Beer Museum Yebisu

December 21, 2008 by reesan · 7 Comments
Filed under: alcohol, attractions, beer

Premium Yebisu label

Yebisu (or Ebisu), the little, fat fisherman on the label of a bottle of Yebisu beer (left), is the Japanese god of fishermen. Actually, he has a few jobs. He is also god of good luck and workingmen. In his spare time he is the guardian of the health of small children.

Yebisu is my favourite Japanese beer so this called for a visit to Beer Museum Yebisu. And when I heard that they offered up a beer tasting tray at the tour finale I locked in my date with the fat fisherman and headed to the museum located at Yebisu Garden Place in Ebisu.

Let me get the important history bits out of the way before I move on to the beer. If I could take anything away from the history of the Yebisu beer it is the satisfaction in knowing that, in 40 years, the Yebisu beer girl has maintained a consistent cuteness.