Sake, seafood and a historic townscape - Hizen Hamashuku - Saga / 日本酒、祐徳稲荷、有明海 - 歴史的な町並み残る佐賀 鹿島の肥前浜宿

#ニックの九州旅 In this episode we visit Hizen Hamashuku in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture, a town that flourished from the Edo period until the Showa period with its numerous sake and soy sauce brewers. This used to be an inn town on the old Nagasaki Highway, and as a port town overlooking the Ariake Sea, seafood processing flourished alongside sake brewing. We stayed at a beautifully renovated merchant’s home, visited an exquisite shrine, tour sake and soy breweries, dined on crab and oysters, and more. I hope you have a chance to visit this area - it’s a hidden gem.

今回の旅先は、高品質な日本酒を作る地域として知られる佐賀県鹿島市の「肥前浜宿」を訪ねます。ここはかつて長崎街道の宿場町で、酒造りなどの醸造業と合わせて、有明海に臨む港町として水産加工業も盛んでした。酒蔵の別邸を改装した商家に泊まり、全国有数の参拝客を誇る祐徳稲荷にも散策が訪れ、酒蔵や醤油蔵を見学しながら竹崎蟹や牡蠣を食す...。そんな旅があなたを待っています。

Chapters
00’53 Riding the 36 Plus 3 sightseeing train
01’24 Drinking sake at Hizen Hama Station
02’10 Sakagura-dori and the town
02’40 Mitsutake Brewery tour - and why so many breweries!
04’09 Soy sauce and pickle store house
04’53 Oysters
05’10 Guided tour of town
07’14 Akanesasu Hizen Hamashuku (accommodation)
08’10 Yutako Inari Shrine
09’02 Ariake Sea, Oysters and Crab Grill
09’30 Two Stars 4047 sightseeing train

Accommodations: Akanesasu Hizen Hamashuku
https://www.akane-sasu.com/hizenhamas...
For reservations in English:: https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/qian...

Special thanks and appearances by:
Hiroyuki Mitsutake / Mitsutake Brewery: https://www.kinpa.jp/
Akira Ikeda / Guide

36ぷらす3 / 36 Plus 3 (train)
https://www.jrkyushu-36plus3.jp/

ふたつ星４０４７ / Two Stars 4047 (train)
https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/train/futa...

Nick no Kyushu Tabi! / ニックの九州旅！
Welcome to this new series of video reports in collaboration with the Kyushu Tourism Organization. Each month Nick shares a 10-minute video report based on a recent Kyushu Live episode with extra footage and reporting. Let’s dive deeper into Kyushu together! Then Nick joins the very knowledgeable and entertaining Koji Karaike, Kyushu Tourism Organization, Chairperson for lively discussion on the topic. Watch it here:
Fukuoka Now編集長・ニックが九州各地を旅する動画シリーズ「ニックの九州旅」。旅の後は、九州観光機構のインターネットテレビ局「チャンネル九州塾」の唐池恒二塾長と一緒に道中を振り返ります。唐池塾長とニックの掛け合いも楽しい #ニックの九州旅 トークショーは『チャンネル九州塾』で公開しています。

Channel Kyushu Juku - Kyushu Tourism Organization
九州観光機構【公式】チャンネル九州塾
   / @kyushujuku  

This episode of Nick no Kyushu Tabi was based on a livestream shot on November, 21, 2022:    • Hizen Hama, Saga Hospitality -  Sake Bar i...  

Have you been to Hizen Hama? What do you enjoy the most? Tell us in the comments!