The smoke-free movement in Japan is something which I wholeheartedly support. To bring to people’s attention that there are a fair number of craft beer bars which are smoke free and still successful, here’s a list of the bars listed in Beer in Japan which are fully non-smoking.

It’s taken months to get this far, but Beer in Japan now has the beginnings of Japan wide craft beer bar listings.

It’s still a work in progress, but covering from Sapporo to Okinawa, it goes some way to help find decent beer outside the Kanto and Kansai regions.

Osaka’s population falls from 3.7 million to 2.6 million in the evening, but that’s still the third largest in Japan and enough to ensure that hidden amongst the Superdry Izakaya’s and generic gaijin bars, there are a number of places where you can get decent craft beer.

Check out Beer in Japan’s guide to find out where the bars and off-licenses with good beers are in Osaka.

The Beer in Japan guide to the good bars in Tokyo and Yokohama – the bars where you can find craft beers on tap or in bottles, or which have an excellent atmosphere.

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.