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Travel Japan: Beer Festivals |
Beer is the most popular alcohol beverage in Japan and japan beer
festivals are one of the most visited open-air events. There are even
special Japan travel packages to visit them. Open-air beer gardens are
open during the summer in department stores, hotels, parks and so on.
Drinking in beer gardens is a summer tradition in Japan. Canned beer
can be purchased from vending machines everywhere in Japan. Legal
drinking age is 20 in Japan. If you are over 20 years old, enjoy a
variety of Japanese beers. If you are drinking beer with someone in
Japan, it is polite to pour some for your companies first. Japanese
consume even this international drink in their own way and if you travel Japan
- don't miss the beer pub.
For just over a century, thanks to the Beer Tax Laws (the first was
passed in 1901) Japanese beer drinkers had to make due with whatever
new colour of label the Big 4 designed to slap on that lager they were
producing or, later, seek out what imported titles they could at
supermarkets or the odd “International” Pub.
Partly in response to the rise of the Japanese ji-biru (microbrews) and
their burgeoning reputations and partly to mark the liberation of
choice for Beer lovers in Japan - the Great Japan Beer Festival was
founded to celebrate all that was good and great about the art of the
Craft Beer in Japan by Mr. Rouji Oda in 1998. Now held tri-annually in
Ebisu, Osaka and Yokohama, the GJBF has attracted over 120,000 visitors
over the last decade or so. So come join this gathering of brewers and
aficionados for 2 days of good people, better brewers and unique,
delicious beer. It's one of the most famous Japan beer festivals, which
in fact are numerous.
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