BEER SPACE on Tap ビアスペース オンタップ
Up to eight taps chosen so no two taste alike, in a hotel basement a minute from Motomachi station.
BEER MICHI びあみち
Kobe's craft beer road — taprooms, brewpubs and bottle-shop counters.
The beer road runs off the drinking road. Everything here pours something worth crossing town for; a few are worth a train. Ben drinks at all of them, and runs small beer evenings if you'd rather not go alone.
Beer Cafe Laugh'in ビアカフェ ラフィン
Counter bar on the ground floor, tables upstairs, and a basement walk-in beer cellar you can shop from — three different nights in one building.
Beer Corner Quadra ビアコーナー クアドラ
Hand-pumped real ale two minutes from Kobe station — soft, low-carbonation beer you almost never find in Japan.
Brasserie a Route ブラッスリー ア ルート
Brew downstairs, eat upstairs, and bring in cooked food from the arcade outside — that's the whole reason to come.
CRAFT KOBE STARBOARD クラフトコウベ スターボード
The house Kobe Beer, brewed at its own Suwayama brewery, leads fifteen-to-twenty taps that also pour Rokko Beer — the brewery the owner's father founded.
Craft Beer Shop TRIANGLE クラフトビールショップ トライアングル
A kakuuchi bottle shop in Minatogawa — Japanese-only taps, poured by a former Rokko Beer brewer.
EKIZONO FRANK エキゾノフランク
Coffee counter by day, standing craft beer and natural wine by night, open 8:30am to midnight every single day.
Heta no Yokozuki 下手の横好き
The name translates as 'keen but no good at it' — the owner's picks of Islay whisky and craft beer suggest otherwise.
Onaji Ana no Mujina オナジアナノムジナ
Named after the idiom for birds of a feather — a hop-first taproom where Y.Market and Oni Densetsu are the house regulars.
Paint Palette Brewing ペイントパレット ブリューイング
Three or four beers a month out of four 2,000-litre tanks, inside a seaside spa — and you can drink here without ever getting in the bath.
Saiougauma サイオウガウマ
Two minutes from JR Sannomiya, six taps picked by the owner — and wine for whoever came along without wanting beer.
Valle Sagrado バジェサグラード
Six rotating craft taps and 100-plus beers to drink in or take away, hiding uphill from Sannomiya.
open air Kobe Motomachi open air 神戸元町店
Twelve taps, mostly their own beer, with seasonal hops and herbs worked in — two floors, open from lunchtime every day.
ÉBIR Brew Studio エビールブリュースタジオ
A counter cut from buried hinoki wood, a high ceiling, and a sake-yeast sour called AURA DE NADA that nods at Nada's sake breweries.
Worth the train rideJust outside Kobe — 15 to 30 minutes on the Hanshin or Hankyu line.
BEER&BOOK Nekomori BEER&BOOK 猫森
Craft beer and secondhand books in one room, taps from breweries the owner has visited in person — mostly Kansai, plus Hokuriku and beyond.
Beer Cafe Barley ビアカフェ バーレイ
Open since 2005 and billing itself as western Japan's oldest craft beer specialist — eleven taps, beer and nothing else.
Heal Soul Brewery ヒールソウルブルワリー
A Nishinomiya brewery on Route 43 since 2023, with six rotating taps upstairs — past brews include Yellow Submarine and Coffee Rumba.
Koshien Outfield Brewery 甲子園アウトフィールドブリュワリー
A tiny brewpub five minutes from Koshien Stadium, brewing on site since summer 2025.