Man cannot live on bread alone
By Rocky | May 9, 2008
We haven’t done a Japanese Beer commercial for a while and found this one, its a ripper, but we have no idea what it is about- It advertises Sapporo which is one of Japan’s tastier drops and as you will see this ad features a some pretty weird images and sounds not forgetting a quick toilet stop. It looks as if it is shot in Akasaka in Tokyo at a bar, during a few afterwork drinks with the boys- there’s some references to proverbs- and even some weird tribal dancing– who knows? If you can work out whats going on drop us a line in the comments box below.
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Great Japan Beer Festival
By Rocky | April 29, 2008
The Japanese sure love their beer and beer drinkers will be out in force next week for the Japan Craft Beer Association is hosting the 11th annual Great Beer Festival at the Ebishu Garden Palace. The event is to be held on the 5th and 6th of May and more than 120 craft beers will be represented. All you need to do is turn up with your sampling shoes purchase a ticket and start trying these lovely beers. (you can purchase tickets before hand and save yourself a few Yen, Family Mart, Circle J-Sankus are a few of the continence stores which sell them, otherwise tickets are Y4800 at the door). The beers are served in 1.7 ounce portions and are sectioned into 12 categories, a great way to fill in a cool afternoon in Tokyo- Kampai!
People in Osaka don’t miss out either as they have their festival on starting May 31 at hte Sky Hall at the Kyosera Dome in Nishi-Ku.
Don’t’ forget to visit http://www.happyjappy.com for all your Japan travel needs.
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A Japanese beer fairy who enjoys beer - of course!
By Rocky | April 23, 2008
We have absolutely no idea what’s going on here but its got something to do with beer and we are rolling around the floor laughing at the stupidity of it all. From what we can work out Beer-Chan is the little yellow guy with the beer and he is the Beer fairy. Now don’t just watch the You Tube video take a look at the website for the Beer Fairy it is ridiculous, we are sure as the Telly Tubbies make sense on Speed the beer fairy will make sense on beer- you will probably need a bit though! Enjoy the fun
If you do nothing else today at least go to this site: http://www.san-x.co.jp/charageki/beer/images/Beerchan.swf We would love to hear your comments- drop us a line and tell us what you thought and send the our link to all your friends they will love it!
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Goes well with a Japanese sausage
By Rocky | March 8, 2008
After yesterday’s amusing Japanese beer ad we thought we would do another, this time for Asahi. These guys are cooking up a huge sausage feast and plan to wash it down with a few ice cold Asahi’s. There’s some great expressions and beer and sausage party looks pretty tasty, wish we were there!
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Another Japanese classic ad
By Rocky | March 7, 2008
We haven’t featured a Japanese Beer ad for a while and thought it was about time, because there are so many interesting ones. This one is for the tasty Sapporo Beer, Ive got no idea what the ad is about just some lovely Japanese girls laughing at their guys in cardboard godzilla costumes. What are these advertising companies on- probably Sapporo.. Sit back and enjoy.
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Another fun Japanese beer ad
By Rocky | February 22, 2008
We haven’t done a Japanese beer ad for a while and thought it was about time. This one is a sort of cute one advertising on of Asha’s new Happoshu products, which is a low malt beer like product which is produced to avoid a few of the beer taxes imposed on higher malt products. The ad features Konishi Manami who is a famous actress in Japan she has featured in quiet a few movies and just about every Japanese television drama there is. You should enjoy the happy little jingle which goes with the ad.
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Tomato Beer- from Japan- where else!
By Rocky | February 9, 2008
Well as you read yesterday we have a real treat today from the Echigo beer company in Japan- Tomato flavored beer. It’s probably not the weirdest beer in Japan, considering they have some very strange flavoring in some of their other foods, like squid and octopus ice-cream and cuttlefish flavored chips. We couldn’t get too much detail on the Tomato Bibere as Echigo’s site is in Japanese but with a clever conversion we found that the beer matched Hodoyoku tomato flavors and was a beer with healthy appeal using liquor and organic tomatoes. The beer seems to act as an antioxidant and has plenty of vitamin E, more than 1000 times that of regular beer. The 330 ml bottle sells for 420 Yen which isn’t cheap considering the average beer in Japan is half that. If you have tasted the tomato beer or any other strange brew would you drop us a line and we will tell our other readers.
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A pink pussy to match your beer
By Rocky | February 8, 2008
We are not 100% sure if this stuff is beer, but the ad is too good to not use it. It’s another amazing ad from Japan. It looks as if their beer called ‘Be’ is available in different colors, there’s pink, green and blue so what better to advertise it than three kittens dyed the same colour playing a piano. The advertising people in Japan must have been on on some interesting drugs when coming up with this one. Bolt yourself to your chair (as you will fall off laughing) and enjoy.
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Reijyou All Malt Beer Super Premium
By Rocky | January 30, 2008
Japan changed their beer tax laws in the early 1990’s which then allowed smaller breweries to start up and Echigo Breweries was one of them starting in 1993. Today they make a fine range of products including today’s beer the Reijyou Pilsner. It’s a 5% all malt beer with a refreshing hoppsy flavour. Like many Japanese beers it has a light but fairly frothy head and a strong aroma, which is actually stronger than it’s taste. It is not readily available outside Japan but many Japanese and Asian supermarkets stock it. It is well worth a try and an alternative to the mainstream Japanese beer products which have taken a strong hold on the market, and any beer company which has a goat on it’s logo must be good!
Come back tommorow and we have a story about a $400 beer!
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A few free beers and a look around
By Rocky | January 12, 2008
What could be a better day out than a few freshly brewed free beers and a look around a brewery? At Ashahi Breweries in
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