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The Sapporo Beer Museum is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan.
attractions: Sapporo Factory, Ario Sapporo, Hotel Sosei Sapporo - MGallery Collection, Nagayama Memorial Park, The North Face Sapporo Factory Shop, Naebo Station, Hokkaido Railway Technology Museum, Gravity Research Sapporo, Mizuho Bridge, Shinsei Park, restaurants: Sapporo Beer Garden, Toriton Kita 8, Naebo Station Onsen Kura no Yu, SAPPORO餃子製造所, 十勝豚丼 いっぴん 札幌北十条店, Starbucks Coffee - Ario Sapporo, Ramen Yutsuki, Amewayasashiku NO,2, Tonden Kita 12-Jo Shop, Handaya Sapporo Factorymae
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The Sapporo Beer Museum is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan.
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What a neat museum! I've been a fan of Sapporo beer for a long time over in the US and was so excited to come here! Truth be told, I didn't realize until we actually made it to Sapporo that you could reserve tickets for a guided tour. I was a bit worried about what all we'd be able to actually do in the free, public access to the museum. However, it was still absolutely worthwhile and so interesting! We went on a Tuesday so there wasn't a wait to get in at all. Thankfully at all the exhibits they had cards off to the side in English, Korean, and Chinese translating what was on them. This was the first museum in Japan that has had translator cards that I'd been to in the month of my trip. I was ecstatic to be able to actually read the exhibits completely, as my Japanese is still pretty basic. To my surprise, despite not going on a guided tour, we were still able to go to the sampling room where we were able to choose from one of three kinds of beers or a flight of the three for ¥800! What a steal (at least compared to the United States...)! We were also able to get into one of the restaurants on location without a reservation as well. There was no wait for us at the time so we got right in. We were able to get an all you can eat grilling course where you grill your own meat and it was great! You just order what meats or sides you want off a tablet and staff bring your food to you so quickly that you can really get your money's worth here. I've never had so much fun at a museum and I can confidently say that this place is absolutely 100% worth it and I've left Japan an even bigger fan of not only Sapporo beer but of the city! I can't wait to come back to Hokkaido some day.
EsméEsmé
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If you are in Sapporo it’s worth visiting the beer museum. It’s not an active brewery (like I mistakenly thought) just a museum, restaurants, and gift shop. The tour they offer tends to fill up so making a reservation is a good idea. There are 2 types of tours a guided “premium” tour and one where you just walk through the museum. The premium offers a tour guide (Japanese only), a short film about Sapporo Beer’s creation and early history, and some free beers at the end of the tour (pictures included). One high-point is that you are given a glass of beer that you can only get from the museum tour. It is made the same way as Sapporo beer used to made; in a more traditional German style. I didn’t time the tour but it is short. Start to finish it was roughly 20-30 mins. It is interesting to see everything they have but I have been on more impactful beer tours. There was very limited English guidance during the tour (none spoken and only subtitles to displays, no explanations) so have someone to help you or strong Japanese ability. However, it seemed like there was supposed to be English translations at each picture but when I went the areas for them were empty. I didn’t get a chance to eat at the restaurants but they looked good. The gift shop is small but there is a nice selection of shirts, beers, and other gifts.
JJ
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The grounds and buildings were beautiful, especially so against the backdrop of a blue sky. We were here early autumn, the leaves have started changing colours while some sunflowers are still alive from the summer, so we enjoyed the scenery very much. The free self-guided tour of the museum begins with an elevator ride to 3F, from there we walked down a circular walkway along a huge beer-making cauldron to reach 2F. There are two videos that we can watch on the big screen, one about the history of Sapporo beer, and another one about the building itself. On the same floor is an open gallery with pictures and descriptions in Japanese, though information cards in English are also available on the side. After walking through the gallery, a flight of stairs brings us down to the Star Hall on 1F, which is the paid tasting area. If you are interested to taste the beer here, then join the queue, buy a ticket at the machine, and collect your beer at the counter. The beer is served in 240ml glasses, most people will order the "Three drink tasting set" which consists of Kaitakushi, Classic, and Black Label, for JPY1000. If ordered separately each drink is JPY400. Recommended if you wish to try Kaitakushi draft beer, or to visit the grounds on a day with clear blue sky.
alshanealshane
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Interesting place to visit for people who likes Sapporo Beer! It is one of the must-see attraction means that it is crowded with tourists. Went on the self-guided free tour, there are exhibition panels which tells you the history of Sapporo beer. The exhibition panels all in Japanese, but there are some self-help materials for you to read, available in 3 languages (English, simplified Chinese and Korean). After understanding the history, it is time to taste the beer. There are 3 kinds of beer available for purchase, and there is the tasting set, which gives you 200ml per beer. Due to the number of tourists there, it is not easy to find a seat. But there are stand up options if you do not mind. They recommend that you do not sit there for more than 30 mins so that others can get to sit down. There is a small souvenir shop near the exit. You can get T shirts or tote bags there. Overall, the whole visit took about an hour to understand historical development of Sapporo beer and also doing the tasting
Se Yean LeongSe Yean Leong
40
Tl;dr: would recommend a bit of history for the beer lovers. Being in Sapporo, and enjoy drinking beer, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Sapporo beer museum. It was easy to get to from Sapporo station or you could get a taxi from Sapporo city central for around ¥1500. The museum tour is free, and although the guided tour is only in Japanese, you could either go to their website to get the English, Korean, or Mandarin translations, or we later found that they have the printed version of the translation at each station. It was a small and simple museum with no fancy interactive media. Once we got to the souvenir shops, we found some items are very expensive. Fridge magnets were ¥800, more expensive than beer glasses! We then went to the tasting beer hall and got the tasting paddle for ¥1000. Although busy, we didn't have to wait to get a table. We didn't have the chance to try the beer garden as it was getting dark and had to head off for dinner.
Jonathan WidartawanJonathan Widartawan
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The beer museum itself is a short free trip thru one wing of the main building. If you want to eat at the beer garden, you should make a reservation. For that you need to go to the main building on the first floor. They give u a number and call you, when your table is rdy. We had all you can eat bbq with all you can drink for around 5700 yen. There are multiple restaurants, our reservation was in the other wing in the second floor. There was almost no ventelation and you could see the smoke everywhere, also the floor was slippery from the oil and fat. At the table you get a tablet for ordering and a plastic bag for protecting your jacket from the smoke. Food was ok, you can definitly get better bbq for lower price but i still would recommend bc the building itself looked nice from the inside. For souvenirs there are 2 places, one in the museum and one outside. U can visit the museum from sapporo station by bus or take a taxi (around 1200 yen)
cedric z.cedric z.
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