
Day trip · 2 days
From Tokyo: 2-Day Niigata Sake Brewery & Rice Terrace Tour
The prefecture with more sake breweries than any other, the rice terraces that feed them, and a tasting room where you try a hundred different sakes by the cup.
Harvest Moon Brewery Maihama is a brewery in Tokyo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.

Day trip · 2 days
The prefecture with more sake breweries than any other, the rice terraces that feed them, and a tasting room where you try a hundred different sakes by the cup.

9 hours
Private van day trip from Tokyo to Yuki, a UNESCO-listed hand-weaving silk town, with a weaving try-out, a 400-year sake brewery tasting and the old warehouse street.

Day trip · 8 hours
A brewery tasting inside a working Kawagoe brewhouse, the black clay warehouse street, the bell tower, and the alley where sweets have been made by hand for a century.
Tip: Outside Tokyo Disney park gates inside Ikspiari mall. Family-friendly; the SeaSalt Berliner Weisse is the summer pour.
Address: Ikspiari 4F, 1-4 Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba 279-8529, Tokyo
Spring Valley Brewery in Tokyo's Daikanyama opened 2015 in Kirin's Logroad complex. Six on-site beers across two floors plus a terrace, all-day kitchen.
TipThe flight of six is the way to read the menu; the 496 IPA and After Dark stout are the regulars worth remembering.
Yebisu Brewery Tokyo reopened 2024 at Yebisu Garden Place as Sapporo's working microbrewery and museum. Tasting flights of Yebisu Infinity and limiteds.
TipTasting tickets sold on-site or online.
T.Y. Harbor in Tokyo's Tennozu Isle is a converted-warehouse brewpub on the canal, brewing American-style ales since 1997. The terrace seats face the boats.
TipLunch is the value play; weekend reservations fill weeks ahead. The riverboat from Asakusa is the scenic arrival.
DevilCraft Kanda in Tokyo is the American-owned multi-floor taproom rotating 15+ Japanese craft brews on tap and pulling Chicago deep-dish pizzas to order.
TipThe deep-dish takes 40 minutes; order with the first round. English-speaking staff and large groups welcome.
Mikkeller Tokyo in Shibuya is the Danish gypsy brewery's outpost on Dogenzaka, pouring 20 rotating taps of Mikkeller releases and Japanese craft guests.
TipTasting flights of four cover the range. Friday and Saturday nights are dense; arrive by 18:00 for a counter seat.
Popeye in Tokyo's Ryogoku is Tatsuo Aoki's legendary craft-beer pub with 70 Japanese taps, the deepest chosen tap list in the country. Pours since 1985.
TipClosed Sundays. Happy hour 17:00-20:00. The Japanese-craft tasting flight is the room's signature.