THIS PLACE IS NOW CLOSED Another trip out of Tokyo today, and probably a badly timed blog post for reasons I will explain below. Chateau Kamiya in Ushiku, about 50 minutes from Ueno into Ibaraki is a brewery, winery, fake chateau and gardens complex that produces some very easy drinking beers and sells them at…
THIS WAS A ONE SUMMER ONLY THING, SO PLEASE DON’T TRY TO GO THERE NOW. I’LL UPDATE IF THERE IS ANYTHING INTERESTING THERE THIS YEAR. A quick post on what is one of the first craft beer beer gardens that I have seen. As you may be aware, Summer is the season for drinking beer…
THIS PLACE HAS NOW CLOSED (Prices update, October 2014: Thanks to Tim M. for alerting me to the change in prices. It seems that the beer selection has shifted away from Japanese stuff and more towards imports. The prices consequently seem to have increased considerably. Beers are now individually priced, which makes sense when you…
THIS PLACE IS NOW CLOSED. THIS BLOG’S SECOND COVID VICTIM Not to be confused with Craftheads, Craft Hands is a craft beer and wine bar in swanky Azabujuban. This is an area of Tokyo that I have never been to before, and to be honest I still haven’t seen much of it, as the bar…
APPARENTLY THIS SHOP HAS EITHER CLOSED DOWN OR GOT RID OF ALL THE BEERS (EITHER WAY, I GUESS IT’S NOT OF INTEREST ANYMORE), SO IT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MAP. Another shop today, but there is a bit of a twist, or some might say a hitch with this one. Le Collier is a…
ANOTHER PLACE THAT HAS NOW CLOSED. SORRY! Sorry, another terrible photo! Today another Kanda area entry. There really are a lot of good places to visit round there at the moment. Kura Kura is a place I have been to a few times and it always seems to be pretty busy, so they must be…
NOW APPARENTLY CLOSED, BUT IT’S ALL A BIT MYSTERIOUS Another one in the Hatanodai area today, and somewhere that it makes sense to visit at the same time as Izuya if you are coming from elsewhere. Transit is a blessing for those of us that want to drink in the afternoon, as it opens from…
THIS PLACE HAS NOW CLOSED DOWN Today, a new bar located in Nakano. The Hangover has only been open just over a month and feels a bit different from some of the other places on this blog. Recently Ji-Biru places seem to have got a lot fancier. There are now a lot of places where…
NOW CLOSED WITH A NEW BRANCH OPENING IN SANGENJAYA ‘SOON’ Craftheads is a craft beer and bourbon bar tucked away in a basement on a side street just a short walk from Shibuya station. Given how recently many of Tokyo’s craft beer bars have opened, Craftheads is something of a veteran of the scene. It…
NOW CLOSED Now I don’t normally venture into Roppongi but August Beer Club is one good reason to go there. In an area that is famous for its Irish pubs and sports bars you might assume that it is something of a Ji-Biru desert. However, there is Ant & Bee, to be covered in a…