Tenjin Brewery

Address
Ueda City, Nagano, 1-2-34 Tenjin
Area
Nagano Ueda City

What kind of brewery is Tenjin Brewery?

hop excitedHop Bro

Tenjin Brewery has a strong advantage right away with its location just a 1-minute walk from Ueda Station. It's Ueda's first microbrewery.

mugi surprisedMugi

One minute from the station!? That's not really a brewery anymore, it's basically inside the station, right?

hop normalHop Bro

It's in Tenjinmachi right in front of the station. Head brewer Yuma Ishii opened it in November 2021, and he was the type who got fascinated by authentic beer culture while studying in London and thought, "I want to make it myself."

mugi thinkingMugi

London, huh. So he got inspired in the home of pub culture. But why Ueda?

hop normalHop Bro

He wanted to contribute to community development through local production for local consumption and collaboration between agriculture, welfare, and commerce. Ueda was once so prosperous through sericulture that it's called the "Silk City," and in tribute to that history, they brew an original beer using mulberries.

mugi surprisedMugi

Mulberry beer!? What is that even like...!

hop excitedHop Bro

The brewery's character comes from beers that use local agricultural products as auxiliary ingredients. And the beer names are fun too, because they're named after the Sanada Ten Braves. Ueda is the castle town of the Sanada, after all.

mugi excitedMugi

Whoa, the Sanada Ten Braves! Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizo, right? Are they each different beer styles?

hop normalHop Bro

That's right. They brew lagers, ales, and dark beers, and Ishii also stays true to his roots with his belief that "lager is what I really want to drink." It also got its start through a Makuake crowdfunding campaign, so it really feels like a brewery born from local support.

mugi happyMugi

So it's supported by the whole community. I heard you can even experience hop harvesting?

hop happyHop Bro

Exactly. They offer hop harvesting experiences and beer-brewing experiences, and they also have a service for making "your very own original beer." They serve lunch too, so being able to drink craft beer from midday is great.

mugi excitedMugi

You can stop by while sightseeing at Ueda Castle! I want to try every kind of Sanada Ten Braves beer!

Signature beers: Shinshu Ueda Sanada Ten Braves Beer

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