Beer Stores
S: Open Sundays


Beer stores
Tanakaya (Mejiro - Liquor shop). 3953-8888
Discount liquors from around the world, plus one of the best selections of Japanese microbrew beers in Tokyo.
SunMejiro 3-4-14. (on Mejiro-dori just a few seconds west of Mejiro station) Open 11am-9pm. Closed Wednesdays.
Sawamoto (Takadanobaba - Liquor shop). 3202-6632
A good selection of imported beers and liquors.
SunNishi-Waseda 3-13-1. (On south side of Waseda-dori, 12 minutes from Takadanobaba station (towards Waseda).) Open 10am-9pm daily.
Osakaya (Shinjuku - Liquor shop). 3354-2202
This conveniently located specialty shop carries 100 different Belgian beers, as well as a handful of good Japanese microbrews. You'll also fine more than 200 European wines.
SunShinjuku 3-38-1, Lumine EST Shinjuku B1F. (very close to the East-Central exit of JR Shinjuku) Open 10:30am-9:30pm daily.
Shinanoya (Shinjuku Kabukicho - Liquor shop). 3204-2365
A good selection of wines and spirits and a dozen or so European beers at discount prices, plus random imported food items.
SunKabukicho 1-12-9. (on the main central street, across from Tokyo Kaisen Ichiba) Open 11am-4am daily.
Kawachiya (Shibuya - Liquor shop). 3462-6604
A liquor discount chain with about 125 brands of imported beers, including many German and Belgian varieties. Very good prices. They also have very competitively priced Chilean and Argentine wines.
SunUdagawacho 30. (Next to Udagawacho police box) Open noon-10pm daily.
National Azabu (Hiroo - Retail). 3442-3186
One of the best of the international supermarkets, with the widest range of imported foods in Tokyo, including an excellent selection of cheeses. They also have a very good wine department. Delivery within about a 20-minute radius of the store.
SunMinami-Azabu 4-5-2. (two minutes east of Hiroo station) Open 9am-8pm daily.
Nissin (Azabu-Juban - Retail). 3583-4586
Meat is Nissin's strong point, with over a dozen types of cold cuts, a cornucopia of sausages, and unusual items like pheasant, rabbit, and even kangaroo meat. And the third-floor wine shop is worth a visit in its own right - particularly for its wide choice of Australian and California wines in the under-Y2000 price range. [See FULL REVIEW.]
SunHigashi-Azabu 2-34-2. Open 9:30am-8pm daily.
Shochu Authority (Yaesu - Liquor shop). 5208-5157
Over 2000 types of shochu and awamori in this very well-stocked shop.
SunMarunouchi 1-9-1, Kitchen Street (1F). (In the north passageway of Tokyo Station (outside the wicket area) connecting the Yaesu and Marunouchi sides) Open 10am-9pm daily.
Updated 2008/07/01