GOOD HOPS to Join the 'Choi-nomi Tono Bar Hopping' Event on May 27
GOOD HOPS in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, will participate in the 'Choi-nomi Tono Bar Hopping' event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. With one ticket, the brewery will offer two glasses of beer and mixed nuts, helping support drinking around Tono.
Hop BroGOOD HOPS in Tono is joining the May 27 'Choi-nomi Tono Bar Hopping' event. It's an event where you can enjoy a walk around town and a drink at the same time.
MugiWait, the brewery is part of the bar crawl too!? GOOD HOPS participating is definitely intriguing!
Hop BroExactly. From 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., you can visit about 40 places downtown, and one ticket lets you go to three spots. Since it's limited to 500 tickets, the competition is pretty intense.
MugiThree places for 4,500 yen feels like the math is a little fuzzy! At 4,000 yen for advance tickets, does that feel a bit more of a bargain?
Hop BroExactly, and at GOOD HOPS, each ticket comes with two M-size glasses of beer and mixed nuts, so you can take a proper break at the taproom.
MugiTwo beers!? With nuts too, that's amazing - like a recovery item for bar hopping!
Hop BroAnd GOOD HOPS is a brewery in Tono that combines hop cultivation, research, and brewing. It's a pretty serious place, expanding the possibilities of Japanese-grown hops.
MugiWow, so it's not just making beer. Including hop development too means it's basically a research lab!
Hop BroThat's right. The taproom opened on May 17, 2025, and they've already held a first-anniversary event. It's also easy to stop by because it's within walking distance of Tono Station.
MugiThen I want to walk around Tono and finish with a toast at GOOD HOPS! For the final stop on a bar hop, a local drink is the way to go.
Participating Event
On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., 'Choi-nomi Tono Bar Hopping' will be held, taking visitors around restaurants and bars in downtown Tono. About 40 venues will participate, and tickets cost 4,500 yen each, or 4,000 yen in advance. One ticket allows you to visit three venues, and only 500 tickets are available.
What GOOD HOPS Will Offer
At GOOD HOPS, for each ticket for this event, guests will receive two M-size glasses of beer and mixed nuts. At the taproom within walking distance of Tono Station, visitors can casually enjoy beer brewed by the brewery.
As a Tono Brewery
GOOD HOPS is a brewery in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, that integrates hop cultivation, research, and brewing. On its official website, it says it aims to leverage Tono's strengths as Japan's leading hop-producing area to expand the possibilities of Japanese-grown hops. What makes it distinctive is that it treats beer making not only as brewing, but also as including the development of the hops themselves and research into processing technology.
The GOOD HOPS taproom opened on May 17, 2025, and it also held a first-anniversary campaign in May. This participation in a local drinking-walk event makes the closeness between Tono's town center and the brewery feel even more tangible.
As an opportunity to walk around Tono, hop from one place to another, and discover a local drink, GOOD HOPS' participation is definitely worth paying attention to.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroGOOD HOPS in Tono is joining the May 27 'Choi-nomi Tono Bar Hopping' event. It's an event where you can enjoy a walk around town and a drink at the same time.
MugiWait, the brewery is part of the bar crawl too!? GOOD HOPS participating is definitely intriguing!
Hop BroExactly. From 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., you can visit about 40 places downtown, and one ticket lets you go to three spots. Since it's limited to 500 tickets, the competition is pretty intense.
MugiThree places for 4,500 yen feels like the math is a little fuzzy! At 4,000 yen for advance tickets, does that feel a bit more of a bargain?
Hop BroExactly, and at GOOD HOPS, each ticket comes with two M-size glasses of beer and mixed nuts, so you can take a proper break at the taproom.
MugiTwo beers!? With nuts too, that's amazing - like a recovery item for bar hopping!
Hop BroAnd GOOD HOPS is a brewery in Tono that combines hop cultivation, research, and brewing. It's a pretty serious place, expanding the possibilities of Japanese-grown hops.
MugiWow, so it's not just making beer. Including hop development too means it's basically a research lab!
Hop BroThat's right. The taproom opened on May 17, 2025, and they've already held a first-anniversary event. It's also easy to stop by because it's within walking distance of Tono Station.
MugiThen I want to walk around Tono and finish with a toast at GOOD HOPS! For the final stop on a bar hop, a local drink is the way to go.
