TDM 1874 Brewery

TDM 1874 Brewery is built on Sakaguchiya, a long-established liquor shop founded in 1874. The fifth-generation owner, Mr. Kato, started brewing beer in 2017.

Exactly. While supplying alcohol to about 800 restaurants in Tokyo and Yokohama, they started brewing because they wanted to share the depth of craft beer even more. And the origin of the name is stylish too: T stands for Ten, D for Day, and M for Market, taken from Tennocho, while 1874 is the founding year of Sakaguchiya.

This is the cool part: it's George Juniper from the UK. He became interested in beer at 13, and went on to serve as Production Director at the renowned Dark Star Brewery in England. He also won Ratebeer's "Best New Brewer (Japan)" from the U.S.-based rating site Ratebeer.

Their achievements are impressive too: the IPA won gold at the Japan Great Beer Awards 2024 and the Asia Beer Championship 2024. Their Pale Ale also won gold at the Asia Beer Championship 2025. They’re being recognized internationally.

This is where it really gets me: they make a gose using Yokohama’s rare Hamanashi pear, beers using Kanagawa’s branded Harumi rice, and a Hazy Pale Ale with Shonan Gold. On top of that, all of the spent grain from brewing is turned into fertilizer for local farmers, and the crops grown with it are then used again as beer ingredients. It’s a true circular system.

The Seiten qlay location is under the elevated tracks at Tennocho Station on the Sotetsu Line, and it’s Hodogaya Ward’s first brewery. They’ve also opened a new shop in Kannai and are taking on export expansion through crowdfunding. A 150-year-old legacy shop is going global.