Celebrating the food culture of local regions around Japan, this weeklong "hometown festival" has been adding more and more locally produced craft beers in recent years to complement the hundreds of food stalls. This year there will be more than 100 craft beers to accompany the local delicacies. Weekends are jam-packed, but the throngs are manageable on weekdays and weeknights. Note that evening tickets, good for admission after 4pm, are Y400 cheaper than daytime tickets.

Try 300 different beers, mostly priced from Y300 per cup (although the average price is Y500). Thirty-seven craft breweries, including representatives from Taiwan and Czech Republic, will be taking part. There will also be six craft beer importers and five food vendors on hand.