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Harvest Moon Beer at Roti's House
Maihama, Chiba
If you have young children in Japan, it is practically inevitable that a trip to Tokyo Disneyland will be considered an outdoor activity in your household. For those not keen on theme parks, the Roti’s House brewery restaurant in the Ikspiari complex adjacent to Maihama Station will be at least some consolation for taking the kids to Disneyland...
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Sagami Beer at Restaurant Selvaggina
Nanasawa Onsen, Kanagawa
The Tanzawa mountain range in northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture offers residents of greater Tokyo numerous hiking opportunities, not to mention a great deal of off-road mountain biking courses. While its rugged terrain and steep slopes challenge the riders of road bikes, quite a few can be encountered on the area’s narrow winding mountain roads on weekends...
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Hitachino Nest Beer
Naka City, Ibaraki
Hitachino Nest beer from Ibaraki Prefecture distinguishes itself from other Japanese microbrews in that it is arguably the most famous overseas. Indeed, about half of their production is exported, mostly to the United States, where beer enthusiasts with a thirst for something different pay about $3 retail for a small bottle, an unusually high price in a country where excellent microbrews go for about $8 for a six-pack...
It’s probably still cold as you read this, but spring is just around the corner. Here’s a suggestion for good beer in an expansive park-like setting, less than an hour from Tokyo...
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Hitachino Nest Beer
Naka City, Ibaraki
Hitachino Nest beer from Ibaraki Prefecture distinguishes itself from other Japanese microbrews in that it is arguably the most famous overseas. Indeed, about half of their production is exported, mostly to the United States, where beer enthusiasts with a thirst for something different pay about $3 retail for a small bottle, an unusually high price in a country where excellent microbrews go for about $8 for a six-pack...
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Tama Beer at Restaurant Beer Club Tama Hills Area
– Hachioji, Tokyo
The area surrounding this small brewery restaurant affords quite a number of opportunities for family-oriented “un-extreme” activities. There’s the Tama Zoo, Sanrio Puro Land, a number of parks and just a whole lot of golf courses...
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Niseko Beer at Higashiyama Eggshell
After glancing through our last issue, I find it’s obvious Niseko has it all for outdoor activities. However, a visit to Niseko Beer, in the Higashiyama area of Niseko, might leave you convinced the place is also a great destination for the indoors...
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Beer in the Great Outdoors
During the warmer months, there are many places in Japan where you can enjoy a cold beer in the beer garden tradition. While such places have been a summer mainstay in Japan, in the past 10 years a number of more interesting places to have a beer al fresco have opened. Old style or new, if the beer is cold, little else matters.
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Kudan Kaikan Beer Garden – This is a Japanese rooftop beer garden in the classic Showa Era-style...
There is a good chance you’ve already had Gotemba Kogen Beer, but you may not have known it at the time. One of Japan’s largest “small” breweries, Gotemba Kogen Beer is an enterprise of Yonekyu, one of Japan’s largest producers of sausages, hams and other meat products...
The name Shonan is synonymous with water sports on its famous long beaches, from surfing to swimming to windsurfing to yachting. A little more than an hour from Tokyo, the beaches of Shonan stretch from Kamakura to Odawara, and in summer the traffic on the coastal highway can be as unbearable as the stifling humidity...
The northeastern reaches of Tokyo are blessed with some remarkably fine hiking areas, with trailheads less than two hours from the center of the city. Autumn is clearly the finest season for hiking, with a crisp dry atmosphere and strikingly blue skies often studded with white, wispy clouds...