café&beer Aruka→A-ruka, a spot in Ura Namba with 9 draft taps and bottled beer
The beer pub “café&beer あるか→アるか” in Namba Sennichimae, Osaka, has posted an Instagram photo capturing a street corner in Ura Namba. The shop is easy to use both as a daytime cafe and as an evening beer pub, and in addition to 9 draft taps it also offers a full selection of craft beers in bottles and cans.
Hop BroWhat I found in Ura Namba is café&beer Aruka→A-ruka. It works as a cafe by day and a beer pub at night, so it’s the kind of place where you can drop in casually and end up staying a while.
MugiWait, what! A place that’s a cafe by day and a beer pub at night? That kind of two-in-one setup exists? And it’s in Namba Sennichimae too, so it already feels like it has to be good!
Hop BroIt’s at 4-37 Namba Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, and the nice thing is that it’s easy to walk there from both Nippombashi Station and Namba Station. The core lineup is 9 draft taps, with weekly rotating craft beers from Japan and overseas on top of that.
MugiWhat! 9 taps? If there are that many, won’t I get lost? I can already see a future where I can’t decide on my first drink!
Hop BroYou’ll hesitate, but that’s part of the fun. The bottled and canned selection is strong too, with beers like Minoh Beer Weizen and Shiga Kogen Beer Miyama Blonde, so the flavor directions are clearly different.
MugiOhh! If the flavor direction is clear, that actually sounds easy to choose from. Weizen and blonde and all that, and I already feel a little smarter just from the names!
Hop BroFor example, a Weizen has that soft wheat-driven texture, while a stout brings out the roasted malt aroma. And then you’ve got something like Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauchbier, which adds a smoky character, so you can really play around depending on your mood.
MugiRauchbier has that smoky character!? Now I can’t tell whether I’m drinking beer or barbecue!
Hop BroExactly, that’s what makes it interesting. On top of that, there’s a beer like Coedo Brewery Beniaka that brings out the sweetness of sweet potato, so you can change the mood with sweetness and depth.
MugiWow, once you say it brings out the sweetness of sweet potato, I suddenly want to drink it! This really sounds like the kind of place where the right move is to take your time and choose with your meal.
Hop BroExactly. Another strength is the easygoing atmosphere that makes it comfortable to linger without feeling formal. In Ura Namba, it works as both a first stop and a final stop, and it’s a very solid place to drink at length.
MugiI can’t take it anymore, I want to go right now! Tonight I’d start with the Weizen, then the Beniaka, and before I know it I’d probably be trying to conquer all 9 taps!
Hop BroThat’s the spirit. A place like this also has that feeling of blending into the neighborhood, which is great. So tonight, let’s move from cafe mode to beer pub mode and keep drinking our way through Ura Namba.
In its Instagram post, the shop shared a photo framing an alley and signboard in Ura Namba, conveying how naturally it blends into the neighborhood. The location is 4-37 Namba Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka City. It is an easy walk from both Nippombashi Station and Namba Station, and one of its strengths is that it can be used as a cafe during the day and as a beer pub at night.
Beer is centered around 9 draft taps, with a broad lineup that includes weekly changing craft beers from Japan and abroad. Typical bottle and can offerings include Minoh Beer Weizen, Minoh Beer Pale Ale, Minoh Beer Stout, Fujizakura Kogen Beer Weizen, Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauchbier, Shiga Kogen Beer Miyama Blonde, Coedo Brewery Beniaka, Coedo Brewery Shikkoku, and Hitachino Nest NEST Japanese Classic Ale, giving the selection clearly distinct flavor directions.
The appeal lies in being able to switch up the character of each glass, from the gentle softness of a wheat beer Weizen, to the roasted aroma of a stout, to the sweet potato sweetness brought out in Beniaka. The shop itself also feels more like a laid-back beer pub, making it easy to linger without feeling formal. For anyone who wants to take their time with craft beer alongside a meal in Ura Namba, this is an easy place to choose.
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Hop BroWhat I found in Ura Namba is café&beer Aruka→A-ruka. It works as a cafe by day and a beer pub at night, so it’s the kind of place where you can drop in casually and end up staying a while.
MugiWait, what! A place that’s a cafe by day and a beer pub at night? That kind of two-in-one setup exists? And it’s in Namba Sennichimae too, so it already feels like it has to be good!
Hop BroIt’s at 4-37 Namba Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, and the nice thing is that it’s easy to walk there from both Nippombashi Station and Namba Station. The core lineup is 9 draft taps, with weekly rotating craft beers from Japan and overseas on top of that.
MugiWhat! 9 taps? If there are that many, won’t I get lost? I can already see a future where I can’t decide on my first drink!
Hop BroYou’ll hesitate, but that’s part of the fun. The bottled and canned selection is strong too, with beers like Minoh Beer Weizen and Shiga Kogen Beer Miyama Blonde, so the flavor directions are clearly different.
MugiOhh! If the flavor direction is clear, that actually sounds easy to choose from. Weizen and blonde and all that, and I already feel a little smarter just from the names!
Hop BroFor example, a Weizen has that soft wheat-driven texture, while a stout brings out the roasted malt aroma. And then you’ve got something like Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauchbier, which adds a smoky character, so you can really play around depending on your mood.
MugiRauchbier has that smoky character!? Now I can’t tell whether I’m drinking beer or barbecue!
Hop BroExactly, that’s what makes it interesting. On top of that, there’s a beer like Coedo Brewery Beniaka that brings out the sweetness of sweet potato, so you can change the mood with sweetness and depth.
MugiWow, once you say it brings out the sweetness of sweet potato, I suddenly want to drink it! This really sounds like the kind of place where the right move is to take your time and choose with your meal.
Hop BroExactly. Another strength is the easygoing atmosphere that makes it comfortable to linger without feeling formal. In Ura Namba, it works as both a first stop and a final stop, and it’s a very solid place to drink at length.
MugiI can’t take it anymore, I want to go right now! Tonight I’d start with the Weizen, then the Beniaka, and before I know it I’d probably be trying to conquer all 9 taps!
Hop BroThat’s the spirit. A place like this also has that feeling of blending into the neighborhood, which is great. So tonight, let’s move from cafe mode to beer pub mode and keep drinking our way through Ura Namba.
