Where Fukuoka drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Fukuoka worth taking a tram to.
Fukuoka Craft Brewing's taproom opened March 2024 in the Daitos Annex next to Hakata Station. Hakata Lager and a Session IPA from the Okagaki brewery.
TipStanding-bar format. Taps rotate weekly; pizza and snacks available.
Aozora Brewery's Hakata Tenyamachi outlet runs the brewery's comfort-food menu around its own beer programme: pale ales and amber lagers from Fukuoka.
TipReservations preferred at peak. Open evenings.
The Hotel Okura Fukuoka runs an in-house craft brewery with a beer-garden brewpub format, pouring lagers and pale ales alongside a pizza-and-grill kitchen.
TipReservations through OpenTable or the hotel. Garden seating in summer.
Fukuoka's Kyushu Craft Beer Week tent fills Tenjin Central Park with 80 free-entry beers from 38 breweries, 13 of them Kyushu and Yamaguchi labels.
TipApril 29 to May 5 in 2026. Free entry; tickets per pour Tap list rotates weekly.
The Beers of Japan Festival pour at LaLaport Fukuoka is free to walk into, with 800 yen drink tickets and eight food stalls running yakitori through gyoza.
TipTickets sold per pour. LaLaport Fukuoka leg runs April 25 to May 6 in 2026.
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