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Craft beers - Japanese and imported

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Fukushima Jihen - Bar: Fukushima

Formerly known as "Craft Beer Kitchen Pogo," the bar now offers both craft beer and hard cider on tap. The Italian food menu features big appetizer platters, pizzas, pastas and grilled meats and vegetables.

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Kamikaze - Beer bar: Kita-Horie

The 23 taps at Craft Beer Works Kamikaze serve mostly Japanese craft beers, with a few US imports as well. Food and service are good, but it can get crowded during busy times and seating can be cramped.

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Yellow Ape Craft - Beer bar: Kitahama

Thirty beers, mostly Japanese craft beers, are served on tap here along with bar snacks like pizza. The Y320 table charge includes a small appetizer.

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Hathor - Beer bar: Kyobashi

Kyobashi may be off the beaten track for Osaka craft-beer bar denizens, but this cozy neighborhood spot is worth checking out if you're anywhere nearby. There's a big tap list, including eight well-selected Japanese craft brews and seven mostly US...

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Iiie Craft Beer - Beer bar: Shinsaibashi

Past the front counter with its 20 taps, beyond the huge refrigerators stocked with 300 different canned beers, the main dining area here is quite stylishly appointed and surprisingly spacious. There's also a minimalist standing-bar zone in front...

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TNT Bar - Beer bar: Taisho

This extremely informal, charmingly scruffy bar has one of the most impressive selections of US craft beers by the bottle that we've seen in town, usually with more than 100 to choose from. Most bottles are in the Y900-1,200 range, although you'll...

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Harenohi - Beer bar: Tanimachi 4-chome

Six US craft beers on tap plus nice Utsunomiya-style gyoza are served at this convivial beer bar. From the folks who brought us Q-Brick.

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Beer Belly Tenma - Beer bar: Tenma

Fourteen taps, including four hand pumps, all dispense beers from Osaka's Minoh Brewery at this spacious company-run taproom. The food menu is decent, with a wide range of tapas dishes.

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Bak Umekita - Beer bar: Umeda

Run by Osaka's adventurous Bak brewery, this Umeda outlet serves ten of the brewery's beers on tap along with a small food menu. It's a pleasant spot located inside the Grand Front Osaka's stylish and very lively sixth-floor restaurant complex.

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Beer Stand Molto! - Beer bar: Umeda

A lively standing bar, conveniently located in the Hankyu Sanbangai station complex, Molto serves four craft beers on tap along with several dozen by the bottle. They also have around ten wines by the glass and tapas-style small dishes to go with...

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Craft Beer Base Leaf - Beer bar: Umeda

Leaf is a bottle shop, taproom and restaurant run by the Craft Beer Base group to showcase their beers. Ten of their fifteen taps are devoted to CBB's innovative series of Osaka-brewed beers, with the five guest taps set aside for domestic and...

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Craft Beer Base Mother Tree - Beer bar: Umeda

Originally known as Kansai's best retail shop for imported beers, Craft Beer Base have expanded their operations to include a restaurant, bar, on-premises brewery and bottle shop. These are all located in their three-story headquarters behind the...

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Craft Beer Market - Beer bar: Umeda

When Craft Beer Market opened their first branch in Tokyo they shook up the craft-beer scene with their low prices, wide beer selection, good food and overall mass appeal. Their first Osaka branch offers similarly low prices and an impressive...

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Craft Beer Market Whity Umeda - Beer bar: Umeda

It's hard to beat Craft Beer Market for price and beer selection. Offering thirty domestic and imported craft beers on tap, they charge just Y550 for a small glass and Y880 for a pint, plus a very reasonable Y300 cover charge after 3pm. The...

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Marciero - Beer bar: Umeda

The eight taps at this tiny bar here dispense a rotating selection of well-chosen craft beers, mostly from Japan, the US and Germany. Imperial pints are priced at Y1080. Open from 3pm weekends.

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Molto - Italian: Umeda

Craft Beer House Molto is definitely the highest craft-beer bar in Osaka, offering a fine view of the city from its 31st-floor location. There's a full menu of Italian food (budget around Y4000 at dinnertime), or you can just stop by for a beer,...

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Craft Beer Base Branch - Beer bar: Umeda 1-chome

Located in the lively basement bar zone of Hanshin department store, this compact outlet of importer-turned-brewer Craft Beer Base is equipped with ten taps, seven of which are devoted to their own brews. The food menu is limited to bar fare but is...

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Craft Beer Base Bud - Beer bar: Umeda 1-chome

A lively, very down-to-earth craft-beer bar, Bud offers an inspired selection from their eight taps - generally four brews from the US and two each from Japan and Europe. All pints are priced at Y1000 while half-pints are Y700. The very casual...

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WCB Umeda 1 - Beer bar: Umeda 1-chome

This outlet of Shizuoka's highly regarded West Coast Brewery is equipped with six taps dispensing their beers, plus a couple of fridges filled with canned and bottled product. The brewery is known for their innovative, high-quality seasonal beers,...

Belgian beers

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Dolphins Umeda - Belgian rest/beer bar: Chayamachi

This conveniently located cafe is part of the popular chain of Osaka Belgian beer bars, and stocks around 100 beers, mostly from Belgium. Unfortunately the food menu is rather lackluster, and even Belgian specialties like mussels and frites are...

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Keller Keller - Belgian rest/beer bar: Namba

Conveniently located next to the Namba subway station, Beer's Table Keller Keller carries a couple dozen Belgian beers by the bottle, priced from around Y1,200. On tap you'll find a few common Belgians (Hoegaarden, Vedett, Liefmans), and Yona Yona...

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Keller Keller Cave - Belgian rest/beer bar: Shin-Osaka

If you're in the mood for a Belgian beer before you catch your train, this small branch of the Keller Keller chain serves a couple dozen Belgian beers by the bottle, mostly in the Y1000-1200 range, along with a simple food menu. Fried chicken and...

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Regale - Belgian rest/beer bar: Tanimachi 4-chome

Worth noting for their late-night hours, Regale serves a handful of Belgian beers on tap, including DeKoninck and Brigand, as well as more than 70 by the bottle. The food menu features the usual frites and mussels as well as random bar snacks like...

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Nakai - Yakitori: Tenmabashi

Good yakitori and Belgian beers, from the Dolphins chain of Belgian beer bar-restaurants. Budget around Y3000-3500 for dinner and drinks.

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Craft Beer Tap - Beer bar: Umeda

Run by a beer import company, this sister shop of the nearby World Beer Museum serves draft beers from Czechia, Belgium, Germany, the UK and the US, including tasting flights. They also offer a big selection of bottled beers from Belgium and around...

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Flanders Tale Barchica03 - Italian: Umeda

Located on the fourth floor of the Innogate Osaka station building at the western end of JR Osaka Station, this branch of the Belgian beer-bar chain serves more than fifty beers. There are seven on tap, among them Belgian standbys like Leffe Brown...

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Keller Keller Kranz - Belgian rest/beer bar: Umeda

One of the more stylish branches of this Osaka Belgian bar chain, Keller Keller Kranz is located in the Fukoku Forest Square dining complex, accessible from the Whity underground shopping arcade. The wide-ranging food menu features everything from...

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Barrel - Belgian rest/beer bar: Yodoyabashi

Good, authentic Belgian cuisine and a nice assortment of Belgian beers, including several on tap.

Other beers

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Drunk Bears - Beer bar: Chayamachi

Bears serves more than 100 different beers from around the world, along with bar food like nachos, sausages, calamari, and fried chicken fajitas. The stand-up bar is open till 2am weekends; there's also a sit-down dining room across the hall.

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World Beer Museum - Beer bar: Umeda

With more than 300 seats and several different bar counters and table areas, this sprawling complex is more like a world-beer theme park than a typical bar. The place is run by a beer importer, so you'll see some unusual beers on draft that you...

Retail

Yamaya - Liquor shop: Namba

This nationwide chain specializes in imported wines and liquors, and they also carry a miscellaneous assortment of imported foods. They also stock several Belgian beers by the bottle along with bottles from Minoh, a local Osaka brewery. Maybe not...

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Craft Beer Base Mother Tree - Beer bar: Umeda

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World Beer Museum - Beer bar: Umeda

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