Spanning from the north of the country to the south, these might be four of the best places in all of Japan to enjoy a cold one . One of Japan’s favorite things to do on a hot summertime day or evening is to head to a beer garden and knock back a cold one. But as fun as Japan’s seasonal open-air drinking venues are, sometimes they don’t quite have the elegant, beautiful scenery you’d expect from a “garden,” since of lot of them are just concrete plazas on the rooftops of downtown department stores.
It’s a different story, though, with Hoshino Resorts’ Zekkei Beer Gardens , or “Beer Gardens with Perfect Views,” as the luxury hotel group also calls them. Sure, you could say that beauty, as a subjective concept, is something that can’t ever be “perfect,” but it’s pretty easy to make a case that the views at the beer gardens we’re looking at today are all top-tier. So as August winds down, let’s take a look at this quartet of breathtaking places to toast the last days of summer, plus take a moment to remember that one of them will also be open for part of the fall .
We start at Hoshino Resorts Risonare Tomamu in Yufutsu, Hokkaido Prefecture . With its wide-open spaces, Hokkaido is Japan’s leading dairy producer, and in keeping with that reputation this Hoshino Resort has a Farm Craft Beer Garden . And yes, the cows actually are involved in the beer-making process.
Hoshino has teamed up with five Hokkaido craft brewers to make special beers for th.