Tokyo Beer Drinker has recently veered dangerously close to writing something about Osaka, which as I probably said in the case of Kyoto, is a quite frankly massive area that deserves a site of its own. Today we’re back in Kansai but have once again decided to kick the can down the road when it…
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Hinomoto Beer Stand
Today a place in another area I had never been to before this visit. Getting off the Yamanote line at Komagome, this place was about a seven minute walk south. I know they used to have a Hinomoto Beer Parlor in Jinbocho. Not sure why they have moved from there to here but it might…
Okei Brewery Nippori
Today it’s Okei Brewing, the first craft beer brewpub in Arakawa-ku! But they don’t quite seem to be up and brewing yet as none of their beers were on tap. When we visited though, there was someone hanging around in the brewery and it looked like things were in place so maybe that’s starting soon….
Kyoto round up
Kyoto, much like Osaka, is a city with a lot of options that this site could never expect to be able to keep on top of. Because of this, until now, I’ve thought that it’s not worth adding Kyoto places as I could never do it to any degree of accuracy. I then realised that…
Nara round up
It’s been quite a long time since I’ve been to Nara and I think all of the places mentioned below opened since my last visit. Nara is a nice touristy city to visit but is surprisingly not as accessible as you might expect given its proximity to Kyoto and Osaka. I think there are a…
Hiroshima round up
Hiroshima is a city which has had some decent bars in it for a few years now, and now seems to be growing when it comes to beer, perhaps with the return of tourists in mind. Perhaps not all of the places will be to everyone’s taste though. But I don’t suppose beer is anyone’s…
Hyogo round up (Kobe, Himeji, Akashi)
If you ever asked me to name a city in Japan that is woefully lacking in good beer places considering its size and reputation, I’d almost certainly say Kobe. I don’t know why it’s so lacking. And you may be thinking ‘I don’t know why he’s put it on here if that’s true’, and you…
Okayama round up
This post is a work in progress, so please bear that in mind before having your mind boggled by the complete lack of information. There are a few beer places in Okayama city and some places elsewhere in the prefecture but I have absolutely no idea about them and for that reason I’m not going…
Daruma-ya
Written by Rick I was going home from school like I usually do by bike and while on a bridge crossing the Yamanote line between Otsuka and Ikebukuro I happened to see a shop with the neon sign saying ‘CDs Records Beer’ next to the tracks. Noting the condition of the sign and general state…
Beer Bar Crowd
Crowd was our final stop on our mini eastern Tokyo pub crawl. In spite of it being near a station with a similar name, it’s not that close to Keisei Koiwa Craft Saketen. It was about a 20 minute walk and then one stop on the train from Koiwa to Shin Koiwa. So I guess…