Sakura Taps Launches Weekday Pairing Set; 8 Draft Beers on Offer on May 26
Sakura Taps in Yoshidamachi, Yokohama, announced a "Weekday Pairing Set" for Instagram viewers during its May 26 (Tue) service. Paired orders of the day’s recommended food and drinks get a 200-yen discount, alongside a lineup of eight draft beers.
Hop BroThere’s buzz about Sakura Taps in Yoshidamachi, Yokohama, starting a Weekday Pairing Set. It’s interesting that for their May 26 (Tue) service, they’ve added a weekday-only kind of gimmick for people who saw it on Instagram.
MugiReally? They have something like that on a weekday? If all you have to do is say "I saw it on Instagram", I could totally join in too!
Hop BroExactly. If you mention it when ordering, you get 200 yen off when you order the recommended food and drink as a pair. Stuff like this makes you think, "Maybe I should stop in today."
MugiBut what kind of pairings are they? It’s not just a standard menu item, right? Just hearing early-summer sweet summer orange compote makes me curious!
Hop BroThe first pairing is that sweet summer orange compote with your choice of craft gin. You can have it with soda, tonic, or on the rocks, so it’s pretty refined how they let you play with the aroma, too.
MugiWait, what even are botanicals? And Ohoro Gin sounds kind of intense, too!
Hop BroIt’s a gin made with bog myrtle and Japanese mint from Niseko, Hokkaido, and it’s the bottle the shop recommends. Paired with the compote’s sweet-tart profile and slight saltiness, it should bring out a nice aromatic synergy.
MugiOhhh! And there are 8 draft taps that day, too. It sounds like it’d be hard to choose before even starting to drink!
Hop BroThe lineup is pretty impressive, and it’s centered on collaboration beers. For example, there’s Super Fresh from West Coast Brewing × Inkhorn Brewing, and Yoshidacho Helles 2026 from Sakura Taps × Numazu Craft, so you get a mix that really shows the shop’s character.
MugiWow, it feels like a gathering of breweries from all over Japan! If I can enjoy food, beer, and gin slowly on a weekday night in Yokohama, then I’ve basically got no reason not to go.
Hop BroSakura Taps has that perfect weekday-evening atmosphere, especially with its location on the second floor of Nora Neko Street in Yoshidamachi. Rather than going there just to look for a classic pint, it’s the kind of place you’d want to visit on a day when you can discover a new drink through pairing.
MugiDecided! Next weekday, I’m going to aim for the best first drink possible and try saying, "I saw it on Instagram" too!
During its May 26 (Tue) hours from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Sakura Taps introduced a recurring irregular promotion, the "Weekday Pairing Set," for guests who came in after seeing the restaurant on Instagram. If customers say "I saw it on Instagram" when ordering, they receive a 200-yen discount when they order the day’s recommended food and drink as a pair.
The first pairing is "Early-summer sweet summer orange compote × your choice of craft gin." The gin can be enjoyed however you like, such as with soda, tonic, or on the rocks. The shop highlighted "Ohoro Gin," made with bog myrtle and Japanese mint from Niseko, Hokkaido, as its recommendation, creating a pairing designed to complement the compote’s sweet-tart flavor and subtle saltiness.
The draft lineup for the day featured eight taps in total. The selection was centered on collaboration beers, as follows.
- Super Fresh / West Coast Brewing × Inkhorn Brewing
- Yoshidacho Helles 2026 / Sakura Taps × Numazu Craft
- Ume-chu / Minoh Beer × Mikkeller
- Kurgantaite / Bighand Bros. Beer
- from scratch / a blonde ale / Shiga Kogen Beer
- Kesennuma Pride ver. 12.1 / Black Tide Brewing
- Shibaku zo! 2026 / Shiokaze Brew Lab
- Black Boxxx / Uchoten Brewing
Sakura Taps is a beer pub in Hanasakicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama. Including its location on the second floor along Yoshidamachi’s Nora Neko Street, it is known as a place suited to people who want to spend a relaxed evening on a weekday. In addition to craft beer, the shop also serves coffee, making it easy to use from the first drink through an after-dinner sip in its calm atmosphere.
This post showed both a limited-time pairing proposal and a draft structure connecting breweries across Japan. Rather than being the kind of place you visit just to look for a standard pint, it is content suited to a day when you want to enjoy the food pairing as part of the experience.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroThere’s buzz about Sakura Taps in Yoshidamachi, Yokohama, starting a Weekday Pairing Set. It’s interesting that for their May 26 (Tue) service, they’ve added a weekday-only kind of gimmick for people who saw it on Instagram.
MugiReally? They have something like that on a weekday? If all you have to do is say "I saw it on Instagram", I could totally join in too!
Hop BroExactly. If you mention it when ordering, you get 200 yen off when you order the recommended food and drink as a pair. Stuff like this makes you think, "Maybe I should stop in today."
MugiBut what kind of pairings are they? It’s not just a standard menu item, right? Just hearing early-summer sweet summer orange compote makes me curious!
Hop BroThe first pairing is that sweet summer orange compote with your choice of craft gin. You can have it with soda, tonic, or on the rocks, so it’s pretty refined how they let you play with the aroma, too.
MugiWait, what even are botanicals? And Ohoro Gin sounds kind of intense, too!
Hop BroIt’s a gin made with bog myrtle and Japanese mint from Niseko, Hokkaido, and it’s the bottle the shop recommends. Paired with the compote’s sweet-tart profile and slight saltiness, it should bring out a nice aromatic synergy.
MugiOhhh! And there are 8 draft taps that day, too. It sounds like it’d be hard to choose before even starting to drink!
Hop BroThe lineup is pretty impressive, and it’s centered on collaboration beers. For example, there’s Super Fresh from West Coast Brewing × Inkhorn Brewing, and Yoshidacho Helles 2026 from Sakura Taps × Numazu Craft, so you get a mix that really shows the shop’s character.
MugiWow, it feels like a gathering of breweries from all over Japan! If I can enjoy food, beer, and gin slowly on a weekday night in Yokohama, then I’ve basically got no reason not to go.
Hop BroSakura Taps has that perfect weekday-evening atmosphere, especially with its location on the second floor of Nora Neko Street in Yoshidamachi. Rather than going there just to look for a classic pint, it’s the kind of place you’d want to visit on a day when you can discover a new drink through pairing.
MugiDecided! Next weekday, I’m going to aim for the best first drink possible and try saying, "I saw it on Instagram" too!
