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…
Previously, we’ve only had a few individual Kofu posts on here, but seeing as I’m now doing round ups for prefectures that I visit and I have a couple of new Kofu places, I thought it was about time to do a Yamanashi one. There’s not going to be anything outside of Kofu at this…
A recent trip to Ise Jingu with some beery stop offs on the way back to Nagoya has created this Mie round up post. It seems that there are actually quite a few places to drink in Mie. I didn’t get to all of them but hopefully this will give you something to think about…
Written by James Niku to Mugi opened relatively recently in Hatagaya (about one minute from Gremlin) and it definitely has its own style that sets it apart from other craft beer bars. You take your shoes off on the way in and wear a pair of the slippers provided. The bar, actually I’d call it…
Written by James Williams Brewery / Williams Brooklyn Restaurant is in Kuki in Saitama and it started brewing this year (2022). It’s a few stations past Omiya which is a trek for me but I just fancied going. From the outside it looks like a house or a hotel. There is a sign saying “Lots…
It’s taken me a while but I’ve finally made it to the new Mikkeller bar, just over the other side of the Yamanote line from the Dogenzaka branch. Distance wise, it’s not at all far, but when you compare the two neighbourhoods it feels like it could be a lot further. Mikkeller Kiosk/Bar is on…
Here’s another one of those prefectural round ups that has so little in it that it almost seems like a waste of time writing it. Saga might not be on most people’s places to visit in Japan shortlist. I’ve been to Tosu city quite a few times for football games but there’s nowhere to drink…
Let’s Beer Works is a place that has been on my ‘to visit’ list for a while but the limited opening hours have always foiled me. Well, until now! I managed to finally get there on my way to Urawa for a football away game. En-route my shoe self-destructed. This is of no interest to…