Craft Beer Holiday in Osaka returns in 2017 and is a four-day craft beer festival held at the park around Osaka castle, known as Osakajokoen from Friday 6th October to Monday 9th October. In 2016, over twenty breweries from across Japan came for the four days of drinking and relaxing in the park with an impressive view of Osaka Castle.
A beautiful glass.
Craft Beer Holiday starts on Friday 6th October at 14:00 until 21:00, then on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 21:00 while the last day Monday from 11:00 to 19:00 to give people a chance to recover for the first day back at work on the Monday. Tickets cost ¥3,000 in advance, which are on sale now, and for this you get seven beer tickets and an original glass – which means the event has become more expensive. This year though the ticket system has changed with two tickets needed for one drink of 360ml of beer, or one ticket for a half size drink of 180ml. Moreover, the tickets can be used to either buy beer or food on the day.
If you buy the ticket on the day, the price goes up to ¥3,400 for the same amount of tickets and original glass. It’s important to note that beers can only be served in the original glass or a specified glass from the events, so keep ahold of it and don’t lose it, drop it, break it, or other things that usually happen after too many beers. Additional tickets cost ¥1,000 on the day for three tickets, while a special glass can be bought for ¥1,250.
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Breweries Attending Craft Beer Holiday Autumn 2017
Breweries that have been confirmed for Craft Beer Holiday this year are:
- Minoh Beer (Osaka)
- Shiga Kogen / Tamamura Honten (Nagano)
- Johana Beer (Toyama)
- Ushitora Brewery (Tochigi)
- Ise Kadoya Brewery (Mie)
- Fujizakura Kogen Beer (Yamanashi)
- Swan Lake Beer (Niigata)
- Minamishinshu Beer (Nagano)
- Far Yeast Brewing Company (Tokyo)
- Daisen G Beer (Tottori)
- Shimane Matsue Beer Hearn (Shimane)
- Shirahama Brewery (Kyushu)
- Morita Kinshachi Beer (Aichi)
- Konishi Brewing (Hyogo)
- Baird Beer (Shizuoka)
- Harvestmoon (Chiba)
- Outsider Brewing (Yamanashi)
- TY Harbor (Tokyo)
- Kure Beer (Hyogo)
- Kyoto Brewing Company (Kyoto)
- Y. Market Brewing (Aichi)
How to Get Tickets For Craft Beer Holiday Autumn 2017
Advanced tickets can be bought from the following places:
- Using E+ (E plus) at http://eplus.jp/holiday/
- FamilyMart and using the FamiPort
Craft Beer Holiday Autumn 2017 Details
Homepage (in Japanese): http://beerholiday.jp/
Social network: Facebook / Twitter
How to Get to Craft Beer Holiday Autumn 2017
Craft Beer Holiday Autumn is going to be held at Osakajokoen and the closest station to it is Osakajokoen on the JR loop line. Take exit number 3 and the location is about a three-minute walk.
