Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE Sep 8, 2018
Cheers to beers connecting northern Europe and Japan
by Melinda Joe
J.L.S. Trading imports an eclectic range of craft beers from various microbreweries in the Baltics and Scandinavia.
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Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE May 12, 2018
Put the sake down, warm weather means craft beer
by Melinda Joe
Although Yona Yona Beer Works is a staple for great craft beer in Tokyo, there are plenty of other hidden gems. Global beer-drinking afficionados share some of their favorites.
Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Feb 24, 2018
Craft Beer Market Osaka: Cheap pints of tasty craft
by J.J. O'Donoghue
The craft beer explosion in Japan has been a boon for drinkers, but the one bitter note in this success story is price. Generally speaking, there's little wiggle room from the ¥1,000 a pint mark — a hefty price to pay for a beer ...
Food & Drink Jan 13, 2018
Pair turn passion for craft beer into guide to Japan's scene
by Daniel Traylor
Website explores the good, the bad and the ugly of Japan's artisanal ales.
Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Dec 23, 2017
Yes! Burger: Gets an affirmative, though side-issues need work
by J.J. O'Donoghue
The crew behind Garage 39, a craft beer pub, have gone west and opened up a burger outpost.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jul 15, 2017
Mikkeller Tokyo: Danish flair in deepest darkest Dogenzaka
by Robbie Swinnerton
Everybody likes a happy ending, especially when the story involves one of Tokyo's most popular pubs. That's why many cheered when Mikkeller Tokyo announced its return this spring. A year after calling it quits in Shibuya's Udagawacho district, the Danish-based craft beer bar has reincarnated. ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jun 17, 2017
Another8: Craft beer, stylish setting, top-shelf fare
by Robbie Swinnerton
Another month, another new craft beer bar throws open its doors in Tokyo. The spread of microbrewed saisons, porters and hopped-up IPAs is inexorable and highly welcome — especially when the venue is as attractive and welcoming as Another8. Instead of following the standard American ...
Food & Drink Jun 3, 2017
Tokyo Beer Week underway with events across Tokyo and Kanagawa
by Davey Young
Behind the usual assortment of fresh produce and their derivative goods at the UNU Farmers' Market in Aoyama last weekend, Tokyo Beer Week 2017, which runs through June 11, was quietly kicking off by offering nearly four dozen taps of craft beer from in ...
Food & Drink | KONBINI WATCH May 6, 2017
Gold Master: Strong craft beer just in time for the heat
by Patrick ST. Michel
Whither craft beer? Possibly on convenience store shelves, though in small numbers. The last two years saw the big konbini players make significant space for artisanal suds, whether from actual craft breweries (in some cases owned by large octopus-like conglomerates) or attempts by major brands. Yet ...
Food & Drink Mar 17, 2017
Craft beer collaboration celebrates shared values of three very different businesses
by Daniel Traylor
A newspaper and a pub chain walk into a brewery... It has all the makings of a joke, but this is no wisecrack —it's the story of how The Japan Times, Kyoto Brewing and the Brussels bar chain came together to make a truly newsworthy ...
Food & Drink | NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS Feb 24, 2017
Koenji's alehouses and brewpubs put the craft back in beer
by Davey Young
Often touted as Tokyo's apex of cool, Koenji is a maze of narrow mixed-use streets, where the city's trendsetters, en route to hip cafes, cross paths with pensioners browsing cheap vegetables and various knickknacks. Koenji is a neighborhood that seemingly has it all, or at ...
Food & Drink Feb 1, 2017
Microbrewer in Tochigi targets niche market with craft beers
A businessman in Tochigi Prefecture is showing how anyone can enter the microbrewery market and make a wide variety of flavored beers in very small amounts, something made possible under tax law deregulation. Sadao Yokosuka, 51, operates a tiny brewery in Utsunomiya, where a 70-centimeter-high ...