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Tanakaya - Liquor shop: Mejiro
Open 11am-8pm. Closed Sundays.
This spacious basement shop near Mejiro station offers one of the best selections of American craft beers in Tokyo, along with Hasegawa Liquors (Yaesu) and World Beer Market (Kita-Senju). You'll...
Open 11am-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Isetan Craft Beer Bar - Liquor shop: Shinjuku
Open 3pm-7:30pm (LO) daily.
Isetan Shinjuku has really beefed up their retail craft beer selection, stocking around 220 different canned and bottled beers from breweries around the world. The craft beer zone is in the far...
Open 3pm-7:30pm (LO) daily.
Shinanoya - Liquor shop: Shinjuku Kabukicho
Open 11am-4am daily.
A good selection of wines and spirits and a dozen or so European beers at discount prices, plus random imported food items.
Open 11am-4am daily.
Tap and Crowler - Liquor shop: Shibuya
Open 3pm-midnight daily.
Like their sister shop Tap and Growler up the road in Shimo-Kitazawa, this newer Shibuya branch will serve craft beer to go from any of their nineteen taps. You can bring your own growler, or they...
Open 3pm-midnight daily.
šHiranoya - Liquor shop: Shibuya
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Although Hiranoya was once a simple retail bottle shop with a standing-bar corner, over the years they have transformed into a full-fledged specialty beer bar, albeit a rather tiny one. The main...
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Jolly's - Liquor shop: Ebisu
Open 2pm-midnight. Closed Sundays.
Billing themselves as a liquor store and sound studio, Jolly's has been selling booze here in Ebisu since the 1920s. Nowadays they stock a decent selection of mostly US craft beers in cans and...
Open 2pm-midnight. Closed Sundays.
Night Owl - Liquor shop: Ebisu
Open 1-9pm daily.
This tiny shop serves as a standing bar, specialty liquor shop and gourmet grocer, with a bit of art gallery thrown in for good measure. Five taps serve craft beer from Japan and abroad (Y500 for a...
Open 1-9pm daily.
National Azabu - Retail: Hiroo
Open 9am-8pm daily.
One of the best of the international supermarkets, with the widest range of imported foods in Tokyo (along with Nissin in Azabu-Juban). You'll find good selections of wines, cold cuts and imported...
Open 9am-8pm daily.
Nissin - Retail: Azabu-Juban
Open 8:30am-9pm daily.
Meat is Nissin's strong point, with over a dozen types of cold cuts, a cornucopia of sausages, and unusual items like pheasant, rabbit, and even kangaroo meat. And the third-floor wine shop is worth...
Open 8:30am-9pm daily.
Ibaraki Sense - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
With an interior resembling an upscale design shop, Ibaraki Sense is probably the fanciest prefectural antenna shop in Tokyo. The shop stocks fresh produce and specialty food items from Ibaraki,...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
Ginza Nagano - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
If you're looking for sake, wine or specialty foods from Nagano Prefecture, you'll find an impressive selection here at this well-stocked antenna shop. There's a small bar area at the front of the...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
Iwate Ginga Plaza - Antenna shop: Higashi-Ginza
Open 10:30am-7pm daily.
This rather expansive prefectural specialty shop sells everything from crabmeat, uni and ikura bento boxes at the front entrance to mochi rice cakes, Iwate beef and dairy products. There's a...
Open 10:30am-7pm daily.
Liquors Hasegawa North - Liquor shop: Yaesu
Open 10am-9pm (Sat, Sun -8pm) daily.
An amazing selection of hundreds of craft beers - both domestic and imported - can be found in the refrigerators and shelves of this underground liquor shop, along with a decent selection of sake,...
Open 10am-9pm (Sat, Sun -8pm) daily.
Antenna America - Liquor shop: Yaesu
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Craft-beer fans riding the Shinkansen from Tokyo can now stock up on drinks for their journey from this conveniently located retail shop and bar, run by a major importer of American craft beers. ...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Liquors Hasegawa - Liquor shop: Yaesu
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Liquors Hasegawa focuses on hard liquors, with an impressive selection of rare Bourbons and Scotch whiskeys. Best of all, you can try them out in the shop - Y150-200 gets you a 10ml pour of many of...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Mie Terrace - Antenna shop: Mitsukoshimae
Open 10am-8pm daily.
More than 1000 kinds of food, drink and local crafts from Mie Prefecture can be found at this well-stocked antenna shop. Local culinary delicacies include Matsusaka beef, ume plums, fresh-caught...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Wine Styles - Liquor shop: Okachimachi
Open noon-8pm. Closed Thursdays, Sundays.
This retail liquor shop started out specializing in British wine, but they've since expanded their stock to include a good assortment of craft cider and perry (pear cider), imported from Britain,...
Open noon-8pm. Closed Thursdays, Sundays.
World Beer Museum - Beer bar: Oshiage
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Rather than trying to represent the entire world, the "World Beer Museum" narrows its focus to brews from five beer-producing countries - Belgium, Germany, the UK, Czech Republic and the US - along...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Titans - Beer bar: Otsuka
Open 3-11pm (LO) daily.
Established by two beer importers - Beer Cats and AQ Bevolution - this combination bar and retail shop offers a nice selection of mostly US craft beers, from breweries like Heretic, Elysian, Schooner...
Open 3-11pm (LO) daily.
Tokyo Aleworks - Beer bar: Itabashi-ku
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-10pm (LO; Sun 9pm). Closed Mondays.
In spite of the generic name and the out-of-the-way location, this brewpub taproom is a favorite of Tokyo's local craft-beer-drinking community. They're equipped with a total of 22 taps, divided...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-10pm (LO; Sun 9pm). Closed Mondays.
Beer Ma - Liquor shop: Adachi-ku
Open 4-9pm. Closed Thursdays.
Not only does Beer Market offer the best selection of imported craft beers in Tokyo, but you can drink whatever you buy right in the shop, with a Y200 corkage charge. They also have ten taps of...
Open 4-9pm. Closed Thursdays.
Beer Ma - Liquor shop: Kameido
Open 11am-11pm daily.
The fridges are filled with hundreds of exotic imported beers at this third retail branch of a Tokyo-based beer importer. Unlike the first two standing-bar branches of Beer Ma, this one has seating,...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Drink Up!! Craft Beer Shop - Liquor shop: Koenji
Open 3-8pm daily.
If you're on the hunt for unusual craft beers, this tiny retail shop specializes in small, innovative breweries from under-represented corners of the world. There seems to be a emphasis on fruit...
Open 3-8pm daily.
Le Petit l'Ouest - Liquor shop: Shimo-Kitazawa
Open 4-11pm (Sat 2-11, Sun 2-9). Closed Tuesdays.
This Star Wars-themed neighborhood liquor shop stocks a wide selection of over 100 Japanese craft beers, one of the better selections in town. It helps to know what you're looking for though, as...
Open 4-11pm (Sat 2-11, Sun 2-9). Closed Tuesdays.
Pigalle - Beer bar: Sangenjaya
Open 4pm-1am (Sun 2-10pm). Closed Mondays.
While other Tokyo craft-beer bars may specialize in small Japanese breweries or US imports, Pigalle is a good place to find interesting European craft beers, both on draft and by the bottle, as well...
Open 4pm-1am (Sun 2-10pm). Closed Mondays.
Deguchiya - Liquor shop: Naka-Meguro
Open 11am-10pm (Wed 2-10pm). Closed Sundays.
Mainly a wine specialist, Deguchiya also stocks good selections of sake and craft beers. There's a small bar area with a few seats and a bit more standing room where you can drink any of the beers...
Open 11am-10pm (Wed 2-10pm). Closed Sundays.
National Den-en - Retail: Denenchofu
Open 10am-11pm daily.
The sister shop of Hiroo's National Azabu international supermarket offers a similarly diverse selection of imported foods and wines.
Open 10am-11pm daily.
Platinum Fish - Beer bar: Kawasaki
Open 10am-10pm daily.
The twelve taps at this compact train-station bar dispense beers from Japanese craft breweries like Aqla, Isekadoya and the very local TK Brewing, located just a ten-minute walk from here. (You...
Open 10am-10pm daily.
Antenna America - Liquor shop: Yokohama Sta.
Open 11am-10:40pm (LO) daily.
Located inside the Isetan food court in Yokohama Station's Joinus department store, this combination bottle shop and bar offers an impressive selection of US craft beers by the bottle or can, to...
Open 11am-10:40pm (LO) daily.
Antenna America - Beer bar: Yokohama Kannai
Open 3-11pm daily.
An ever-changing selection of American craft beers - all from top-class breweries like Southern Tier, Coronado and Anderson Valley - is on tap at this tasting room run by beer importing company...
Open 3-11pm daily.
Seven-Eleven Yokohama Hammerhead - Retail: Yokohama Bashamichi
Open 24 hours a day.
It's certainly unexpected, but perhaps the best craft beer retailer in Yokohama is this bayside branch of 7-Eleven. Located in front of the Yokohama Hammerhead shopping complex and ship terminal,...
Open 24 hours a day.
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Updated 2024-03-01