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New craft beer made from Japanese udon noodles celebrates centuries of Mizusawa food culture
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2026 - Tweet
Noodles loved by hot spring fans and temple pilgrims become a very unique brew.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • craft beer • drinks • food • Gunma • Ikaho • Japan travel • Mizusawa udon • Noodles • tourism • travel • udon)
We tried Japan’s Wobbly Beer Glass that forces you to drink water, and it humbled us
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2026
This classy drinking session didn’t go quite as planned.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • clever • COK • crazy • drinks • drinkware • glass • SNJO • video • weird • Wobbly Glass • Yo-Ho Brewing • Yona Yona Ale)
This Japanese 7-Eleven has the most expensive drinks, and item, we’ve even seen at the chain
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2026
But the startlingly pricy item isn’t something that you can eat or drink.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • alcohol • art • COK • convenience stores • crazy • drinks • expensive • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • Niseko • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Tokyo pub prohibits talking or keeping your phone out, only lets you drink in morning on weekends
- SoraNews24
Aug 19, 2026
There are a lot of hoops to jump through at Uchida, but is this 80-year-old pub worth the hassle?
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • cool • crazy • drinks.izakaya • food • motsu • pubs • restaurants • SNJO • weird)
Police ask Kumamoto residents to not get blackout drunk as much during earthquake relief efforts
- Master Blaster
Aug 11, 2026
Hard times and hard drinking don’t mix.
- Japan
- (2026 Kumamoto earthquake • alcohol • drinking • earthquake • Kumamoto • Kyushu • Natural disasters • police)
Japan’s new beer glass is designed to force you to drink…water [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2026
Yona Yona has a furatsuku idea to promote responsible drinking.
Official Final Fantasy beers are going on sale in Tokyo this month, giant Aetheryte appearing too
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2026
Two brews, inspired by the world of Final Fantasy XIV, are joining the taps at an Akihabara craft beer bar.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • alcohol • beer • COK • craft beer • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games)
We try out the joys of Japan’s kakuuchi wine vending machine
- Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2026
A new take on a fading part of Japanese drinking culture.
- Japan
- (Aeon Liquor • Aeon Mall • alcohol • COK • drinks • kaku-uchi • kakuuchi • SNJO • vending machines • wine)
“Alcohol is the best medicine” removed from Japanese government website
- Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2026
A few beers a day keeps the doctor away, because you forgot your appointment.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • crazy • culture • funny • government • health • history • National Tax Agency • sake • weird • wellness)
Japan’s izakaya pubs closing at record pace, failing to attract foreign tourists
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2026
Combination of factors is dimming the shine of one of the stars of Japanese restaurant culture.
Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2026
Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails.
- Japan
- (alcohol • canned cocktails • chu-hi • cocktails • COK.Tifa • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • Sacre Lemon • SNO • sours • Square Enix • taste test • video games)
Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2026
Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Asahi • canned cocktails • canned sours • chu-hi • crazy • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • funny • Future Lemon • Sephiroth • Square Enix • video • video games • weird)
Why you should be adding Calpis to your beer in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2026
A trendy way to enjoy beer in Japan.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • beer cocktail • Calpis • cocktails • drinks • hack • japanese drinks • SNJO)
This Japanese vending machine doesn’t sell drinks, but you can buy drinks through it
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2026
There’s nothing for sale inside the machine, but Okinawan spirits and delicious deserts are waiting on the other side.
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • cafes • COK • cool • crazy.clever • drinks • food • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • vending machines)
The fish in rural Fukui that rivals Japan’s most auspicious sea bream
- Elliot Hale
Feb 28, 2026
This Obama delicacy impresses with its sashimi-like flavor, which is almost unthinkable for a preserved food.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • food and drinks • Fukui • Hayaseura • Kodai no Sasazuke • local food • Marukai • Obama • regional food • rice wine • Saba Kaido • Sakahomare • sake • sasazuke • sea bream • SNJO • souvenir • tai • Tasuku Egawa • Wakasa)
Japan’s bathhouse-themed bar replaces hot water with unlimited alcohol
- Elliot Hale
Feb 17, 2026
Styled like a traditional sento, this izakaya chain lines its walls with 13 working faucets that let you pour your own drink.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • bar • COK • cool • izakaya • Miyagi • pub • Sendai • Taishu Shusen Terumae • Terumae • theme bar)
Asakusa’s Yoi no Yoi bar crawl is one of Tokyo’s best local nights out
- Elliot Hale
Feb 13, 2026
Just 1,000 yen per stop lets you drink, eat, and mingle with friendly strangers through this historic neighborhood.
- Japan
- (alcohol • annual event • Asakusa • Asami Oshima • bar crawl • bar hopping • basashi • beer • COK • drink • food • home • horse meat • izakaya • Kannon-ura • Kannon-ura Sakedokoro Yu • omikuji • pub • rickshaw • sakaba • Sensoji Temple • SNJO • Taco44 • takoyaki • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • Yoi no Yoi)
Cherry blossom sake rice beer arriving in Japan well ahead of cherry blossom season, but how?
- Casey Baseel
Feb 2, 2026
The return of the sakura and the arrival of sakura beer are both annual events, but their timing doesn’t have to match.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • cherry blossoms • drinks • sakura • Sankt Gallen)
Japanese man gets drunk and falls asleep on Tokyo streets, then gets robbed by foreign national
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2026
They say no one sleeps in Tokyo’s nightlife districts, and here’s a good reason not too.
Japan has a new bar just for people thinking about quitting their jobs, and the drinks are free
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2026
Tenshoku Sodan Bar seeks to fill a need that’s not served by the traditional job-hunting process.
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • cool • crazy • drinks • job changing • job hunting • weird • working in Japan)
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