Yanaka Beer Hall

Opened in 2015 in the Ueno Sakuragi Atari complex, a trio of renovated Showa-era homes, it is all amber timber, antique furniture and vintage newspapers found in the walls during renovation. Everything is brewed by August Beer, with the Yanaka series at the core, from the dark, roasted Yanaka Beer to Yanaka Dry, Golden and Bitter, plus rotating specials.

Try a flight of four 130ml pours for ¥1,600, with snacks cooked in Iga-yaki clay pottery. Pair it with a wander through Yanaka's temples, cat-filled alleys and Yanaka Ginza, and look in on the Norwegian bakery in the same courtyard.