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Craft Beer
Food and DrinksCraft Beer
Japan has a long history of brewing world-class sake and shochu and craft beer has come on to the scene in Japan in a big way. Local craft beer breweries are popping up in rural areas where access to clean water and fresh ingredients create fertile grounds for making some great beer. American brewers and Japanese brewers have collaborated on some interesting brews and the influences are seen in both places as Japanese beers are now at many of the major international beer festivals and American craft brewers living in Japan and visiting have had a significant influence on the craft beer scene in Japan.
Craft Beer
Sagami Beer at Restaurant Selvaggina
The Tanzawa mountain range in northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture offers residents of greater Tokyo numerous hiking opportunities, no...
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Isekadoya Beer
Isekadoya began in April 1997, primarily brewing English-style ales. These beers gave them a fair amount of attention in their fi...
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Yoho Brewing
Yoho Brewing is one of the few Japanese craft breweries without a brewpub or restaurant. Yet the well-known Yona Yona Ale the...
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Yatsugatake Beer & Brewpub ROCK
Yatsugatake Beer and their brewpub, named simply “ROCK,” are nestled near the foot of the mountain area known as Yatsugatake, in ...
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Daisen G-Beer
Daisen G-Beer may be one of the most remote breweries in Japan, but there is nothing remote about the familiar flavors of the...
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Echigo Beer
Where Craft Beer in Japan First Began The new brewpub for Echigo Beer was quite a sight when it opened in December...
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Moku Moku Beer
The inception of beer was a result of the advent of agriculture, the organized human activity that puts food on our collective ta...
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Kumano Beer
From the ‘Land of Sky Blue Waters... A place as natural and remote as Kumano, straddling the border between Wakayama and Mie pref...