While it's common knowledge that Japan's national drink is sake with the highest concentration of individual sake breweries located in Niigata, what to sip on if you're not a fan? Why, a cold frothy mug of beer of course! You may know big names like Asahi, Kirin and Sapporo, but let's reach past corporate conglomerates and go for the really good stuff: craft beer. For that, we can thank Niigata prefecture and toast Seiichiro Uehara, the founder of Japan's first microbrewery...
Echigo Beer - Japan's First Microbrewery
Echigo Beer - Japan's First Microbrewery