NOW CLOSED – MAYBE REOPENING IN A NEW LOCATION SOME TIME Post by Mothy There was a time I would go to Craft Beer Baby in Urawa 2-3 times a week. Then I had a kid and that number fell to once a week. Then, in December, they closed and it fell to once a…
Month: July 2016
Hamamatsu round-up part 3: Tir Na n-Og
(This post was originally on three different places. They have now been split into individual posts. Click the links for part 1 and part 2) An Irish bar in Japan that serves Baird beer. Not sure what the Irish part is, apart from the name actually. This is pretty much a Baird taproom with the…
Hamamatsu round-up part 2: Shinnosuke O (NOW CLOSED)
THIS PLACE IS NOW CLOSED (This post was originally on three different places. They have now been split into individual posts. Click the links for part 1 and part 3) Bookshop/bar combination located very close to both of the central Hamamastu stations. Nice atmosphere and friendly clientele and staff. We only had time for a…
Hamamatsu round-up part 1: Mein Schloss
(This post was originally on three different places. They have now been split into individual posts. Click the links for part 2 and part 3) Another post about a city mainly centred around a football away day. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to dealing with some of my Tokyo backlog soon. But…
Mikkeller Summer Pop-Up (NOW CLOSED)
THIS POP UP IS NOW CLOSED. NEW BAR IN SHIBUYA COMING SOON! Just a quick post today on the new Mikkeller pop-up in Daikanyama. You may notice that there are more photos and that they are of a higher standard than usual. That’s because I forgot to take one and had to ask Hamilton to…
Amber Rondo
I’ve finally made it to the new Amber Rondo! I’ve left the parts about the old bar below for you to refer to if you are interested. It’s moved closer to Sendai station, now about 10-15 minutes walk from the Shinkansen platform if you move quickly. The beer things are pretty much the same although…
Sendai intermission part 2: Craft Beer Market Sendai Ekimae
(This was originally one post rounding up Sendai, but now it has been split into separate entries. The other places are mentioned in part 1 and part 3) [To see all the Sendai posts on this blog, click here] UPDATE: The old Craft Beer Market in Sendai has closed… but as you can…
Sendai intermission part 1: Craftsman Sendai
(This was originally one post rounding up Sendai, but now it has been split into separate entries. The other places are mentioned in part 2 and part 3) [To see all the Sendai posts on this blog, click here] Another trip out of Tokyo for football, and once again I thought it was worth mentioning…






