Helios Brewery Blue Sky and Sea Beer: A Taste of Japan in Japan
Somewhere in your second or third year in Japan, you start planning around the weather. A grey February in Tokyo might send you searching for…
Somewhere in your second or third year in Japan, you start planning around the weather. A grey February in Tokyo might send you searching for…
At some point after settling in Japan, you stop buying only the beers you know and start noticing the cans you have never tried. One…
Every long-term resident of Japan remembers the winter they stopped fighting the cold and started planning around it. The kotatsu comes out, evenings grow shorter,…
Many people who move to Japan remember the first time they felt like outsiders. They also remember the moment they began to understand the local…
There’s a familiar scene on Nihonbashi Bridge. Office workers stream across at six, the expressway looms overhead, and the city pauses before the first drink…
There’s a specific kind of autumn evening in Jindaiji, Chofu. The temple grounds grow quiet, and the air turns cold enough for a dark beer…
There’s a corner of Tokyo that doesn’t feel like Tokyo at all. Jindaiji, in Chofu, is home to a famous old temple, traditional soba shops,…
There’s a particular glow around an izakaya window on a cold Tokyo evening. Amber light spills onto the street. Inside, people lean close over tables…
There’s a particular kind of Tokyo evening that belongs to the first beer after work. It tastes like relief: crisp, cold, and refreshing before anything…
There’s a particular kind of bar in Akasaka — narrow, low-lit, and easy to miss. You find it by accident after a long day. Then,…