The Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn 2018 is the twentieth in what is now a biannual event held in the vicinity of the Saitama Super Arena; once in spring and also an autumn event too. Featuring over fifty craft beer companies and bars from Japan and overseas, the Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn is a five-day event, from the 5th September to 9th September with plenty of choice for everyone.
With beers starting from ¥300 in price for roughly small sizes of about 250ml, and ¥500 the most common starting price for medium-sized classes. There are also craft beer tastings sets as well for customers to try from most of the breweries as well, that start from ¥1000 for 4 different beers. Some of the breweries, for example Outsider Brewing, Nasu Kougen Beer, and Shonan Beer have produced some special beers that can only be tried at the Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn. Even more incentive to go, as if you needed it.
Moreover, there is also a bottle shop where you can pick up some of the beers to take home with you. Be careful though – after last year’s event, we ended up breaking a couple of bottles after consuming a tad too much beer.
The Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn really should be an event anyone with an interest in Japanese craft beer attends. We attended last year’s event and the only problem we had was that the event is held inside, so some of the spring outside magic is lost.
Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn 2018 Brewery Line Up
Domestic Lineup
- Inawashiro Beer (Fukushima)
- Kawaguchi Brewery (Saitama)
- Walawang (Chiba)
- Eikawa Brewery (Saitama)
- Okinawa Sango Beer (Okinawa)
- Tokorozawa Beer (Saitama)
- Nihon Beer (Tokyo)
- Fire Valley Beer / Hi no Tani Beer (Mie)
- Virgo Beer (Tokyo)
- Yo-Ho Brewing (Nagano)
- Doppo Beer (Okayama)
- Tazawako Beer (Akita)
- Yokohama Bay Brewing (Kanagawa)
- Chichibu Beer (Saitama)
- Hokkaido Brewing (Hokkaido)
- Daisen G Beer (Tottori)
- Swan Lake Beer (Niigata)
- Sankt Gallen (Kanagawa)
- Shiga Kogen Beer (Nagano)
- Ushitora Brewery (Tochigi)
- Chateau Kameya (Ibaraki)
- TDM 1874 Brewery (Kanagawa)
- 10ants Brewing (Tokyo)
- Coedo(Saitama)
- Yamaguchi Ji-Beer (Yamaguchi)
- Onuma Beer (Hokkaido)
- Akita Aqula Beer (Akita)
- Abashiri Beer (Hokkaido)
- Tainai Kogen Beer (Niigata)
- Echigo Beer (Niigata)
- Ise Kadoya (Mie)
- DevilCraft Brewery (Tokyo)
- Fujizakura Kogen Beer (Yamanashi)
- Outsider Brewing (Yamanashi)
- Miyazaki Hideji Beer (Miyazaki)
- Kyoto Brewing Company (Kyoto)
- Johana Beer (Toyama)
- Kirishima Beer (Miyazaki)
- Nasu Kogen Beer (Tochigi)
- Y Market Brewing (Aichi)
- North Island Beer (Hokkaido)
- J-CRAFT (Tokyo)
- OH! LA! HO Beer (Nagano)
- Yokohama Beer (Kanagawa)
- Sennan Craft Beer (Miyagi)
- Helios Craft Beer (Okinawa)
- Iwate Kura Beer (Iwate)
- Minamishinshu Beer (Nagano)
- Fukushima Michinoku Beer (Fukushima)
- Matsue Beer Hearn (Shimane)
- Tochigi Micro Brewery (Tochigi)
- Blue Magic (Tochigi)
- Romantic Village Beer (Tochigi)
- Oirase Brewery (Aomori)
- Yakurai Beer (Miyagi)
- Kizakura Kyoto Bakushu (Kyoto)
- Hyappa Brews (Aichi)
- Naruko Onsen Brewery (Miyagi)
- Yuiga Doxon (Hokkaido)
- Rokko Beer (Hyogo)
- Craft Beer Company (Tokyo)
- Far Yeast Brewing (Yamanashi)
- Usami Brewery (Shizuoka)
- Zumona Beer (Iwate)
Overseas breweries and importers
- Beer Cats
- Otsuki Saketen
- Yuwa Trade
- Whiskey E
- BC Beer Trading
- EverGreen
- F.B.JAPON
- Plank / Crew Republic
- Tiwari Belgian Beer
- Warrior Celt
- Alesmith
- Brussels
- AQ Bevolution
- Ezo Beer
Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn 2018 Opening Times
5th September 16:00 – 21:30
6th to 8th September 11:00 – 21:30
3rd September 11:00 – 19:00
Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn 2018 Details
Homepage: http://www.beerkeyaki.jp/
Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn 2018 Festival Directions
Keyaki Beer Festival Autumn is located at Saitama Shintoshin (さいたま新都心) station on the Keihin-tohoku line, and local lines of the Takasaki line and the Utsunomiya line.
