Drinking Beer in Japan

Beer is the most popular alcohol beverage in Japan. Open-air beer gardens are open during the summer in department stores, hotels, parks and so on. Drinking in beer gardens is a summer tradition in Japan. Canned beer can be purchased from vending machines everywhere in Japan. Legal drinking age is 20 in Japan. If you are over 20 years old, enjoy a variety of Japanese beers. If you are drinking beer with someone in Japan, it is polite to pour some for your companies first.

Fun Places to Drink Beer in Japan

• Sapporo Beer Garden, Sapporo-city
  Kita (N) 7-jo Higashi (E) 9
  011-731-4368

• Ebisu Garden Place Beer Station, Tokyo
  03-3442-9731

• Kirin City, Tokyo
  Bunshodo Building 2nd Floor 3-4-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku
  03-3562-2593

• Nasu Mori Beer Garden
  Sapporo Beer Nasu Factory
  4453-49 Takakukou Nasu-machi Nasu-gun, Tochigi
  0120-742-150

• Yaen, Osaka
  New Hankyu Building Rooftop 1-12-39 Umeda Kita-ku
  06-6442-99881
  *open for summer

• New Miyako Hotel Beer Garden, Kyoto
  Nachijo-guchi, Kyoto Station
  075-661-7111
  *open for summer

Beer is pronounced "bi-ru" in Japanese. Microbrewed beers are called ji-biru and are very popular. There are many small breweries produce beers in various regions. You might not have a chance to taste Japanese microbrewed beer outside of Japan, so try to visit some of breweries while you are in Japan.
Breweries in Japan
Great Japan Beer Festival

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