Namacha-n Stand

Namacha-n Stand's Shiinamachi location is their second brewery, opened in 2021, just a 3-minute walk from Shiinamachi Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, inside the Sun Road shopping street.

It’s a place that combines a bottle shop, a standing bar, and a brewery, and you can see the brewing space through the glass. It has six taps. And the concept here is "kawaii."

They actively make fruit beers, sour ales, smoothie IPAs, and dessert-like beers such as pastry stouts. You can really see the owner, Mr. Yamazaki, wanting to broaden the diversity of beer.

It's about a 15-minute walk from the main Smoke Beer Factory location in Otsuka, and the smoked snacks are delivered straight from there. Otsuka is all about bold smoked beers, while this place is fruity and light. It's interesting how the same brewery group can show such completely different sides.

Exactly. And the Shiinamachi shop opens at noon, so it's perfect for a weekend afternoon drink. It's closed on Mondays and last orders are at 8:30 p.m., so it's the kind of place you can casually stop by while wandering the shopping street.