[Image1]In Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, there’s a bookstore that even sells local sake and souvenirs!
[Image2]In Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, there’s a bookstore that even sells local sake and souvenirs!
[Image3]In Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, there’s a bookstore that even sells local sake and souvenirs!

In Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, there’s a bookstore that even sells local sake and souvenirs! 😍
A bookstore that hosts surprise events? Discover the many charms of We Higashijo Store 📚✨

Sosho Sato Main Store in Jinsekikogencho began in the Meiji era as a general shop stocking rubber boots, candles and daily necessities. The second branch, We Higashijo Store, opened in Tojo Town, Shobara City, offering books, CDs and stationery.

More than a bookstore, the store also houses a hair salon, a cosmetics section, an esthetic room and a coin laundry, making it indispensable to the local community. Recently, Tomonori Sato began carefully selecting and selling food items and local sake. The store also runs unique initiatives you won’t find elsewhere, from events to original book covers. ✨

We spoke with fourth-generation CEO Tomonori Sato about the visitor-friendly appeal of We Higashijo Store.

Read the article here🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5346...

We Higashijo Store
Address: 1348-1 Kawahigashi, Tojo Town, Shobara City
Phone: 08477-2-1188
Hours: 10:00–19:00
Closed: Open year-round
Parking: Available (30 spaces)

Honabi
Address: 2-12-10 Nishihonmachi, Shobara City
Phone: 0824-73-9366
Hours: 9:30–19:00
Note: From Friday, November 21, 2025, hours will change to 10:00–18:30.
Closed: Tuesdays
Parking: Available (shared parking)

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Oct. 29, 2025
November is almost here 🍂✨ This time, we will introduce 6 Autumn leaves spots in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! 🍁 Please warm up and come to 💛🎶 Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 🍁🍁🍁 Here are the 🔽🍁🍁🍁 highlights of the 6 Autumn leaves Spots (1) Under-twined Gari of Mt. Kamikoya Ooin Ginkgo 🍁 【Address】Shinichi, Koya-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 【Highlights】Located in the Precincts of Tenma Shrine, it is a huge Ginkgo tree with a trunk circumference of 9.6 meters and is the first in the prefecture. It is said that in the first year of Tenpei (729), when the god of thunder was invited to this place, it was planted as a sacred tree. Gari aerial roots called milk hang down from the main trunk, and it is designated as a natural monument of the prefecture. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Access】Onomichi Matsue Automobile Koya IC / About 8 minutes by Car from Roadside Station Takano 【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November (2) Mt 🍁. Azuma 【Address】Moriwaki, Hiwa-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture Mt. Azuma belongs to the Hiba Dogo Teishaku National Park and is Located in, about 35 km north of Shobara City in the northern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. Vacation Village Azumayama Lodge closed in 2020. Use the public toilet at the former campsite. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November (3) Mt. Hiba Federation 🍁 【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Saijo-cho, Aburaki~Shimane 【Highlights】Elevation 1,200 Meter class mountains are lined up, and the area around Mt. Hiba Imperial Tomb is covered with beech pure forest, which is a nationally designated natural monument. Please note that Thereare is subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Access】To Hiroshima Prefectural Forest Park Center About 40 minutes from Shobara IC About 40 minutes from Tojo IC 【Best time to visit every year】Late October ~ early November (4) Dogo Mountain 🍁 【Address】Misaka, Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture~Tottori 【Highlights】One of the Three Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan. It is also featured in Sumie Tanaka's "One Hundred Famous Mountains of New Hundred Famous Mountains". Thereare a 360-degree view from the summit, a stone wall of the ranch ruins, and a large pond built as a water source for Tatara ironworks. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Access】About 45 minutes by Car from Shobara IC to Tsukimigaoka About 30 minutes by Car from Tojo IC to Tsukimigaoka 【Best time to visit in every year】Early November~ (5) Teishaku Gorge 🍁 【Address】Tojo Town, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture ~ Jinsekikogen Town, Jinseki District, Hiroshima Prefecture 【Highlights】A canyon that straddles Shobara City Tojo Town and Jinsekikogen Town. Designated as a national scenic spot (1923), one of One of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Chugoku Expressway / Tojo IC 【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November (6) Japanese maple group 🍁 in the market 【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 【Highlights】The "Japanese maple group in Kamiichi" is a rare group of large trees in Japan, including the largest one with a trunk circumference of 3.25 m and nine plants with a trunk circumference of more than 2 m. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions. 【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Shobara IC on the Chugoku Expressway 【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November Click here for 🔽 information on Autumn leaves in 2025 https://www.shobara-info.com/special/4758 Summary of the highlights here. 🔽 https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5312