Keisei Koiwa Craft Saketen (or KKCB) was our second stop on our east Tokyo pub crawl. For some reason this place has always held a strange allure for me. I say an allure, but I didn’t really know much about it and had never visited so I guess it was more of an inexplicable urge…
In my ongoing quest to complete a new year’s resolution that I set myself for 2021 but failed to complete due to the ongoing pandemic, and then restarted at the beginning of this year, I have been venturing to some places a bit of my usual beaten track. Tokyo is a huge city and it’s…
It’s been a while now since the TDM Aoyama taproom closed and I’m sure that plenty of people have been eagerly awaiting the opening of their new Shimokitazawa branch. There’s so much new development going on in Shimokita at the moment that it’s not going to help you if I say that this place is…
It’s been a long time since we had anywhere in Ota-ku on here. The previous place I visited in the ward has long since closed. Perhaps it’s a ward of Tokyo that sometimes gets slightly overlooked, even though it might be the Tokyo ward in which many people first set foot in (it has Haneda…
Post by James Wedge Bottle Shop and Pizza is about 1 minute from Myogadani station on the Marunouchi line. Definitely not a station that has thus far had a lot of craft beer options. It seems to be connected to PDX Taproom which is also on this site (post for that place is here).There are…
Post by James Underground has two branches, one in Higashi-Jujo and one in Akabane. Today, I am in Akabane.Quite a spacious bar. There are about six counter seats and table seating for at least 20 people. There is also a small table outside.There are 15 taps of mostly Japanese but also imported beers. Pints ranged…
This is part 8 of the Tokyo Beer Drinker digest posts. You can view all of them by clicking the digest category on the right hand side or alternatively you can just click here. I was surprised to discover that it had been over a year since the last digest post. I’m also pleased to…
Post by James Sekimachi Cellar is a family owned liquor store with a long history. It was founded in the 5th year of the Taisho era. I think that would be 1916. Anyway, it’s definitely over 100 years old. You can’t sense such a long history from the building itself but you certainly get the…
If you’ve ever been to a Devil Craft bar, you’ll probably only be skimming this post to find out what’s different about their Jiyugaoka branch. Or probably more likely you’ll have already been here as this place has been open a while and I’ve only just got round to visiting. Given that their first three…
Post by James MOTS BEER PARTY is a bar I’ve seen on a few Japanese friends’ SNS so I decided to check it out.The bar is basically a renovated Minka (residence) and it is quite small. There were four counter seats and several stools which I think could be used if more customers come. There…