A quick post today and this time it will be really quick. I’ve written before about a 7-11 in Chitose Funabashi that has a good beer selection. At the time I wrote that, I was told about this branch, halfway out to sea and about a ten minute walk from Bashamichi station. It’s worth the…
Written by James 21 Brew Cave is bar restaurant and future brew pub that opened fairly recently in Hibarigaoka. An area that, to the best of my knowledge, has little or no craft beer options. The first thing you notice as you go in is a couple of large silver tanks for brewing beer. In…
Today a place that has just been opened by a regular drinker at Gremlin. Biruya Koizumi is a bit further west of Hatagaya though. It’s about a 10 min walk from Chofu station on the Keio line. Considering Chofu is a area with quite a lot of shops and restaurants, there is a dearth of…
Written by James Number 6 is a cafe bar in Ningyocho. The name comes from the fact that there are six taps of craft beer. They were all domestic when I went. Number 6 also has good coffee and Nihonshu, but I won’t write about these here. On my visit there was a Fresh Hop…
In the past when it came to beer, Gunma was mainly known for a few fairly inaccessible old style ‘tourist attraction with brewery’ places. There’s one which is a glass factory (Tsukiyono) and one is a German style village in the mountains (Akagi). There’s also what was Donryu Dream in Ota which was more along…