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Bar listings in Tokyo and Yokohama

16 July 2009
Tokyo Beer Map v13 (Click to enlarge)

Tokyo Beer Map v13 (Click to enlarge)

The Beer in Japan guide to the good bars in Tokyo and Yokohama – Kanto –  the bars where you can find craft beers on tap or in bottles, or which have an excellent atmosphere. The bars I’ve written listing details about are listed in bold; other bars I’ve either still to write listing details for – those links open a new window with the bar’s own website.

Listings in italics below and in (brackets) on the map are off-licenses (liquor stores).
(NS) = Smoke-free bar.
(WIFI) = Free WIFI. Not many bars have free WIFI – if you’re travelling in Japan/Tokyo and need WIFI, this site can help.

So many bars – where should you start? Check out our recommendations.
In Osaka? See the Osaka listings.
Outside Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka? See Japan wide listings.
Want to know what’s on tap at some of these bars? Try Boozelist.

NOTE: Due to the ever changing bar scene, there are bars listed below that are not on the Tokyo Beer Map linked above. GOMEN!

Don’t know where to start?
Recommendations:
* Ikebukuro: Beer Saurus, Vivo!, and Beer Pub Camden
* Shibuya: Aldgate
* Shinjukugyoenmae: Bamboo
* Kanamecho: Cat & Cask
* Roppongi: Ant n’ Bee, Roti, and Goshiki
* Ryogoku: Popeye
* Shimokitazawa: Ushi Tora
* Shimbashi: Dry Dock
* Yokohama area: Thrash Zone, Pivo, Yokohama Brewery & Pivovar, Craft Beer Bar, and Cheers!
Latest additions:
* Devil Craft in Kanda, Beer Horn in Akasaka Mitsuke, and Craft Beer Market in Toranomon

Don’t forget the Beer in Japan iPhone, Android, and WebOS app. It doesn’t have all the bars listed below but it does get you big discounts at several bars, and your purchase helps support this website.

Yamanote Line stations

Non-Yamanote – West Tokyo

Non-Yamanote – East Tokyo

Yokohama

A little further than Yokohama but accessible from Tokyo & Yokohama…

The page is not meant to list every bar in Tokyo/Yokohama. Rowdy gaijin bars, meat markets, bars with rude staff, bars which have nothing more than Kirin + Guinness, etc are not included here. No bars have paid or offered any incentives to be included on this list.

Tokyo/Yokohama listings removed from BIJ

  • Christon Cafe: No longer has good beer
  • Cataratas: The only bar where I’ve had bad condition beer three times
  • JHA Bar: Rude management, and the single beer I had was also in bad condition
  • Failte: Dangerously undercooked food – I don’t want to send people where they could get food poisoning!
  • Town Cryer, Kamiyacho: Closed