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Carvaan Beer Stop - Beer bar: Shibuya

Located inside the Tokyu Foodshow basement food hall, the Carvaan Beer Stop standing bar is run by a Saitama-based craft brewery and Middle Eastern restaurant. One of the brewery's goals is to recreate interesting historical beers from past...

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Tokyo Beer Paradise by Primus - Belgian: Yaesu

Half a dozen taps here serve brews from Belgium's Haacht Brewery as well as one or two guest beers. There's also a respectable bottled selection with well-known names like Westmalle, Rochefort, Leffe and Kwak - around 40 types to choose from,...

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Ise Kadoya Craft Beer - Japanese regional: Tokyo Marunouchi

Run by the highly regarded Ise Kadoya brewery in Mie Prefecture, this Marunouchi izakaya serves regional cuisine and craft sake from Mie as well as their own craft beers. Ten varieties of Ise Kadoya beer are available on tap.

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Craft Beer Base Leaf - Beer bar: Osaka 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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Quays Pacific Grill - American: Yokohama Shinko

We'd love this place even if it weren't for the gorgeous bayside view. They serve great food and inspired original cocktails, and they run their own craft brewery, coffee roastery and gin distillery on premises. When the weather is nice you can...

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Craft Burger Co. - Burgers: Osaka Umeda

The excellent gourmet burgers here are made with domestic Japanese beef and premium topping ingredients, and come in three sizes - mini (shown in the photo), regular and double. They pour well-selected craft beers and cider from five taps, and...

Beer events

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

https://www.facebook.com/tochigibeerfest

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Tokyo Shibuya

April 19-20 (Sat-Sun); three sessions per day.

Hood to Fuji 2025

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.

Shibuya Stream Event Space, 4-6F

Price: Tickets are for one session each, and start at Y6,500.

https://hoodtofuji.com/

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