Begun in Spring 2022, this small neighborhood event now has ten participating breweries and importers, including West Coast Brewing, TDM 1874, Titans, Ushitora and Kaigan Brewery. A handful of food trucks will provide snacks. The event will be held in the big open space about 4 minutes from the east exit of Shimo-Kitazawa Station where the above-ground train used to run.

Japan's biggest Belgian beer event kicks off the season in Tokyo's Hibiya Park for the first time. We can expect over one hundred different beers from various brewers, and there will be plenty of food, both Belgian and non-Belgian.

More of a regional beer festival than a Japan-wide event, Tochigi features around 40-50 beers from around a dozen small local Japanese breweries, plus US and other international imports.

A collaborative effort between breweries from Portland, Oregon, and Japan, the festival will showcase the results of 20 different collaborations. A regular ticket gets you eight beers (150ml each) and one food item. One level up is the all-you-can-drink plan, which also includes one food item. Above that, a VIP ticket will get you an extra 30 minutes of drinking plus a T-shirt.

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 were sold during the Nagoya leg of the tour last 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.)

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.

Kyushu's biggest craft beer festival is running for twelve 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.

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 Fukuoka event is back after a break of a few years, for a five-day run in the park in front of City Hall. Fifty-two Belgian breweries are promised for the event this year.

The second of several multi-day Oktoberfest events for 2025, this very popular outdoor event offers German beer, food from all over, and a diverse program of live music.

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

Now in its ninth year (and also celebrating its tenth anniversary), this popular local event features a number of seminars as well as tasting opportunities. At the most recent event nineteen craft-beer booths and ten craft-whiskey booths served more than 5,300 visitors over the course of the weekend. Fourteen food trucks and food stands were also on hand.

With 66 breweries serving around 300 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.

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).

Now in its tenth 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.

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

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

Running in Tokyo for five days this year, 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 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.