Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery to Open a Booth at the April 25-26 Eve Festival at Kyoto City Hall Plaza
Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery will have a booth at the "Kyoto After-Bath Craft Beer Eve Festival 2026," to be held at Kyoto City Hall Plaza on April 25 and 26, 2026. It will be a two-day chance to enjoy freshly brewed beer in the heart of Kyoto.
Hop BroOn April 25 and 26, Kyoto After-Bath Craft Beer Eve Festival 2026 is happening at Kyoto City Hall Plaza. Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery will have a booth too, and the exciting part is being able to enjoy freshly brewed beer right in the middle of the city.
MugiWait, a beer festival at Kyoto City Hall Plaza!? Drinking and tasting beer in front of City Hall sounds like the kind of thing where you try to keep a serious face while getting tipsy!
Hop BroAnd there’s a 150 ml x 4-drink set, so you can sample the beers you’re curious about in small pours. With food paired alongside, it’s the kind of event where you get to enjoy how the flavors come together.
MugiHold up, what is a brewpub? That sounds kind of sad, like a "blue pub" or something!
Hop BroNot blue, but a place that’s attached to a brewery and also serves drinks. Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery is based at its Sanjo brewery, and it’s sharing Kyoto beer culture from the Kawaramachi-Sanjo area.
MugiOhhh! So even though it’s called Arashiyama, it’s based in Kawaramachi-Sanjo. That name has a nice two-in-one vibe of sightseeing and city-center energy!
Hop BroExactly. The name says Arashiyama, but what’s interesting is that it’s actually a brewery rooted in Kyoto. On top of the eight local Kyoto breweries, breweries from Fukui and Himeji are also joining, so the range for tasting and comparing is pretty wide.
MugiWhat, you can compare beers in the middle of Kyoto? And they’re even bringing breweries from other prefectures, so it’s like traveling without traveling just to go on a beer expedition!
Hop BroThere’s also the Let's Go by Subway! stamp campaign, so you can enjoy not just the venue but also a station-hopping experience. Collecting stamps at Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station and Takeda Station, then trying the capsule gacha, is another neat little twist.
MugiThis is already serious business from the eve festival onward! I can see myself having one drink at Kyoto City Hall Plaza, then getting curious about the main event in Fushimi, and ending up going for one more!
Hop BroThat flow is pretty much right. As a spring opening chapter, it’s excellent, and if you can casually enjoy a freshly brewed beer, of course you’d want to go out.
MugiAlright, I’ll start with the tasting set to see what’s what, and Hop, please stick with me while translating the jargon into easy language! I have a feeling I’ll end up saying, "just one more" by the end!
The two-day event "Kyoto After-Bath Craft Beer Eve Festival 2026" will be held on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Kyoto City Hall Plaza. This is a pre-event leading up to the main festival, "Kyoto After-Bath Craft Beer Festival 2026," which will take place on May 2 and 3 at "Fushimi Chikara no Yu" in Fushimi. Admission is free. At the venue, visitors can enjoy a tasting set of four 150 ml pours, along with food that pairs well with beer.
The participating breweries number eight, centered mainly in Kyoto. Among them is Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery. Based at its Sanjo brewery/brewpub in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, the brewery promotes the idea of "creating delicious beer rooted in Kyoto that people around the world can enjoy with a smile." Although it bears the name Arashiyama, its brewing stage is in the Kawaramachi-Sanjo area, making it a presence that shares Kyoto beer culture from the middle of the city.
Also taking part in the eve festival are distinctive Kyoto breweries such as KYOTO NUDE BREWERY, Ichijoji Brewery, Woodmill Brewery Kyoto, Yamorido, and Aldea Yamashiro Beers. They will be joined by OUR BREWING from Fukui and Free Spirits Brewing from Himeji, Hyogo, creating a lineup that lets visitors compare craft beers from different regions in the center of Kyoto City.
In addition, the collaboration project with Kyoto Municipal Subway, "Let's Go by Subway! - Stamp Collection and Capsule Gacha Challenge -" will also be held. If you collect stamps at the nearest station to the venue, Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae, and at Takeda, the nearest station to the main festival site, you can enter the lottery campaign. Easy access combined with strolling around the city is one of the charms unique to this eve festival.
This spring eve festival, bringing together Kyoto breweries, looks set to be an opening chapter toward the main festival, an event where you can casually start with just one drink and enjoy more if you like.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroOn April 25 and 26, Kyoto After-Bath Craft Beer Eve Festival 2026 is happening at Kyoto City Hall Plaza. Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery will have a booth too, and the exciting part is being able to enjoy freshly brewed beer right in the middle of the city.
MugiWait, a beer festival at Kyoto City Hall Plaza!? Drinking and tasting beer in front of City Hall sounds like the kind of thing where you try to keep a serious face while getting tipsy!
Hop BroAnd there’s a 150 ml x 4-drink set, so you can sample the beers you’re curious about in small pours. With food paired alongside, it’s the kind of event where you get to enjoy how the flavors come together.
MugiHold up, what is a brewpub? That sounds kind of sad, like a "blue pub" or something!
Hop BroNot blue, but a place that’s attached to a brewery and also serves drinks. Kyoto Arashiyama Brewery is based at its Sanjo brewery, and it’s sharing Kyoto beer culture from the Kawaramachi-Sanjo area.
MugiOhhh! So even though it’s called Arashiyama, it’s based in Kawaramachi-Sanjo. That name has a nice two-in-one vibe of sightseeing and city-center energy!
Hop BroExactly. The name says Arashiyama, but what’s interesting is that it’s actually a brewery rooted in Kyoto. On top of the eight local Kyoto breweries, breweries from Fukui and Himeji are also joining, so the range for tasting and comparing is pretty wide.
MugiWhat, you can compare beers in the middle of Kyoto? And they’re even bringing breweries from other prefectures, so it’s like traveling without traveling just to go on a beer expedition!
Hop BroThere’s also the Let's Go by Subway! stamp campaign, so you can enjoy not just the venue but also a station-hopping experience. Collecting stamps at Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station and Takeda Station, then trying the capsule gacha, is another neat little twist.
MugiThis is already serious business from the eve festival onward! I can see myself having one drink at Kyoto City Hall Plaza, then getting curious about the main event in Fushimi, and ending up going for one more!
Hop BroThat flow is pretty much right. As a spring opening chapter, it’s excellent, and if you can casually enjoy a freshly brewed beer, of course you’d want to go out.
MugiAlright, I’ll start with the tasting set to see what’s what, and Hop, please stick with me while translating the jargon into easy language! I have a feeling I’ll end up saying, "just one more" by the end!
