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"Akaboshi★Festival" will be held from Monday, May 13th, where you can enter a lottery once for every bottle of Sapporo Lager Beer, commonly known as "Akaboshi." Prize A is an original drawstring bag, and prize B is an original can badge. Each participating store will receive three A prizes and ten B prizes, so...

Mizutani Sake Brewery, Aisai City, Aichi Prefecture On the afternoon of Thursday, May 9th, a fire broke out at Mizutani Sake Brewery, a sake brewery with roots in the Edo period in Aisai City, Aichi Prefecture, completely burning down the wooden sake brewery and residence. The fire is believed to have started while an employee was working on overheating the brewery, and firefighting efforts continued for approximately eight hours. Fortunately, no one was injured...

Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. will release a limited edition of "Takara Shochu Highball" <with Yamaguchi Summer Mandarins>" nationwide on Tuesday, May 14th. Japanese citrus fruits are a perfect match for the dry taste of Takara Shochu Highball, and the Japanese citrus series...

Yoshiki, Naka Ward, Nagoya The owner of Yoshiki, a popular leek ramen restaurant in Shinsakae, Naka Ward, Nagoya, passed away on Tuesday, April 30th, bringing the restaurant to a close after 31 years of business. However, the owner was desperately searching for a new owner...

From May 1, 2024 (Wed.), at Meitetsu Shoten on the 1st floor of the Men's Building of Meitetsu Department Store Main Store in front of Meitetsu Nagoya Station, in collaboration with the Japanese sake brand "ICHI-GO-CAN®," the 1200 Series, 2200 Series, 6000 Series, 9500/91...

Tamatebako Founded in 161. Ishikawa Shuzo, well known for its sake "Tamanboast", "Tama no Megumi", and craft beer "TOKYO BLUES", opened "Tamatebako", a select store featuring products from the Tama region, in Akishima City, Tokyo, in January 2024. The new...

NOMU Brewery TABELU Co., Ltd. will open the first craft sake brewery in Okinawa Prefecture, "NOMU Brewery," in Koza Ichibangai. The brewery will produce doburoku and sparkling sake using Okinawan rice, while incorporating local culture. Technical cooperation...

Iwami Beer, a local craft beer manufacturer, has opened a new factory at the unmanned JR San'in Line Nami Station in Gotsu City, Shimane Prefecture, with operations scheduled to begin in September. The factory will produce beer and fruit liquor in a renovated section of the station. Plans are also underway for a sheep farm, organic vegetable farm, and restaurant nearby...

Tokyo Hachioji Sake Brewery was established in the heart of Hachioji as Tokyo's first and tenth sake brewery of the Reiwa era. Located in the heart of Hachioji, this small brewery brews fresh, easy-to-drink unpasteurized sake in a thoroughly controlled environment...

Akabane "Ikoi Main Store" 1-3-8 Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0045 Akabane "Ikoi Branch" 1-5-7 Akabane Minami, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0044 Creation Akabane Building 1F Oji "Ikoi Oji"

Akimotoya Nogata Main Branch and Sakuradai Branch will be closed from May 3rd (Fri) to May 7th (Tue) during the Golden Week holidays. Akimotoya 5-28-3 Nogata, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 165-0027. Akimotoya Sakuradai Branch 1-4-7 Sakuradai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 176-0002.

Akabane "Marumasuya" Golden Week Hours: April 28th (Sun) Regular Business Hours April 29th (Mon, Holiday) Regular Business Hours April 30th (Tue) Closed May 1st (Wed) - 6th (Mon, Holiday) Regular Business Hours May 7th (Tue) Closed May 8th (Wed) - 12th (Sun) Regular Business Hours May 13th...