Located on the sixth floor of NEWoMan is 2416 Market – a market area dedicated to all the fine foods, furnitures, and drinks that Kanagawa has to offer. And that also includes craft beer as well. At the far end of the floor, right next to 800 Degrees Craft Beer Stand, is where you can find a small section dedicated …
Saito Saketen
Saito Saketen is both a bricks-and-mortar shop and an online store, based in Otawara, in Tochigi, Japan. While it primarily specialises in sake, however, it does partake in the selling of alcohol, with its focus being on craft beer. The selection of craft beer encompasses both domestic and imports, though there is a heavy leaning towards the former. Thankfully, Saito …
Witch Craft Market
Despite the peculiar name, Witch Craft Market does not pride itself in products of the occult or Wicca kind; however, it does partake in the selling of alcohol, with its focus being on craft beer. The selection of craft beer encompasses both domestic and imports, though there is a heavy leaning towards the former. Thankfully, Witch Craft Market uses the …
Beer Owle Online
If you haven’t checked out our review of Beer Owle’s bricks and mortar store, then go along and read that after reading this. But it’s good to see that Beer Owle also has an online component to the store as well. Open in August 2019, Beer Owle has a range of both local domestic craft beer from places such as …
Beer Owle in Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Beer Owle The Bottom Line Beer Owle is perfect for popping in and having a couple of quiet beers while you wait for friends, or picking up some beers to take away – especially useful as there are very few bottle shops in Shizuoka. The whole place is non-smoking and also offers up growler fills for drinking off-site too. There …
Suzuki Shuhan Kanda in Kanda, Tokyo
Suzuki Shuhan Kanda is a both a bricks and mortar store, as well as an online store that we’ve listed here. This branch in Kanda though has a much heavier focus towards sake, whiskey, and wines; however, there is a semi-decent selection of craft beers in stock too. Like the Minowa branch, Suzuki Shuhan Kanda also has a small drink …
Nara Maruhoba-kan in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
If you’ve been following our series on antenna shops in Japan, then it may not come as a surprise that Nara is getting in on the action, with this, the seventh in our series, at Nara Maruhoba-kan. Like others in the series, Nara Maruhoba-kan focuses on products from the Nara region of Japan, located just south east of Osaka. Nara …
Nihonbashi Shimane-kan in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
The fifth in our entry of satellite shops / antenna shops is Nihonbashi Shimane-kan- which if you hadn’t guessed is based in Nihonbashi and sells products from Shimane prefecture, which was once voted Japan’s 46th most recognised prefecture – not that great considering Japan has 47 prefectures. What was the 47th? Don’t know to be honest. Nihonbashi Shimane-kan sells lots …
Chiga Beer Store
Chiga Beer Store is a bricks-and-mortar beer store based in Osaka, Japan, that specialises in both domestic and imported craft beer from around the world. The store came highly recommended to use from a reader (Thanks Phil!) who pointed out that they also have an online store as well, that thankfully, doesn’t use Rakuten. Chiga Beer Store uses the same …
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Hopbuds in Nagoya, Aichi
Hopbuds The Bottom Line Is Hopbuds a bottle shop turned bar, or a bar turned bottle shop? Doesn’t matter as it does both well enough that you should go there for a few beers while you’re in Nagoya. The multi-nationality makeup of Hopbuds means you’ll end up talking with people from different backgrounds, a welcome change in what seemed to …