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40 Sake Breweries Across Ebisu and Daikanyama: "Oishii SAKE Walk 2026" on May 23

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40 Sake Breweries Across Ebisu and Daikanyama: "Oishii SAKE Walk 2026" on May 23

Ebisu and Daikanyama turn into a citywide sake-tasting venue on Saturday, May 23, 2026, when "Oishii SAKE Walk in Ebisu & Daikanyama 2026" returns. Forty sake breweries from across Japan will pour at 34 spots — restaurants, sake shops, and special pop-up venues — scattered throughout the two neighborhoods. The event is organized by Crossing Inc., with Crossing and SAKEhub Inc. running the operations.

This is the largest edition in the series so far, with the highest brewery and venue counts to date. The previous edition recorded a 93% satisfaction rate among attendees (52% "very satisfied," 41% "satisfied").

A four-hour afternoon, with the whole neighborhood as the bar

The walk runs from 12:00 to 16:00 on May 23, with check-in opening at 11:00. Tickets are ¥4,500 in advance and ¥5,500 on the day, each including ten drink/food tickets. Two extra tickets can be added for ¥900 (advance) or ¥1,000 (same day).

Participating venues split into three types: restaurants, sake shops, and pop-up spaces. The restaurant lineup includes falò, Sake Shujiro, Bakushuan, Kitapon-zake, Nagasaki Tempura Kohten, and Jogasaki Okamoto, while the sake-shop side features Yamamoto Shoten, Iwasaki Sakaho, and Kakuuchi Ebisu by kyokyo. Some venues let you talk directly with the brewery team while drinking; others are set up for stand-and-go tasting. Either pace works.

From Tohoku to Shikoku: 40 breweries on the road

The 40 breweries span much of the country. The lineup includes Aramasa (Akita), Rokkasen (Yamagata), Kaika (Tochigi), Kunpeki (Aichi), Tatsuriki (Hyogo), Gokyo (Yamaguchi), Iyo Kaiya (Ehime), Imanishiki (Nagano), and Oku (Aichi), among many others — covering a wide range of regions and brewing styles.

The appeal of a "tasting walk" format is that breweries you don't usually run into at your local sake shop or restaurant turn up, for a few hours, on a Saturday afternoon in your neighborhood. Even if you only get through a fraction of the 40 in a day, a couple of memorable pours often turn into return visits to shops that carry that brewery later.

Solo, with friends, at your own pace

The organizers describe the event as something to enjoy "alone or with friends, walking the neighborhood at your own pace." There's no set route and no schedule — you decide where to step in and where to skip based on how the afternoon is going. Late May in Ebisu and Daikanyama, with everything green, makes the walking part of the experience as much as the drinking.

Event details

  • Event: Oishii SAKE Walk in Ebisu & Daikanyama 2026
  • Date & Time: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 12:00–16:00 (check-in from 11:00)
  • Venue: 34 spots across Ebisu and Daikanyama
  • Breweries: 40 from across Japan
  • Tickets: ¥4,500 advance / ¥5,500 same day (10 tickets included); extra 2 tickets for ¥900 advance / ¥1,000 same day
  • Organizer: Crossing Inc.
  • Operations: Crossing Inc., SAKEhub Inc.
  • Website: event.oishiisake.jp/walk-ebisu2026

For four hours on the Saturday before Tokyo's late-May heat sets in, Ebisu and Daikanyama becomes a sake town. The brewery-by-venue mapping goes live on the official site closer to the date. A look at the map is a good first step.