This unpretentious neighborhood bar has four taps devoted to local Japanese craft beers, including an original collaboration brewed for this shop. Non-beer drinkers can opt for sake or various wines and cocktails. If you’re hungry, Shishi Bone’s burgers are meaty and well prepared, served with tasty fries and pickles plus…
Spacious, casual, fairly hip but laid back in atmosphere, Beer Base is a relaxing place to enjoy a few craft beers and some snacks. There are a dozen or so taps pouring mostly Japanese beers, with a few imports as well. Beers come in three sizes, starting at 284ml, and…
Half craft-beer standing bar and half wine retail shop, TDM serves a rotating selection of four draft beers from their main brewing facility in Yokohama. They also have around ten wines by the glass, and there’s a nice selection of canned and bottled craft beers and ciders in the fridge…
Craft beers are all priced at Y500 at this casual neighborhood spot near Sumiyoshi subway station. You’ll find an interesting rotating selection of ten Japanese craft brews on tap, typically from breweries like Isekadoya, Romantic Mura, Y Market, Aqula, and Strange Brewing. The izakaya-style food menu features simple dishes like…
Open Fridays through Sundays only, this up-and-coming nanobrewery offers eight taps of their own original beers at quite reasonable prices (Y550-650 for 275ml). Some of their popular brews include Belgian-style White Moon Ale, Dopeness IPA, NE-style Mosaic Behind the Cloud, Kawasaki Common and SMaSH Saison. They’re located inside an artsy…
With its old-fashioned wood-themed decor and its traditional German food menu, this long-running beer hall feels like a relic of past times. The extensive beer list is quite up to date though – in addition to more than two dozen traditional German beers on draft, they offer ten guest taps…
This cozy taproom serves a full line-up of beers from Aozora Ale, Miyazaki City’s first microbrewery, along with a fairly big food menu. The drinks list includes brown, red and pale ales, IPAs, stouts, weitzens and cider. Small (260ml) and regular (360ml) glasses are priced from Y450 and Y550 respectively,…
Run by the excellent Isekadoya craft-beer brewery, this lively izakaya serves thirteen of the brewery’s beers on tap along with several kinds of sake from Mie Prefecture. The kitchen turns out regional Mie cuisine built around local ingredients – oysters and other fresh seafood, heirloom-breed Ise-akadori chicken and Matsusaka beef…
Craft beer to go is the selling point at this tiny neighborhood bar. They’ve got eighteen taps dispensing a nicely varied selection of Japanese craft beers, including some rarities, and you can either enjoy a half-pint here or fill a growler to take home (or both). The first time you…
The twelve taps at this compact train-station bar dispense beers from Japanese craft breweries like Aqla, Isekadoya and the very local TK Brewing, located just a ten-minute walk from here. (You might have to ask about the TK beer – when we visited it was on tap but not listed…
One of Tokyo’s larger craft-beer retail shops, Beer Ma has expanded from their original locations in the Kita-Senju area with a spot in the heart of Kanda’s craft-beer zone. The second-floor retail area offers a fairly large selection of bottled and canned beers from around the world. You can take…
Located inside the Isetan food court in Yokohama Station’s Joinus department store, this combination bottle shop and bar offers an impressive selection of US craft beers by the bottle or can, to drink here or take home. They also have ten taps of draft beer from a rotating list of…
The huge breakfast menu here (served all day long) covers everything from buttermilk waffles and brioche french toast to a hefty cornbread plate with chili con carne, smoked bacon, onion soup and cole slaw. The classic American breakfast (Y1700) comes with excellent home-made sausage and perfectly crisp hash-brown potatoes, paired…
This massive 200-seat bar-restaurant serves more than 200 beers from all over the world – including 19 beers on tap – along with an international food menu. The atmosphere is reminiscent of a classic Japanese beer hall, except with a better selection of beers. Prices can be a bit higher…
In addition to coffee, tea and cafe snacks, this charming little neighborhood coffeehouse offers a respectable roster of craft beers and ciders from Japan and the rest of the world. The selection from the five taps changes quite often, but when we visited it featured beers from Modern Times (San…
With its waterfront location looking out over the Sumida River, this brewpub’s ten-seat second-floor terrace is an especially pleasant spot from which to watch the parade of passing boats when the weather is nice. The bar offers a decent selection of imported and domestic craft beers from their ten taps,…
I had to pinch myself when I got a call from NHK in Tokyo telling me that they want to air a programme on my return trip to Japan. In my last blog post I talked about my return trip to Japan through JET called “satogaeri”: http://fionasjapanesecooking.blogspot.ie/2015/10/my-return-to-my-japanese-hometown-via.html As part of…
This German bar-restaurant chain offers a variety of German and German-style beers at very reasonable prices, especially compared to other German restaurants in town. The eight beers on draft are mostly original beers from Schmatz, although they do have a few from German breweries like Bitburger and Erdinger, plus the…
