Over fifty Belgian breweries take part in this event each year, and 12 tons of Belgian fries are consumed at this very festive multi-city event. A grand total of 119 different Belgian beers are promised for the Nagoya leg of the tour this year.

Fruhlingsfest is the German festival to celebrate the coming of spring, and the Yokohama version is a huge local event, now running for more than two decades. There's plenty of German beer, food and music, plus fun and games for kids. (Check the website to confirm dates and times.)

Kyushu's biggest craft beer festival is running for eleven days over the Golden Week holiday this year, with participating breweries from all over Japan. Check the website for more details as the date approaches.

One of Tokyo's several multi-day Oktoberfest events, this very popular outdoor event offers German beer, food from all over, and a diverse program of live music.

Around a dozen breweries from all over Kyushu will be serving beers at this long-running local beer festival, now in its fourteenth year. There's plenty of food as well, including charcoal-grilled Miyazaki chicken and skewers of pork and beef.

This is the second session of Kyushu's biggest craft beer festival, held in the city of Oita. Breweries from around the country will be represented, along with local food vendors. Check the website for more details as the date approaches.

Running since 2010, this lively multi-city event has attracted more than 1.5 million visitors and is one of Japan's leading outdoor events. You can sample 88 Belgian beers along with a diverse food menu during this four-day run in Yamashita Park.

The second of several multi-day Oktoberfest events for 2024, this very popular outdoor event offers German beer, food from all over, and a diverse program of live music.

This major beer festival features around fifty breweries and plenty of food stalls, and attracts huge crowds. It's one of the best festivals in the Tokyo area, and is highly recommended, at least when it is held outdoors (which it will be this time around).

Dozens of Belgian breweries take part each year at this very festive multi-city event, and 75 different beers are promised. There's also food, music and other live entertainment.

Around a dozen craft brewers from around the country, including a strong contingent from Okayama, are participating in this local, but Hawaiian-themed, beer festival.

Now in its eighth year, this popular local event features a number of seminars as well as tasting opportunities. At last year's event nineteen craft-beer booths and ten craft-whiskey booths served more than 5,200 visitors over the course of the weekend. Nineteen food trucks and food stands were also on hand.

With fifty breweries serving around 220 beers, this is one of Osaka's major beer events, focusing on Kansai breweries large and small. Local bars and restaurants will be running food booths and there will be live music and performances onstage.

One of Japan's longest-running craft-beer festivals, BeerFes gives you the chance to try over 100 kinds of beer for a single admission price.

Now in its ninth season, this popular national beer event is held at a ski resort just 20 minutes from central Sapporo. Last year there were more than 100 beers available from breweries throughout the country, along with food from local restaurants and live music.

A beer festival for the whole family, Tsukuba's popular annual event features live bands and DJs on two separate stages along with plenty of food and organic soft drinks. Last year there were nineteen breweries represented (including one US import), ranging from big names like Hitachino Nest and Echigo to smaller local producers. Check their website for more up-to-date information.

One of Japan's longest-running craft-beer festivals, BeerFes gives you the chance to try over 100 kinds of beer for a single admission price.

Now in its twenty-seventh year, this indoor-outdoor festival features local foods as well as craft beers from around Japan. This year they promise more than 100 different beers from local breweries as well as local foods.

Running in Tokyo for five days this year, including a three-day weekend, this is the biggest and most popular Belgian beer festival in Japan, featuring beers from more than fifty breweries and a wide selection of food.

The autumn edition of Tokyo's Shiba Oktoberfest features German beer, food from all over, and a diverse program of live music.

One of Japan's longest-running craft-beer festivals, BeerFes gives you the chance to try over 100 kinds of beer for a single admission price.

Co-sponsored by the German Embassy, this is probably the best of the German-themed festivals on the yearly calendar, with a more German feel to it than the typical Oktoberfest event. There's plenty of tasty German food, beer and wine to sample, a live music stage, and booths selling a range of German products.

The early-winter edition of this popular Belgian beer event is held indoors, under the attractive dome of the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building in Nishi-Shinjuku. This is the biggest and most popular Belgian beer festival in Japan, featuring beers from dozens of breweries and a wide selection of food.

Expected events include Kofu Beer Festival (July); Nasu Beer Festival (August); Craft Beer Holiday Osaka (October); and Tokushima Craft Beer Festival (November).