Craft Beer Bars Japan

Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) and nationwide listings

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Trunk Coffee and Craft Beer - Cafe: Nagoya

A gourmet coffee shop by day, Trunk turns into a craft-beer destination at night, with eight taps dispensing domestic craft beers until 11pm. The taplist includes well-regarded brewers like Isekadoya, Swan Lake and Shiga Kogen, with occasional tap...

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Howzit Beer - Beer bar: Kobe

Run by the Zot beer importing company, Howzit offers several of their most popular beers on tap, along with a hearty bar-food menu. Beers on draft include Franziskanner Weissbier and Hofbrau lager (Germany); Brugse Zot Blonde and St. Louis Lambic (Belgium); Pike IPA (Seattle); and a couple of original beers. The large food menu....[Continue reading]

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Dig The Line - Beer bar: Kyoto

By far the hippest beer bar in Kyoto, Dig The Line offers a good selection of imported craft beers and ciders, excellent music (with regular DJ events), and comfortable seating both indoors and out. Ten taps are devoted to beer and cider, while the fridge is filled with dozens of cans and bottles from Sweden's Brewski label....[Continue reading]

Events

Osaka

May 22-26 (Wed-Sun); weekdays 4-10pm; Saturdays 11am-9pm; Sundays 11am-8pm

Belgian Beer Weekend 2024 Osaka

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.

Osaka Nakanoshima Park (in front of Osaka City Central Public Hall)

Price: Y3,750 for a ticket starter set, which includes ten beer/food tokens and a souvenir glass. Beers are generally 3-5 tickets each.

https://belgianbeerweekend.jp

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Okayama

May 24-26 (Fri 5-9pm; Sat 11am-9pm; Sun 11am-5:30pm)

Okayama Beer Festa

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.

Shimoishi Park

TBA

http://www.okayama-beerfesta.com/

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Shizuoka

May 25-26 (Sat, Sun 11am-5pm)

Shizuoka Craft Beer and Whisky Fair 2024

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.

Tokiwa Park

Price: Free admission, purchase tickets to buy food and drink.

https://www.facebook.com/shizuoka.beer.whisky.fair/

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Osaka

May 25-26 (Sat noon-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm)

Craft Beer Live 2024

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.

Osaka Nanko Area ATC Piloti Square (2-1-10 Nankokita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka)

Admission is free, but advance ticket buyers will gain entrance to the venue one hour early. Check the website for details.

http://craftbeerlive.com/

Location on Google Maps

See Japan-wide events on our Beer Events page