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Japan 2026 craft and food festival season

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Japan’s 2026 ~~summer and autumn seasons continue to feature a diverse array of regional~~ festival season continues into October with various craft beer and ~~food festivals.~~ sake events. In ~~Tokyo, September events include~~ the ~~Oedo Beer Festival at Shinagawa Intercity S&R Plaza (Sept 1–5~~ Tokyo and ~~8–12)~~ Kanagawa regions, a collaboration between Gurunavi and ~~the Craft Beer Discovery at Tokyo Big Sight (Sept 25–27). The Koganei Beer Festival~~ DREAM BEER runs from ~~Sept 11–13 at Festival Court. Additionally, the Craft Beer Grand Prix 2026 is held at Kinshi Park~~ October 3 to October 12 in ~~Sumida from Sept 4–6, featuring 15 breweries and professional judging~~ Futako-Tamagawa, offering tasting vouchers for ~~a ‘highest gold award’. Participants include Yamanashi-based Fujizakura Kogen Beer, which offers varieties such as a Yoshida Udon Lager. September also features~~ the ~~‘FUCHU BEER GARDEN 2026’ on Sept 12 at Keyaki Namiki Street, hosting 16 breweries and nine food vendors with live music and brewery talk shows. In Musashi-Kosugi, DREAMBEER hosts the ‘Craft~~ ‘National Authentic Craft Beer General Election 2026’ at Kosugi Core Park from Sept 10–13, where attendees vote for favorite styles among 20 brands in categories like ‘Refreshing’, ‘Bold’, ‘Fruity’, and ‘Aromatic’. In Kyoto, Election’. Nearby, the ~~Yase Eiden Station Local~~ ‘Seiseki Autumn Beer Festival ~~takes~~ 2026’ will take place ~~Sept 4–6. New additions~~ from October 9 to ~~the September schedule include~~ 11 at the ~~Keyaki Hiroba Autumn Beer Festival in Saitama New City from Sept 17–21,~~ Keio Seiseki Sakuragaoka Shopping Center, featuring ~~52 vendors and over 300 craft beer varieties. Notable participants include HOPJAPAN from Fukushima, Oyoroko~~ Kagiya Brewery ~~from Aichi, and SIBEERIA BREWERY from Prague.~~ among 11 participating breweries. Kagiya Brewery also intends to unveil a new logo at its Musashi-Kosugi location on October 13. In ~~Yamagata,~~ the ~~ZAO BREWERY Autumn Beer Festival 2026~~ Osaka region, the ‘Osaka Sake Square 2026’ is scheduled for ~~Sept 21–22~~ October 17 and 18 at ~~Yamagin Kenmin Hall, showcasing seven craft beer types,~~ the Namba Carnival Mall. This event will showcase 77 varieties of sake from 26 breweries across the Kansai region, including ~~a special edition brewed with local passion fruit. Regional celebrations include~~ producers from Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama, accompanied by food pairings and DJ entertainment. This follows the ~~‘Uminokuni Kusu (aged Awamori) Gratitude Festival’ in Okinawa on Sept 18–19, ‘KANPAI! GUNMA 2026’~~ inaugural ‘RINKU SEASIDE CRAFT BEER DAYS’ held on ~~Sept 25–26,~~ September 26 and 27 at the ~~Minoh Beer Thanksgiving 2026~~ Rinku Premium Outlets in Izumisano City, which featured local businesses like Yoho Brewing’s Osaka ~~on Sept 20–21.~~ brewery and Lone Star to promote regional revitalization.

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