Meet Japan’s new Twitter phenomenon: a trucker girl who shares post-work beers in witty T-shirts
All she meant to do was share photos of herself enjoying post-work beers, but Truck Meimei (@truckmeimei), a 21-year-old truck driver with a love of…
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From Food Waste to Beer: Bread Crusts and Coffee Beans Transformed into Delicious Brews
The Kuramae district in Taito Ward of Tokyo partnered with Asahi Breweries to reduce food waste and build community through craft beer. Akiko Shigematsu, for…
Popular Japanese curry house uses high quality food samples in genius marketing tactic
Outside many restaurants in Japan, you can often find some incredibly high quality plastic food samples. Some of them look so realistic, you might even…
We tried a Japanese April Fool’s beer made with “the sweetest pastry in the world”
Every year on April Fool’s Day, many Japanese businesses and shops try to do something unusual to surprise consumers. Most of the time, they limit…
Japanese beer drinkers rank the top five brews they love to drink after a bath
Watching Japanese movies, television dramas, or even anime, eventually you may have encountered a scene of someone very much enjoying an ice cold beer after…
Sanktgallen Brewery toasts the Year of the Tiger with a new yuzu ale
Sanktgallen brewery is giving a toast to the year of the Tiger with a new limited-edition beer. The new beer is a wheat ale made…
Rio Brewing serves up special collaborative Madoka Magika hazy IPA
Belgian beer specialty brewery Rio Brewing have released a new hazy IPA sure to please anime fans. The new ale is a special collaborative beer…
GINZA Lion Bldg., Japan’s oldest beer hall, registered as Important Cultural Property
Having first opened its doors on the 8th of April 1934, the Ginza Lion Beer Hall is Japan’s oldest existing beer hall, and is still…
Shinjuku Ale opens in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho district: An entire building brewing its own beer and devoted to craft beer and food
Shinjuku’s beer entertainment building is finally complete now with its own brewery as of November 22nd. To celebrate the milestone, they are also coming up…
Would-be-wasted apples upcycled into tasty autumn treat – Apple Cinnamon Ale
If you’re a big fan of apple pie or apple cinnamon then you may want to check out this batch of Apple Cinnamon flavoured ale…
Limited-edition Sapporo Classic Furano Vintage 2021 to go on sale from October
Fans of Japanese beer probably know that Hokkaido is the place to go if you are in search of delicious brews. Sapporo is home to…
A craft beer born from Tokyo’s centre of subculture, Shimokitazawa
Summer 2021 is already turning out to be a scorcher here in Japan. Of the few things that can offer respite from the turgid heat,…
These mystery Japanese gift sets will make your dad very happy on Father’s Day 2021
Father’s Day is just a few weeks away, and if you’re like most of us you probably still haven’t found a gift yet. Now, you…
Japanese Buddhist temple brews and releases its own craft “temple beer”
The famous “Ji (Temple) beer” has been a popular menu item at the local farm Café ZENCHO, and temple inns EBISUYA and KAKURINBO in Yamanashi…
Sankt Gallen Brewery introduces new Father’s Day IPA
Kanagawa’s famous brewery, Sankt Gallen Brewery introduced its newest addition to their IPA lineup, “Father’s Day IPA” on May 13th, 2021 for Father’s day (June…