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Beer retailers - Tokyo
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Tanakaya - Liquor shop: MejiroThis spacious basement shop near Mejiro station offers one of the best selections of American craft beers in Tokyo, along with Hasegawa Liquors (Yaesu) and World Beer Market (Kita-Senju). You'll also find an impressive stock of Japanese micros and...
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Isetan Craft Beer Bar - Liquor shop: ShinjukuIsetan Shinjuku has really beefed up their retail craft beer selection, stocking around 220 different canned and bottled beers from breweries around the world. The craft beer zone is in the far corner of their excellent sake department, and next to...
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Dig The Line Doors - Beer bar: HarajukuThis starkly minimalist taproom and bottle shop is the first Tokyo branch of a popular Kyoto bar run by an importer of European craft beers. They are equipped with five taps for draft beers and cider, or you can choose from around 150 canned and...
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Tap and Crowler - Liquor shop: ShibuyaLike their sister shop Tap and Growler up the road in Shimo-Kitazawa, this newer Shibuya branch will serve craft beer to go from any of their nineteen taps. You can bring your own growler, or they can provide crowlers (aluminum cans) in 16 and...
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Hiranoya - Liquor shop: ShibuyaAlthough Hiranoya was once a simple retail bottle shop with a standing-bar corner, over the years they have transformed into a full-fledged specialty beer bar, albeit a rather tiny one. The main focus is on classic Belgian beers, with a huge...
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Jolly's - Liquor shop: EbisuBilling themselves as a liquor store and sound studio, Jolly's has been selling booze here in Ebisu since the 1920s. Nowadays they stock a decent selection of mostly US craft beers in cans and bottles - maybe forty in all, starting at around Y500...
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Night Owl - Liquor shop: EbisuThis tiny shop serves as a standing bar, specialty liquor shop and gourmet grocer, with a bit of art gallery thrown in for good measure. Five taps serve craft beer from Japan and abroad, or you can bring in your own growler to fill up and bring...
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Antenna America - Beer bar: ShinagawaLocated inside a bustling shopping-mall food court, this is one of the noisiest craft beer bars we've been to in Tokyo. The bar is run by a beer importer, and their six taps dispense American craft beers from breweries like Saint Archer and Sierra...
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Nissin - Retail: Azabu-JubanMeat is Nissin's strong point, with over a dozen types of cold cuts, a cornucopia of sausages, and unusual items like pheasant, rabbit, and even kangaroo meat. And the third-floor wine shop is worth a visit in its own right - particularly for its...
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Shinshu Osake Mura - Sake bar: ShimbashiPeople don't come to Shinshu Osake Mura for the atmosphere, or the music (there isn't any). There aren't even any chairs. The reason to visit this hole-in-the-wall, standing-only sake bar, located on the ground floor of one of Shimbashi's most...
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Liquors Hasegawa North - Liquor shop: YaesuAn amazing selection of hundreds of craft beers - both domestic and imported - can be found in the refrigerators and shelves of this underground liquor shop, along with a decent selection of sake, wines and liquors. (If you're after whiskey though,...
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Antenna America - Liquor shop: YaesuCraft-beer fans riding the Shinkansen from Tokyo can now stock up on drinks for their journey from this conveniently located retail shop and bar, run by a major importer of American craft beers. There are hundreds of mostly US beers to choose from,...
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Liquors Hasegawa - Liquor shop: YaesuLiquors Hasegawa focuses on hard liquors, with an impressive selection of rare Bourbons and Scotch whiskeys. Best of all, you can try them out in the shop - Y150-200 gets you a 10ml pour of many of the bottles they carry. Beer fans can find a...
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World Beer Museum - Beer bar: OshiageRather than trying to represent the entire world, the "World Beer Museum" narrows its focus to brews from five beer-producing countries - Belgium, Germany, the UK, Czech Republic and the US - along with a "world food" menu of representative dishes...
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Titans - Beer bar: OtsukaEstablished by two beer importers - Beer Cats and AQ Bevolution - this combination bar and retail shop offers a nice selection of mostly US craft beers, from breweries like Heretic, Elysian, Schooner Exact and Left Hand. And unusually for Tokyo...
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Tokyo Aleworks - Beer bar: Itabashi-kuIn spite of the generic name and the out-of-the-way location, this brewpub taproom is a favorite of Tokyo's local craft-beer-drinking community. They're equipped with a total of 22 taps, divided between their own brews and collaborations,...
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Beer Ma - Liquor shop: Adachi-kuNot only does Beer Market offer the best selection of imported craft beers in Tokyo, but you can drink whatever you buy right in the shop, with a Y200 corkage charge. They also have ten taps of craft beers (they were half Stone Brewing and half...
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Beer Ma - Liquor shop: KameidoThe fridges are filled with hundreds of exotic imported beers at this third retail branch of a Tokyo-based beer importer. Unlike the first two standing-bar branches of Beer Ma, this one has seating, in the form of three small folding chairs next to...
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Drink Up!! Craft Beer Shop - Liquor shop: KoenjiIf you're on the hunt for unusual craft beers, this tiny retail shop specializes in small, innovative breweries from under-represented corners of the world. There seems to be a emphasis on fruit flavors and dessert-influenced beers, and their...
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Stone - Bar: AsagayaA half-dozen beers from San Diego's Stone and other craft brewers are served on tap here, at prices ranging from Y980-Y1300 per pint. There's also a well-stocked retail shop with some fifty microbrews from both Europe and the US, ready to take home...
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Le Petit l'Ouest - Liquor shop: Shimo-KitazawaThis Star Wars-themed neighborhood liquor shop stocks a wide selection of over 100 Japanese craft beers, one of the better selections in town. It helps to know what you're looking for though, as there are plenty of clunkers as well as hidden gems.
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TDM 1874 - Beer bar: Shimo-KitazawaRun by Yokohama's excellent TDM 1874 Brewery, this stylish retail outlet and bar serves as a tasting room for their beers as well as an all-purpose liquor store, with sake and wines for sale in addition to beer and cider. There's a small but...
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Pigalle - Beer bar: SangenjayaWhile other Tokyo craft-beer bars may specialize in small Japanese breweries or US imports, Pigalle is a good place to find interesting European craft beers, both on draft and by the bottle, as well as craft ciders. The funky interior has a cozy...
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Deguchiya - Liquor shop: Naka-MeguroMainly a wine specialist, Deguchiya also stocks good selections of sake and craft beers. There's a small bar area with a few seats and a bit more standing room where you can drink any of the beers sold here after adding a small corkage charge. They...
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Platinum Fish - Beer bar: KawasakiThe 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...
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Antenna America - Liquor shop: Yokohama Sta.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...
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Antenna America - Beer bar: Yokohama KannaiAn ever-changing selection of American craft beers - all from top-class breweries like Southern Tier, Coronado and Anderson Valley - is on tap at this tasting room run by beer importing company Nagano Trading. They also carry more than a hundred...
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Seven-Eleven Yokohama Hammerhead - Retail: Yokohama ShinkoIt's certainly unexpected, but perhaps the best craft beer retailer in Yokohama is this bayside branch of 7-Eleven. Located in front of the Yokohama Hammerhead shopping complex and ship terminal, they attract craft-beer fans from around Japan. ...
Prefectural antenna shops with local craft beers
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Ibaraki Sense - Antenna shop: GinzaWith an interior resembling an upscale design shop, Ibaraki Sense is probably the fanciest prefectural antenna shop in Tokyo. The shop stocks fresh produce and specialty food items from Ibaraki, including natto, miso, apples, apple pie, apple...
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Ginza Nagano - Antenna shop: GinzaIf you're looking for sake, wine or specialty foods from Nagano Prefecture, you'll find an impressive selection here at this well-stocked antenna shop. There's a small bar area at the front of the shop where you can try local wines (from Y500 per...
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Iwate Ginga Plaza - Antenna shop: Higashi-GinzaThis rather expansive prefectural specialty shop sells everything from crabmeat, uni and ikura bento boxes at the front entrance to mochi rice cakes, Iwate beef and dairy products. There's a respectable sake selection as well as craft beers from...
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Mie Terrace - Antenna shop: MitsukoshimaeMore than 1000 kinds of food, drink and local crafts from Mie Prefecture can be found at this well-stocked antenna shop. Local culinary delicacies include Matsusaka beef, ume plums, fresh-caught fish and oysters, tea, udon and soy sauce.
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