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English mistake on new Japanese beer leads to suspension of sales before its release
- Oona McGee
Jan 11, 2021 - Tweet
Exciting Family Mart and Sapporo beer collaboration goes straight in the can after the error was discovered.
- Japan
- (beer • canned beer • draft beer • English • English fail • english language • Family mart • lager • limited edition • Sapporo • Sapporo Beer)
Japanese Twitter user shares ingenious idea of what to do when you get way too much snow【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 10, 2021
“I’ve always hated snow, but looking at this I’m kind of jealous lol.”
Asahi Super Dry to sell draft beer in a can
- Master Blaster
Jan 8, 2021
Can they really pack a full draft beer experience in a can?
- Japan
- (Asahi Breweries • Asahi Super Dry • Asahi Super Dry Nama Jockey Can • beer • canned beer • draft beer)
Pairing Japanese whisky with Famichiki at Kyoto’s new convenience store bar
- Oona McGee
Nov 10, 2020
Family Mart bar is the city’s newest must-visit location.
- Japan
- (bars • beer • COK • drinks • highball • Japanese whisky • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • new openings • Osake no Museum • SNJO • Whiskey • whisky)
On sale now: Japanese sake giant creates gin from 80,000 recycled Budweisers
- Master Blaster
Oct 21, 2020
Because a beer is a terrible thing to waste.
Sugar-free beer coming from Kirin this October
- Master Blaster
Sep 2, 2020
Now we just need some sugar-free skittles and we’re set.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • drinking • food • health • Ichiban Shibori • Kirin • sugar-free • sugarless • tax)
Fujisan beer, made with rice grown by water under Mt. Fuji, may have world’s most beautiful can
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2020
Asahi Beer releases limited-run ale made with 100-percent Japan-grown ingredients.
- Japan
- (alcohol • art • Asahi Beer • beautiful • beer • drinks • hokusai • Mt. Fuji • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Japan is getting a new for-beer KitKat variety, and beer inspired by KitKats to drink with it
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2020
KitKat Snax is for those who want to sip while they snack.
We joined a virtual drinking party with 1,000 people, including Japanese idols and comedians
- Katie Pask
May 2, 2020
Idols, comedians and a refreshing can of beer – is there anything better?
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Asahi • Asahi Beer • beer • drinking party • drinks • online drinking party • video conference • Zoom)
Dark ale made with crickets coming to Shibuya this March
- Master Blaster
Feb 25, 2020
Insects aside, it’s just nice to get more variety in the dark ale market in Japan.
- Japan
- (Antcicada • beer • crickets • dark ale • edible insects • Shibuya Parco • Tokyo • Tono Brewery)
Akihabara bar’s secret menu beer is a massive treat in the world’s biggest otaku culture center
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2019
An ura menu treat for those in the know.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • bars • beer • big food • COK • crazy • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • ura menu • Yodobashi Camera)
One of Japan’s best ramen chains is offering five free beers for every bowl of ramen you order
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2019
Ramen is good, ramen and beer is doubly good, and ramen and five beers is sextuply good.
We try Tapioca Beer, the drink that everyone’s raving about in Japan right now
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
Boba beer? Yes, please.
- Japan
- (beer • boba • bubble tea • craft beer • drinking • drinks • iBEER LE SUN PALM • tapioca • Tokyo)
Japanese cities warned not to run out of beer for foreign visitors during Rugby World Cup
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2019
Beer shortages could damage host cities reputation on international social media, organizers worry.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • COK • hospitality • rugby • Rugby World Cup • society • sports)
Does Reiwa Beer capture all the fun and excitement of entering a new era?
- Master Blaster
May 6, 2019
Mr. Sato finds that it indeed does, under the right circumstances.
- Japan
- (Akita Prefecture • beer • craft beer • drinking • Isetan • Kohan No Mori • Mr. Sato • Reiwa)
Daddy day care center with beer opens in Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2019
Urban oasis offers a place where tired dads can knock back a cold one and take a nap.
We went hanami cherry blossom viewing in gorgeous Ueno Park with complete strangers
- Koh Ruide
Apr 15, 2019
Nothing like making friends and enjoying the fleeting beauty of a Japanese spring together.
We order a craft beer at the combi conbini standing bar near Hakata Station【Pictures】
- Katy Kelly
Mar 22, 2019
Pop into this Poplar store to buy convenience store snacks and quaff a craft beer in the same place!
- Japan
- (beer • COK • craft beer • hakata • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osake no Museum • Poplar • SNOJ)
12 hours of unlimited beer and hard liquor on offer at amazing Tokyo Internet cafe
- Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2019
An unbelievable deal in the center of one of Tokyo’s biggest bar districts.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • awesome • beer • COK • drinks • Internet cafes • manga cafes • net cafes • SNOJ • Tokyo • travel)
We visited a tempura shop that allowed customers to discard miso soup clam shells on the floor
- Koh Ruide
Feb 11, 2019
The store’s odd practice is a stark contrast to Japan’s stance on cleanliness.
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