Sake Spots in Japan

Area

Japan
- Japan
- Hokkaido / Tohoku
  
  Hokkaido
  
  Aomori
  
  Iwate
  
  Miyagi
  
  Akita
  
  Yamagata
  
  Fukushima
- Kanto
  
  Ibaraki
  
  Tochigi
  
  Gunma
  
  Saitama
  
  Chiba
  
  Tokyo
  
  Kanagawa
- Koshinetsu / Hokuriku
  
  Niigata
  
  Toyama
  
  Ishikawa
  
  Fukui
  
  Yamanashi
  
  Nagano
- Tokai
  
  Gifu
  
  Shizuoka
  
  Aichi
  
  Mie
- Kinki
  
  Shiga
  
  Kyoto
  
  Osaka
  
  Hyogo
  
  Nara
  
  Wakayama
- Chugoku
  
  Tottori
  
  Shimane
  
  Okayama
  
  Hiroshima
  
  Yamaguchi
- Shikoku
  
  Tokushima
  
  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Sake

Sapporo Beer Garden

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Higashi-ku Kitashichijouhigashi 9-2-10

Sapporo Beer Garden is a complex of restaurants located to the east of Sapporo Station. There are five restaurants full of individuality with different tastes and atmospheres on the site where a historic red brick building stands. Among them, Kessel Hall has an enormous beer brewing cauldron (kessel) made in 1912, and you can enjoy draught beer directly from the brewery and “Genghis Khan” cuisine in a large space like a beer hall. In the Garden Grill, there is a fully private room complete with an exclusive terrace where you can relax and enjoy the private space.

札幌出張の折、ビジネス仲間とディナーに訪れました。事前に予約しないと入れない程の人気のレストランだけあって、庭園を眺めながらの個室での会食は高級感溢れる雰囲気で、料理も量より質を重視した「極みコース」を選びました。ラム特有の臭みもなく絶品！和牛も柔らかく特製タレが旨味を引き出し、サッポロビールとの相性も抜群。また肉だけでなく、海鮮もあり、最後は北海道の形状をしたプレートに乗せられたデザートま...
BW STATION (Subway Shin-Osaka Station Store)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-15-5 Subway Shin-Osaka Station North Concourse 'New Naniwa Diner'

A beer and wine bar in the new Naniwa dining hall inside Shin-Osaka Station. Enjoy three extra cold chilled craft beers by TOKYO Sumidagawa Brewing; a Weizen, Amber, and Kolsch. The lunch menu offers rice with hashed meat, curry, and huge beef rice bowls. In the evening they offer meals such as deep fried Bicchu chicken thighs, and Australian wheat-reared sirloin steak to enjoy with your drinks.
Izu Kogen Beer Honten

3.5

117 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Futo 1103

A restaurant serving local seafood and Izu Kogen Beer located in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture adjoining a brewery. The “ryoshi meshi” fisherman’s rice, made with hearty portions of fresh seafood, is particularly popular, as are the lunchtime rice bowl set meals piled high with thick chunks of seafood and salted salmon roe. The restaurant also serves a wide variety of a la carte dishes, such as batter fried seafood, turban cooked in its own shell, and stewed local splendid alfonsino. The restaurant offers six thirst-quenching and highly individual Izu Kogen Beer varieties straight from the brewery. From the first floor tables, diners can observe a section of the brewery.

何十回と前を通りながら一度も寄ったことなしでしたが今回ランチが変な時間になってしまい初利用。メニューは豊富です。味は普通・・・伊豆に特化したファミレスみたいに感じました。家族で旅行であれば各々何かしら好みの品があるであろうなのでいいと思います。下のショップのセレクションが面白かったです。
Beer Hall Lion Ginza Nana-chome

4.0

171 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 7-9-20 Ginza Lion Building 1F

Established in 1934, this is Japan’s oldest beer hall. The interior of the restaurant has a retro ambience with Japan’s first 250-color glass mosaic and columns decorated with barley motifs. Guests can enjoy a Sapporo beer poured by a beer master with an abundant assortment of snacks. We recommend the small glass of draft Sapporo beer called a Kinguchi Glass with the Ginza Roast Beef that is only available during limited times and with limited quantities.

The reason for coming here was to see the oldest beer hall in Japan, modelled after German beer hall. I was surprised that it was quite busy even at tea time, around 4pm, but then I reckon this type...
SKY GARDEN 300

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Abeno-ku Abenosuji 1-1-43 Avenue Harkus 58th Floor (within the Harukas 300 Observatory)

SKY GARDEN 300 is a bar-restaurant located near the top of the Abeno Harukas building, the tallest building in Japan. When looking down from the lounge, the distance down to the street below is 300 meters. SKY GARDEN 300 serves Hawaiian Hot Dogs using bread that is 300 millimeters long; there is also a range of other casual dining options, including Locomoco Don (meat, eggs, gravy and rice), pasta, etc. For dessert, there is Pineapple Candy Soft Ice-cream, developed in collaboration with Pine Co., Ltd. (the manufacturers of the famous Pineapple Candy).
Hiroshima Shutendoji

4.5

20 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Otemachi 1-4-25

An izakaya pub in Naka Ward, Hiroshima City. This creative restaurant offers over 150 different dishes and has an extensive selection of Japanese sake and shochu. Come taste the specialties of the province with a menu that changes with the season, including fresh oysters from the outskirts of Miyajima, Japan’s best conger eel, and tiny sardines that best represent Hiroshima cuisine.

年に一度、必ず予約をして訪れています。日本酒、焼酎などの種類も豊富ですが、特に日本酒は好みを伝えるとオススメのものを提供してくれます。食事もお刺身などの海鮮から、がんすなどの郷土料理も美味しいですよ。
Torisei Main Store

4.0

166 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Fushimi-ku Kamiaburakakechou 186

This izakaya is five minutes on foot from the Keihan Main Line's Fushimi Momoyama Station in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City. They feature a variety of chicken-based cuisine including skewers made with domestic poultry. Housed in a refurbished Shinsei sake warehouse, they have tanks of Kuradashi unprocessed sake delivered directly to the brewery that guests enjoy poured fresh. They have private rooms and can accommodate group banquets, too.

Excellent ‘locals’ restaurant within the Gion area. A very small space which gets busy so either come early or be prepared to wait. Cheap and delicious.
Kamiya Bar

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-1-1

Japan’s first Western-style bar, founded in 1880. Here patrons can enjoy an “electric brandy,” a cocktail which has become a symbol of Asakusa. The unique name was invented in the Meiji period, a time when electricity was a rare sight, and is derived from the cocktail’s then-shocking 45% alcohol volume. Note that today, however, the electric brandy is served at 30%. Closest Station: Asakusa Station.
ITOH DINING by NOBU

4.5

350 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Goura 1300-64

This is a restaurant located in Gora, Hakone which specializes in Kobe beef steaks and Teppanyaki cooking. The chef, Keisuke Ito has collaborated with Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa who is a celebrity chef who attracts world celebrities. It is possible to have a full course meal which uses ingredients recommended by the chef such as Kobe beef, seafood from Sagami Bay and vegetables from western Mishima, Hakone. There are also plenty of red wines available for you to enjoy with your food. The restaurant is an eight-minute walk away from the Hakone Tozan Railway’s Gora Station.

We have been to Japan 6 times in the last 5 years and this was one of the worst meals we have had in Japan. We went to the Kyoto branch and Nobu’s other restaurants but this was not on par. The food...
Kouyouen

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Chikusa-ku Chikusa 2-24-10

A beer hall established in 1931 situated along Wakamiya Odori Avenue in Chikusa, Chikusa Ward, Nagoya City. The hall has a barbecue restaurant serving renowned jingisukan lamb barbecue; a local beer restaurant; a shabushabu and sukiyaki hotpot restaurant; beer garden; and party rooms, and here you can enjoy tasty food along with fresh draught beer.
Ponshukan Niigata Station

4.5

351 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Hanazono 1-96-47 CoCoLo Niigata West Building 3F

A specialty store of Niigata's famous products centering on Japanese sake, located in the CoCoLo Niigata West Building in JR Niigata Station. The store sells a variety of products such as Niigata's local sake, rice, soy sauce, and sweets, every day crowded with tourists shopping for souvenirs. There is a sake tasting room where customers can select five different types of sake among those from all the sake breweries in Niigata Prefecture, making it an irresistible space for sake lovers.

Quick visit to the station to do some sake tasting. Cute idea to have the tokens and the sake vending machines. Staff was super nice in explaining to us how to read the vending machines. I tried...
Spring Valley Brewery Tokyo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Shibuya-ku Daikanyamachou 13-1 Log Road Daikanyama 1 Building

A restaurant adjoining a brewery just a four-minute walk from Daikan-yama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. The spacious interior, covered with warm woods, creates a special atmosphere that seems distance from the hustle and bustle of the everyday. Craft beers are created daily in the on-site brewing facility, and the restaurant offers old standards and limited-time beers as well as experimental beers only available once, never to be sold again. Spring Valley Brewery’s popular pairing set gives patrons the opportunity to enjoy six different beer varieties together with specially matched sides and snacks.
Mimasuya

4.0

56 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kandatsukasamachi 2-15-2

"A long-standing Japanese izakaya pub and restaurant established in 1905 which is located a short distance south of Ogawamachi Station. Identifiable by its old-fashioned exterior and red paper lantern inscribed with characters reading ""dozeu"" (an old way of spelling ""dojo,"" the Japanese word for loach), after dark, this popular restaurant often sees lines of waiting customers forming outside its door. The restaurant has space for 120 to 130 customers, and offers table seating as well as raised tatami mat seating, and one of its draws is its suitability for holding banquets and parties. The restaurant's signature dish is its horse meat sashimi, and customers can choose between two types - marbled with fat or lean red meat. The restaurant also offers a full array of dishes perfect for snacking on, including pickled dishes, yakitori grilled chicken skewers, and kushikatsu fried food skewers."

Known as the oldest Izakaya in Japan, Mimasuya continues feeding us their wonderful foods at comfortable ambient with family hospitality. Quintessentially Japanese experience. They have chairs but be...
Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort Cocktail Lounge “Pacifica”

Gourmet / Alcohol

Miyazaki Pref. Miyazakishi Yamasakichou Hamayama Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort 1F

This is a lounge in the Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort with a large fish tank. Visitors can relax here while enjoying a cocktail. It is popular as a spot for some adult downtime where visitors can enjoy live piano music and performances.
Fushimi Sake Village

4.5

50 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Fushimi-ku Hiranocho 82-2

Start from Fushimi momoyama or fFushimi goryo station. Walk through market street and the end turn to left access the sake village area, Firstly visit the yume 100 syu the caffe restaurant and sake...
Kizakura Kappa Country, Kizakura Sakaba

3.5

47 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Fushimi-ku Shioyamachi 228

At Kizakura Sakaba guests can enjoy Kizakura sake and local craft beer in a charming brewery atmosphere with the diversity of drink options that you'd expect of a brewery-run shop. The building maintains the dynamic framing of the former main shop's warehouse as it's always been, and a beer keg awaits you at the storefront on the stone-paved approach to the entrance.

No photos allowed in the viewing room. We had a proper viewing in gekkeikan okura, so here we had a reasonable lunch. Buses of visitors coming here for lunches too. Seems to me theyre doing better...
Before9

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Nijoudenchou 545

Before9 is a beer pub located in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward. Characterized by an approachable and casual stand-up bar, it serves liquor, craft beers, and sake acquired from all over Japan, and customers can order their beer in small, medium, or large sizes. It also boasts a full food menu of creative side dishes for customers' drinks.
Hobgoblin Roppongi Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Minato-ku Roppongi 3-16-33 Aoba Roppongi Building 1F

Hobgoblin Japan's second branch in Roppongi, Tokyo, is one of the largest British-Irish pub in Tokyo. It gives customers almost a sense of being in Britain as they eat their fish and chips or homemade savory pies. Hobgoblin can accommodate vegetarians and vegans. Five large video screens are placed around the pub so that customers can watch sporting events from around the world.
Hige Girl (Shinjuku Kabuki-cho Branch)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Kabukichou 1-2-8 2nd Wizard Seven Building 5F

A drag show pub located in Shinjuku's Kabuki-cho neighborhood whose cast includes members currently active on TV. The pub's cheerful and splendidly dressed drag queens are masters of having fun and even first-timers are sure to enjoy themselves. The pub's dazzling shows held each week from Tuesday to Saturday will have you laughing and crying and include performances and dances by drag queens in stylish, gorgeous costumes. The pub also has an abundant selection of original cocktails, desserts, and unique, tasty treats found no place else.
Hitoshi (Main store)

4.5

256 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Ishigakishi Shineichou 15-8

This popular bar is where you can taste the amazing flavor of tuna. In addition to their otoro and chutoro, there are countless recommended items including gunkan-maki (oval-shaped sushi wrapped with nori seaweed) with tuna and sea grapes, lightly broiled otoro with ponzu sauce, and their sashimi of the day. Making a reservation is recommended because it is a popular store.

I read here a bUnch of good reviews and guess created lots of expectations. But sure won’t attended. The place is crowded, no distancing during pandemic. The fish was okay, but definitely had better...