Kirin Ichiban

A day trip to Yokohama is not complete without a trip to the Kirin Brewery Yokohama. The brewery is located in Namamugi, which is a short hop from the Yokohama city centre.

The tour of the Kirin Brewery was practically the same as the tour of the Asahi Brewery Osaka, just interchange the word ‘Asahi’ for ‘Kirin’ in the beer tour template and voilà – you have yourself a tour.

All was not bad however. We did get two free beers at the end. Furthermore, as Kirin means giraffe in Japanese, I learnt that the strange animal on the Kirin Ichiban label is a drawing of what Japanese thought a giraffe looked like in earlier times. Mind you, they had never seen a giraffe (apparently/hopefully) and were drawing only what had been described to them.

Kirin Brewery Yokohama

Izumi and Ash at the Beer Village

Kirin Stout and Kirin Ichiban

Kirin Stout and Kirin Ichiban

Kirin Brewery Yokohama

Kirin Brewery Yokohama



In the Kirin Tasting Lounge

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