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Sega successor opens new arcade with a regional craft beer bar inside it

Multiple regional brewers and amazing taiyaki will keep you from getting too thirsty or hungry while you’re at Japan’s newest arcade.

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Tsundere beer now on sale in Japan, but it’s not like she brewed it for you or anything, baka!

A beer with two sides to its flavor for the anime archetype with two sides to her personality.

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Japanese hotel gives you a beer tap in your room, 10 liters of craft beer to drink for free

That works out to 17-plus pints per night.

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Japanese craft brewery and tech company to simulate making beer on Moon and Mars

Get ready for some out-of-this world beer.

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Sweet mochi beer? Yamanashi sweets maker teams up with craft brewer for Kuromitsu Black

Far Yeast Brewing takes inspiration from Shingen Mochi for a unique new craft beer.

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Elevate your summer with local beer while immersed in nature at these unique resort beer gardens

In the ocean, in a rice field, on a farm…these beer gardens take outdoor bars to a whole new level!

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A paradise for beer lovers — Yokohama combini has over 300 different kinds of beer for sale

The store is run by a man who “hardly used to drink at all.”

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We try Tapioca Beer, the drink that everyone’s raving about in Japan right now

Boba beer? Yes, please.

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Does Reiwa Beer capture all the fun and excitement of entering a new era?

Mr. Sato finds that it indeed does, under the right circumstances.

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We order a craft beer at the combi conbini standing bar near Hakata Station【Pictures】

Pop into this Poplar store to buy convenience store snacks and quaff a craft beer in the same place!

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Cherry blossom beer is back in Japan ahead of the start of sakura season

The flowers won’t be opening from their buds for a few more weeks, but you can crack open a bottle of this special craft brew right now.

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Tokyo KFC now serves alcohol with its fried chicken, including Japanese craft beers

The mix of 11 herbs and spices only gets better with the addition of 17 kinds of beer.

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Yokohama Beer Fes 2014 serves up Japanese craft beer from around the country【Photos】

Sake is Japan’s most famous alcoholic beverage, although technically this Japanese word simply means ‘alcohol’ and is used to refer to all varieties of the liquid. Within Japan you’ll most commonly hear ‘nihonshu’ and ‘shochu’ used to describe the two main types of traditional alcohol. However, nowadays it’s actually beer that’s the go-to drink in Japan, and while the big corporations still account for most of it, locally-brewed craft beer has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. And it’s not just for hipsters anymore.

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Rainy season blues, go away! Bring us summer (and beer) right away!

The rainy season has cometh! Spring was but a brief reprieve from the stinging cold of winter, and now Japan cowers beneath its umbrellas trying to escape the rain, knowing all too well that the humidity, however, cannot be escaped from.

It seems like the best way to chase away these rainy season blues is with a nice crisp beer, and RocketNews24 has a found a great place where you can do just that. It’s really close to our main offices in Tokyo, so sit back and plan your next happy hour, at Vector Beer!

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