Great Japan Beer Festival, Okinawa, also known as BeerFes Okinawa, is in its third year after proving to be successful in 2014 and 2015. For this year, BeerFes Okinawa 2016 has found a new home in the Seamen’s Club
The event is open on Saturday 9th April from 13:00 to 21:00 with last orders at 20:45 and the final day being Sunday 10th April from 12:00 to 17:00 with last orders at 16:45. Entry to BeerFes Okinawa costs ¥2,700 for the whole event in advance which includes a special glass and 12 beer tickets while tickets on the day cost ¥2,900. Tickets can be purchased in advance until the 8th April 2016. Extra beer tickets cost ¥400 yen for two tickets. One ticket can be used for one 85ml glass, while two tickets are needed for one 170ml glass.
The brewery list for the BeerFes Okinawa 2015 event was as follows. The 2016 event has not been released yet.
- Hakodate Beer (Hokkaido)
- Iwate Kura Beer (Iwate)
- Aqula Beer (Iwate)
- Nasu Kogen Beer (Tochigi)
- Harvestmoon (Chiba)
- Far Yeast (Tokyo)
- Yokohama Brewery (Kanagawa)
- Sankt Gallen (Kanagawa)
- Hakone Beer (Kanagawa)
- Fujizakura Kougen Beer (Yamanashi)
- Baird Beer (Shizuoka)
- Kinshachi Beer (Aichi)
- Ise Kadoya Beer (Mie)
- Nagisa Beer (Wakayama)
- Minoh Beer (Osakea)
- Daisen G Beer (Tottori)
- Matsue Beer Hearn (Shimane)
- Kaigunsan no Bakushu (Hiroshima)
- Narutaki Kougen Brewery (Yamaguchi)
- Umenishiki Beer (Ehime)
- Miyazaki Hideji Brewery (Miyazaki)
- Kirishima Beer (Miyazaki)
- Nanto Brewery Nihede Beer (Okinawa)
- Koza Brewing (Okinawa)
- Okinawa Brewing Company (Okinawa)
- Helios Craft Beer (Okinawa)
- Miyakojima Micro Brewery
- Ishigakijima Beer
How to Get Tickets For BeerFes Okinawa 2016
Tickets for Great Japan Beer Festival, Okinawa can be purchased at the following stores and bars:
- Pia ticket counter (7-Eleven, Circle K Sunkus) (P Code : 631-830)
- JTB convenience stores such as Circle K
- LAWSON Ticket *Only in Japanese (LAWSON, MINISTOP) (L Code : 81583)
- I’s Public Ale House, Beer Rize, BAKU or COLOSSEO 262
More info can be found on the homepage here.
How to Get to BeerFes Okinawa 2016
The event is held about a five minute walk from “Free Zone Mae” bus stop.
