Post by Iain Wash1n Tokyo has been in business (in this incarnation at least, it seems) for about a year on the south side of Asagaya station. It’s a smallish place with seven tables, two seating four and five seating two, and a counter with five seats. I visited around 19:00 on a Saturday and…
Post by Jim Beer Hunting Urawa is a craft beer bar focusing on Japanese craft breweries. The entire bar is no smoking. It’s about a one minute walk from the east exit of Kita Urawa station in Saitama. It’s right above a CoCo Ichiban curry shop. There are 27 seats in total total, nine of them…
A quick update as I have finally managed to visit the new location of Sakura Taps. Now they are situated above the Kannai branch of Bay Brewing. They have a counter for eight and tables for maybe a few less. It’s a nice space and feels very comfortable. I had a very nice time here,…
Post by Jim Beer Saurus is a restaurant and bar less than a ten minute walk from the west exit of Ikebukuro station. It seats 60. Ten of the seats are at a counter with green back-lighting. At first glance the interior looks a bit like a club. Then you’ll notice all the craft beer signs and posters….
UPDATE: This place has changed quite a lot. The left-hand side is now a bar/beer stand with lots of taps, around half of which are from Kunitachi Brewery, which I believe is owned by the same company as Sekiya. The rest were all from Japanese craft beer breweries. I think the concept is that…
Just a quick post today to plead for help again. As you may have heard me complaining recently, it’s taking a lot of time and money to try to keep this site even moderately up to date nowadays. The huge amount of new places that are opening is too much work for just one person,…
Today, a small diversion again, away from beer and bars towards sake and books. I haven’t been able to visit many (actually, maybe ‘any’ would be more accurate…) new places recently due to various constraints. Apologies for this, but it really does take a bit of money and effort and I don’t exactly get anything…
Today, a brief post on another new place, this one opened only last week. There has been a trickle of information regarding this place for the last six months or so but the actual opening seemed to come around quite quickly. I was in the area at the weekend, so took the opportunity to pay…
Another brief post on another place in an area that is at this stage fairly unrepresented on this blog. I have been aware of the T.T Brewery and of the existence of their sour pilsner for a while but haven’t been in the right place. After a Kawsaki Frontale defeat to Yokohama F Marinos (truly…
NOW CLOSED IT SEEMS A quick post on a cafe in an area that is pretty empty on the tokyobeedrinker map at the moment. I was not aware of this place till Davido told me about it. Thanks a lot Davido for the many tips for new places you have given me. A short post…