODORI  Traditional Dance Performance
         
           13:10 Music Performance 
           13:40 Public Relation on Fukutomi ...Taiko Performance 
           13:50 Musicians' Stage 
           15:50 Dance Performance Stage
         
           16:20 Mikoshi and children's Musical Accompaniment Parade 
           17:00YOSHIMOTO OWARAI STAGE "KATSURA KOEDA"etc 
           17:45 Performance Stage 
           19:05  
            19:15MINAMI ISSEI Live Performance 
           19:40 Taja  Live Performance 
           20:15 TAIKO HONPO KABURAYA
        
    Sunday 14th 
           10:00 Kids' World 2007 Dance Performance  
           11:15 "JukenSentai GEKIRENJA" Show 
           11:50 Public Relation on Higashi-Hiroshima by Azalea Fairy 
           12:00 Public Relation on  Higashihiroshima Citizen Musical 
           12:15 Music Performance 
           13:00 UEDA MASAKI Live Rehearsal 
           13:55 KAZAMI AYANO Enka Performance 
           14:15 World Dance Performance 
           14:45 SAKENOMACHI Concert
         
           15:30 Talk Event "Over The Reinbow"  by Hiroshima FM 
           16:00UEDA MASAKI  SPECIAL LIVE and Grand Finale
    Main Square, Main Stage        Bishu Nabe (South of Central Park)
   Delicious yet simple HigashiHiroshima Dish; "Bishu Nabe" is seasoned with sake,  
          pepper and salt.Saturday 13th  11:00-21:00, Sunday 14th  11:00-17:00 
          Price 8,000 yen per table (for 4 people) 
          Reservation: Call (082)431-0155  (5 September - 5 October)
    Bishu Nabe                                      ↑UPCentral Community Center
   Saturday 13th 
           13:00-13:40 Opera "Town with White Walls" 
           15:00-15:30 HigashiHiroshima Children Chorus 
           18:30-20:00 Sake Matsuri Concert
    Sunday 14th 
           12:00-13:00 Suite "SAIJO" 
           15:30-16:40Family Concert 
    Saturday and Sunday
    The Tea Ceremony  : Advance Tickets 500 yen, or 550 yen at the door.
  HigashiHiroshima Inventions Exhibition  presented by elementary school 
    pupils.
  Sakematsuri Photo Contest 
          2006 Exhibition and 2007 Contest Information and Application
  JICA Exhibition
    Central Community Center
     The Tea Ceremony
      Sakematsuri Photo Contest   Pedestrian Paradise (Street between Fuji Grand and Central Community Center)
  Saturday and Sunday 12:00- 
          Stage performances and games
  Saturday 13th  12:00-15:30 Blood Donation
    Pedestrian Paradise Wakuwaku Square (Parking Area of JA)
   Saturday 13th 11:00-17:00, Sunday 14th  10:00-16:00 
          Foods and Drinks, Fuwafuwa Dome, Stage and Games
    Wakuwaku Square                                  ↑UP Azalea Hall (Sun Square Civic Culture Center)
   Saturday 13th 9:30- 
           Singing Competition
  Sunday 14th  10:00- 
           Singing Competition of Saijo Sake Brewing Songs
    Azalea Hall 
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