A small Nagoya bottle shop run by an American craft-beer fan, Hopbuds offers more than 100 well-chosen US craft beers, which you can order in English.

The Yokohama shop offers a good selection of popular US craft beers in English.

This Osaka-based Belgian beer importer has one of the few online stores in Japan available in English.

This site lists thousands of beer offers (cases, gift sets, and individual bottles). You can browse by clicking on the beer categories. Searches are also possible but must be typed in katakana -- which can be a problem with Belgian and German names. On the Rakuten site, you need to register once with your credit card information; thereafter, you simply need to log in and do not need to re-enter information.

Similar to Rakuten Ichiba, the Yahoo! Japan Shopping site offers a smaller selection of beers. Searches may be typed in and sorted according to price.

A good selection of Japanese and world brews

Beer from Washington state breweries like Schooner Exact and Elysian can be ordered by the case

Six Japanese microbrews delivered to your door each month for 3,000 yen.

Wide variety of Belgian styles & others (German, UK, Irish, Dutch, Canadian, US, and various Asian beers)

Belgian beers and a limited number from other countries

Craft Beer Base in Osaka offers a number of custom-order packages of imported craft beers.

Several great Japanese microbrews

Good selection from several well-known Japanese breweries

Online retailer specializing in Japanese and imported microbrews

Japanese craft beer, categorized by prefecture

A wide selection of beers from Belgium and other countries (Japan, Germany, USA, Ireland, England, and Australia)

Japanese, European, and American beers

A variety of deals on several Japanese micros

Japanese and world beers

Stocks many hard-to-find beers from several countries

Bargain hunting. Good luck!

Online liquor shop with a great variety of world beers