Where the concierge points people first
- YYG Brewery & Beer Kitchen — Beer made on the premises between Shinjuku and Yoyogi, served with a proper food menu. A good first stop if you want to drink something brewed meters from your table. (35.6862, 139.6967)
- T.Y. Harbor — A brewery restaurant on the canal at Tennozu Isle that has been brewing its own beer for years. Go on a warm evening for the waterside terrace; it is a restaurant first, so it suits a long dinner more than a pub crawl. (35.6230, 139.7475)
- ヱビスビール Yebisu Beer — The Yebisu brewery at Ebisu Garden Place, on the site where the brand was first brewed. It brews small batches on site and runs tours, so check the day's schedule before you go. (35.6639, 139.6991)
- Far Yeast Tokyo — The Tokyo taproom of a brewery that now makes its beer in the mountains of Yamanashi. It pours rather than brews, which is the useful distinction when a page mixes both. (35.6598, 139.7079)
- 平和どぶろく兜町醸造所 — A small brewery in Kabutocho, Nihonbashi, making doburoku, the cloudy unfiltered style of sake, with a counter to drink it. Something few visitors have tried and fewer know is made in central Tokyo. (35.6813, 139.7779)
The rest of the breweries in Tokyo — every one we hold
- Alchemist Aoyama (35.6610, 139.7076)
- BATHE YOTSUME BREWERY (35.7080, 139.8148)
- Beer Togo (35.6722, 139.7631)
- Beer Vista Brewery (35.6846, 139.7977)
- Book Road (35.7054, 139.7766)
- Buzzed Lamb Brewing (35.7236, 139.7683)
- Craft Beer Company (35.6980, 139.7810)
- Dam Brewery Restaurant (35.6675, 139.7475)
- Dam Brewery Restaurant (35.6673, 139.7481)
- Fukucho 富久長 (35.6630, 139.7322)
- Gahaha! Beer (35.6716, 139.8224)
- Hitachino Brewing (35.6884, 139.7012)
- Honeycomb&Hopworks_東京・東中野のクラフトビール醸造所 (35.7123, 139.6898)
- Inkhorn Brewing (35.7195, 139.7124)
- Kirin Brewery Yokohama Plant (35.6981, 139.7020)
- Kunisawa Brewing Co. (35.6622, 139.7550)
- Nihonbashi Brewery (35.6781, 139.7667)
- Nihonbashi Brewery (35.6898, 139.7826)
- Okei Brewery Nippori (35.7272, 139.7760)
- On Tap Edo Tokyo Beer (35.6819, 139.8162)
- Ottotto Brewery (35.6563, 139.7552)
- Ottotto BREWERY Awajicho (35.6941, 139.7671)
- Ottotto Brewery Shibuya Dogenzaka Store (35.6598, 139.6977)
- Ourdays Brewery & Clubhouse (35.6377, 139.6770)
- Paulaner Japan ／ パウラナー・ジャパン (35.6847, 139.7171)
- Rio Brewing Company Bistro and Beer Garden Tokyo Midtown (35.6655, 139.7314)
- Shinjuku Ale (35.6946, 139.7020)
- The Meguro Tavern (35.6343, 139.7130)
- This Brewing Brewery and Taproom (35.7054, 139.7708)
- Tokyo Beer Lab (35.6709, 139.7086)
- TOKYO Sumidagawa Brewing (35.7095, 139.8005)
- Vector Brewing (35.6981, 139.7809)
- VectorBrewing(ベクターブルーイング)浅草橋醸造所 (35.6982, 139.7809)
- WCB The Room (35.6691, 139.7466)
- YYG Brewery and Beer Kitchen (35.6861, 139.6967)
- アサヒ クラフトマンシップブルワリー (35.7095, 139.8005)
- カンパイ! ブルーイング (35.7105, 139.7251)
- クラフトビール量り売り TAP&TUMBLER 恵比寿店 (タップ&タンブラー) (35.6459, 139.7124)
- シノバズブルワリー (35.7092, 139.7718)
- トウキョウ隅田川ブルーイング バルスタイル (35.7095, 139.8005)
- マイスターブロイ (35.6214, 139.6935)
- ミヤタビール (35.7045, 139.8137)
- 三軒茶屋醸造所 (35.6416, 139.6733)
- 世界の山ちゃん渋谷センター街店 (35.6608, 139.6982)
- 内堀醸造 (35.6811, 139.7762)
- 吉乃川酒蔵 (35.6946, 139.7724)
- 外池酒造店 (35.6881, 139.7745)
- 手打うどん•そば 南青山しまだ (35.6659, 139.7139)
- 晴海ビール醸造所 (35.6496, 139.7738)
- 朝日啤酒 (35.7101, 139.8007)
- 木花之醸造所 (35.7067, 139.7952)
- 東京駅酒造場 (35.6814, 139.7644)
- 東京駅酒造場 (35.6544, 139.7357)
- 林酒造株式会社 (35.6734, 139.8196)
- 株式会社正春酒造 (35.6518, 139.6858)
- 永代ブルーイング おかずバル (35.6771, 139.7867)
- 浅草酒蔵 Asakusa Shuzo (35.7101, 139.7955)
- 牛込ビール館 (35.6999, 139.7327)
- 玉乃光酒蔵 (35.6799, 139.7696)
- 玉乃光酒蔵大手町店 (35.6864, 139.7643)
- 羽田ブルワリー (35.6637, 139.8131)
- 菊正宗酒造株式会社東京支社 (35.6736, 139.7744)
- 高田馬場 ビール工房 (35.7103, 139.7039)
Why so many Tokyo craft beers are labeled happoshu
Japan's liquor tax law sets a minimum annual output before a brewer can hold a beer license: 60 kilolitres. The license for happoshu needs only 6. So many small Tokyo brewpubs legally make happoshu, adding fruit, spice or another ingredient outside the beer rules, and the label says so even when the glass tastes like any pale ale or stout. It is a tax category, not a sign of cheap beer. The same pattern explains why a brewery counter may list a drink as happoshu on the menu and IPA in conversation.
Questions people ask
What are the best breweries in Tokyo?
For beer brewed where you drink it, YYG Brewery & Beer Kitchen and T.Y. Harbor. For a tour, ヱビスビール Yebisu Beer at Ebisu. For something different, 平和どぶろく兜町醸造所 for cloudy sake.
Which Tokyo breweries offer tours?
The Yebisu brewery at Ebisu Garden Place runs regular tours; check the schedule and pay ahead where asked. Most brewpubs on this list have no formal tour, though staff will often talk you through the kit.
How many breweries are there in Tokyo?
Num's directory maps 68 breweries in Tokyo, a mix of craft brewpubs, taprooms that only pour, and sake brewers with a counter or shop.
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