JAPANKURU: # Event ♪ Best Summer Event in Akihabara and Kanda Area! ~ Beer Arch at mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi!

Summer Festival at mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi

Summer Limited-time Event - Beer Arch

What comes to your mind if we ask you about Akihabara?

The street that sells electronics? Shops that sells Japanese animation figures? Maid cafe? Probably most of you will give me the same answers. However, do you know that in this area, you can still find a unique place where you can relax yourself by the Kanda River.

Surrounded by the vintage atmosphere at the hot spot mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi, you can enjoy the summer limited-time event "Beer Arch"! Time to get some beer!

Beer Garden in Summer!

In the hot summer, what can be better than chilling out with your friends and drinking beer together at the terrace.

This year, a special summer beer event is being held at mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi. You can taste more than 100 types of beer from around the world while having a nice Chinese and seafood dish in this summer event. Monthly limited edition beer is provided in July, August and September too.

Beer Arch
Period: 19 July 2016 (Tue.) to 16 September 2016 (Fri.)
(Event space "Tatazumai"will end on 15 September 2016)

Venue: South Corridor, Event Space Tatazumai, 2013 platforms

Tel.: 03-3257-8910

Hours: Varies according to places

Homepage (Japanese): https://www.ecute.jp/maach/about.html

Google Map

Interested in learning more about mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi? Check it out here:

# Shopping ♪ New drama to be generated at this old viaduct! "mAAch ecute" A beautiful landscape at Akihabara, Kanda River!

Actually the viaduct was once the "Transportation Museum". It was renovated and turned into this hot commercial spot, mAAch ecute, in Akihabara area.

【mAAch ecute KANDA MANSEIBASHI】

Address: 1-25-4, Kandasudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Access:

From Akihabara Station:

4-minute walk from JR Line Electric Town (Denki Gai) Exit
5-minute walk from Tsukuba Express Exit A1
6-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Exit No.3

From Kanda Station

6-minute walk from JR Line North Exit
2-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Exit No.6

From Ochanomizu Station

6-minute walk from JR Line Hijiribashi Exit
8-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Exit No.1

From Shin-Ochanomizu Station

3-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Exit A3

From Awajicho Station

3-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Exit A3

From Ogawamachi Station

3-minute walk from Toei Shinjuku Line Exit A3

From Iwamotocho Station

6-minute walk from Toei Shinjuku Line Exit A2

Tel.: 03-3257-8910 (09:30 - 18:00)

Hours:

Shops

11:00 - 21:00 (Mon to Sat)

11:00 - 20:00 (Sun and Holidays)

Restaurants

11:00 - 23:00 (Mon to Sat) (L.O. 22:30)

11:00 - 21:00 (Sun and Holidays) (L.O. 20:30)

Homepage: https://www.ecute.jp/maach/about.html

Google Map

Recommended Shop

Lifestyle shop - haluta

In this shop, you can find products and brands like Hay and Irma, and vintage furniture, kitchen wares and interior decorations from North Europe and other countries. You can find yourself just like walking in a stylish shop oversea where you can find both new and vintage products.

haluta
Floor: 1F
Hours: 11:00 - 21:00 (Mon to Sat)、11:00 - 20:00 (Sun and Holidays)
Tel.: 03-5295-0061
Homepage (Japanese): http://www.haluta.jp/

I bet you must be able to find something that you like in this lifestyle shop. How about the popular brands Hay and Irma?

Cotton Kitchen Tower (White / Blue) 1,728 yen with tax
Canister (White / Black) 1,944 yen with tax

As told by the staff, Irma products are the most popular items in the shop. Irma is actually the logo for a supermarket chain in Denmark. Since the logo of the little girl is very cute, the products like the tote bags and kitchen towels are very popular among girls.

Huge collections of interior decorations. The wooden hands are also the hot items here. Look how interesting they are! Just use your imagination to find out ways to use this decoration. How about using it to hold your necklace and rings?

How about a new curtain or cushion cover for our new home? What about this funny Frankenstein mask? Mask at 864 yen with tax.

How come the vintage furniture looks like brand new here? The reason is that they re-polish and repair all the vintage furniture in Nagano Prefecture first. What a good thing that you can get furniture in vintage style but in good quality.

The kitchen shelves look even better with the vintage kitchen wares! These kitchen wares are from North Europe too!

Variety of wooden desk and side tables can be found here too. Just check out the quality of the wood. You will be surprised by these vintage products!

What an interesting place to shop and enjoy the beer under the track of JR line!

First we go the special event space, Tatazumai, where you can find more than 100 types of hand craft beer from Japan and other countries! Which one is your favorite?

What is craft beer?

In most sayings, craft beer is a beer that is not brewed by any big corporations. It is made by a brewer that is smaller but it doesn't mean that the quality is not as good as the others. There are over 100 different types of beer can be found here! Pick one and let's get some snacks too!

Snacks goes with your craft beer

Chips from Yamagata Prefecture: 190 yen with tax

Chips from Yamagata Prefecture! Do you still remember the vegetables in Yamagata Prefecture is fresh and famous?

Collaboration with Japanese Department Store - Food Select Shop

Other than craft beer, you can also find snacks that go with your beer here! These snacks all came from other prefectures of Japan. Actually they have four themes for the Beer Arch event. The first theme they have is the fish and local snacks from other prefectures. Different kinds of canned fish can be found too.

Interesting fish snacks

Themes for Japanese Department Store's Food Select Shop

19 - 31 July 2016 (Fish)
1 - 14 August 2016 (Snacks)
15 - 28 August 2016 (Pickles)
29 August - 15 September 2016 (Meat)

Bonito fish from Izu City at 1,620 yen with tax

Left: Ramune 302 yen with tax
Right: Ice bar 162 yen with tax

Traditional Japanese Snacks

Have you ever tried the traditional Japanese drink, Ramune, which is a carbonated soft drink. It also comes in various flavors! Ice bars can also be found here!

Okay, since we have the beer and the food, let's get started!!

Monthly limited edition beer is provided in July, August and September too. Please note you can find the mobile vending van outside South Corridor.

Craft Beer 680 yen with tax

At Hitachi field bluing laboratory, you can brew you own original beer! You can also try 10 different kinds of beer here too! This must be a good news to all the beer lovers, right!

Breadstick with chicken liver and gizzard paste, 500 yen with tax

Smoked port platter, 500 yen with tax

Deep fried chicken, 600 yen with tax

Sandwich in Chinese Style, 600 yen with tax
Edamame (immature soybeans) in pepper style, 400 yen with tax

The best snacks that go with beer must be Karaage (deep fired chicken) and Edamame (young soybeans) in Japan! How about adding some Western and Chinese style food to our selection?

Let's try some of the canned fish that we just got!

The monthly limited craft beer that we tried was HANAYAGI Ver.2.0, you can taste the aroma of flowers in this special beer!

mAAch ecute limited craft beer (All 680 yen)

HANAYAGI Ver.2.0 (On sale starting on 19 July 2016)

SUZUYAKA (On sale starting on 1 August 2016)

HOUJYUN (On sale starting on 1 September 2016)

In this special limited-time event, Beer Arch, at mAAch ecute, you can enjoy the old red brick viaduct and the vintage atmosphere while enjoying beer and snacks with your friends. Why don't you come here and experience this stylish and chic area in Akihabara!

Beer Arch
Period: 19 July 2016 (Tue.) to 16 September 2016 (Fri.)
(Event space "Tatazumai"will end on 15 September 2016)