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Beer events 2025
February
Sapporo
February 22-23 (Saturday, Sunday)
Hokkaido Craft Beer Factory 2025
Now in its second year, this event is run by a group of students with an interest in craft beer, and they have chosen seven Hokkaido craft breweries to participate with booths. Food is not sold at the event, but you can bring in food purchased at restaurants inside Sapporo Factory. Participating breweries are Black Fox, Nakafurano, , Bifuka Shirakaba, Kyogoku, Shimokawa Mori, Hokkaido Otobe Oiwake, and Lupicia, and brewmasters will be on hand.
Sapporo Factory "Atrium + Factory Room" (next to Freshness Burger)
Tickets from Y2,500 for three beers (plus admission) to Y4,900 for seven beers. Student discount tickets are also available. Advance tickets are available, and same-day tickets will be sold only if advance tickets do not sell out.
March
Niigata
March 8-9 (Sat 11am-6:30pm; Sun 11am-6:30pm)
Niigata Craft Beer Land
This early-March weekend event seems to be a mini session of the popular regional beer festival, with nine local brewers announced so far. Check the website for more details as the date approaches.
Bandajima Hiroba
Price: Free admission, pay as you go.
April
Tokyo Shimo-Kitazawa
April 5-6 (Saturday noon-9pm; Sunday noon-8pm)
Shimo-Kita Craft Beer Fest
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.
Shimokita Senro-gai Akichi
Price: Free admission, pay as you go
Tokyo Hibiya
April 10-13
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Hibiya
Japan's biggest Belgian beer event kicks off the season in Tokyo's Hibiya Park for the first time. We can expect several dozen different beers from various brewers, and there will be plenty of food, both Belgian and non-Belgian.
Hibiya Park (Elm Tree Field)
Price: TBA - Purchases are through a ticket starter set, which includes ten beer/food tokens and a souvenir glass. Beers are generally 3-5 tickets each.
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
April 18-20 (Friday 3-9pm; Saturday 11am-9pm; Sunday 11am-5pm)
Tochigi Craft Beer Festa 2025
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.
Light Cube Utsunomiya Koryu Hiroba
Price: Free admission, pay as you go
Nagoya
April 24 (Thu) - May 6 (Tue); opening times TBA
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Nagoya
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.
Hisaya Odori Park, Hisaya Plaza - Angel Plaza
Price: TBA
May
Yokohama
May 8-11 (Thu-Sun)
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Yokohama
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.
Yamashita Park
Price: TBA
Fukuoka
May 14-18 (Wed-Sun)
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Fukuoka
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.
Fureai Park (in front of City Hall)
Price: TBA
Osaka
May 21-25 (Wed-Sun)
Belgian Beer Weekend 2024 Osaka
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.
Osaka Nakanoshima Park (in front of Osaka City Central Public Hall)
Price: TBA
October
Tokyo Roppongi
October 1-5 (Wednesday - Sunday)
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Tokyo Roppongi Hills
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.
Roppongi Hills Arena
Price: TBA
December
Tokyo Shinjuku
December 3-7 (Wed-Sun)
Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Shinjuku "Christmas Edition"
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.
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Square
Price: TBA
Later in 2025
Please check back later for more events in 2025.
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