Miyagi
You must be 20 or over to drink in Japan. If you are driving, you cannot taste.
Osaki, Miyagi
A free tour: watch a short video on sake making, then walk a dedicated corridor and view each work area through windows, followed by tasting.
Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
A distillery in a gorge west of Sendai. The free guided tour is by reservation and includes tasting; a paid tasting bar is also open.
Sendai, Miyagi
A brewery at Bashonotsuji in central Sendai; its beer is served at the attached restaurant CROSS B PLUS.
A brewery that began in Wisconsin, USA, and opened this Akiu site in January 2024, with an attached restaurant.
Ishinomaki, Miyagi
A brewery in Ishinomaki making craft beer with home-grown hops; the official site has a taproom page.
A Kirin plant offering a tour where you handle brewing ingredients and compare first-press and second-press wort. A premium tour for adults aged 20 and over is also available.
A brewery in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, with an attached beer bar serving its own beer.
Natori, Miyagi
A brewery in Yuriage, Natori, with a direct-sales shop for its beer.
A small brewery on the Fukiage Plateau in Onikobe making the local beer Naruko no Kaze and doburoku. The beer is sold at shops inside the ski area and in the restaurant.
April each year (April 18 in 2026)
A spring open house at the Ichinokura brewery with tours of the brewing process led by brewers, serving sake and tastings of limited-edition sake. Free shuttle buses run in step with JR trains.
This year's edition has ended
Kurihara, Miyagi
A first-time event involving six Kurihara breweries. On September 12, 2026 it featured a sake-tasting banquet and a marche, and on September 13 a brewery bus tour.
A tasting-and-sales event held by the Miyagi Sake Brewers Association in front of a Sendai department store, featuring autumn junmai-class sakes. The 2026 edition on September 26-27 offered 23 sakes.
An event by the Miyagi Sake Brewers Association pairing sake from 20 Miyagi breweries with DJ music and a snack box in standing format. The 2026 edition was held on October 17 on the Sendai PARCO 2 rooftop (both sessions sold out).
A Showa-flavored yokocho near Ichibancho's Sun Mall with about 50 shops.
Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi
A street in Kokubuncho 2-chome officially nicknamed Inari Koji by Sendai City; part of Sendai's main izakaya district.
A yokocho descended from a postwar public market started by street vendors, with eateries and general shops.
A drinking district in Sendai's Aoba Ward, described as the top nightlife area in Tohoku.
A yokocho in Kokubuncho, between Kokubuncho-dori and Inari Koji.
