Visiting Iwanai - the Birthplace of Japanese Beer

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Жыл бұрын

I spent several nights at the Iwanai Kogen Hotel, which is walking distance from both a ski resort, and the Iwanai Kogen Brewery. You can find it on Tripadviser, Booking.com, Agoda, etc. etc. Here's a google link: goo.gl/maps/SRLdtLz89TjxzBqZ8
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@manfredmarschik Жыл бұрын

Danke!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Really appreciate that!

@CelticUchuu Жыл бұрын

Not a beer fan myself, but would definitely visit for the local sights and history.

@michaelsmith7193 Жыл бұрын

What an intriguing little town! And a variety of wild hops!? That’s fascinating! Thank you for another great little adventure!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I've seen wild hops out in the mountains of Iwate as well!

@violah287 Жыл бұрын

Love your story telling, Quinlan! Thanks for yet another informative video.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much!! I really appreciate that!!

@Chuck8541 Жыл бұрын

I'm all for the sleepy towns! lol Thanks for taking us along!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming!

@benforwho Жыл бұрын

This beer history is SO interesting and quirky for the country and area. Thanks so much!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@carrerlluna66 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interesting video.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bitfreakazoid Жыл бұрын

Visited the Sapporo brewery when I was up there for the Winter Festival some years back. Pretty interesting.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Yeah- the brewery is a pretty nice building!

@sasakisadao8 Жыл бұрын

Quite an intriguing story about a town with little known history.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Normannorman123 Жыл бұрын

Iwanai is such a perfect location for a day trip from Niseko. Thanks for the information.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Yes! Exactly! I want to go back and hike there next time!

@xenawarriorhousewife2115 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@laurenbouchie2394 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, lots of informative infomation on a cute little town!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it informative!

@etherdog Жыл бұрын

Great story asbout the wild hops, Quinlan! That really got my attention!

@private-hokkaido 5 ай бұрын

勉強になりました！ご苦労さまでした。

@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren 5 ай бұрын

You're a real good story teller. I love listening to you and the area you live in def lands on my Japan travel map

@clownearound5751 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video Quinlan, loved the story of the history of beer in Japan. Thank you for showing these interesting areas and looking forward to seeing where you’re going next

@chrstopherblighton-sande2981 Жыл бұрын

Cool little town, I really like the design of the brewery building, it fits so nicely into that snowy landscape (as an aside your red coat looked great against that backdrop too!) The shop was so cute too. It's so fun to see these little places, off the beaten track so to speak and yet so full of history. Thanks as always for taking us along and sharing these places with us.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that you found it interesting! Thanks!!

@jeffsullivan8066 Жыл бұрын

I love your new city trip related videos! Keep up the good work. 😊

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I intend to film around Morioka soon!

@NecroViolator 6 ай бұрын

Butterbur is good for headaches ! :). White Willow Bark is best, but Butterbur works as well, but not on everyone sad to say.

@PeterJames468 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video thanks Quinlan. I do enjoy your informative videos and learning about Japan history.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@didriksen86 Жыл бұрын

Someday i will travel to Hokkaido and visit that place! I've only been to Tokyo but there are so many so many places to visit!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

The list really is endless, yeah?

@derrabe1133 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great spot.

@3tacoman Жыл бұрын

Q dawg boozing it up 🎉

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

I'm cutting down, honest!

@iicydiamonds Жыл бұрын

What an interesting and lovely place! That handmade bag store looks fantastic!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it! Thanks!

@chrissonnenschein6634 Жыл бұрын

Hokkaido and Tohoku (well back to Dewa and Mutsu) have so much history, but you need to scratch below the surface to find... but Iwanai Musts Bay and thevwest coast off Hirosaki are ancient ports... my time exploring there road signs were in Russian, Chinese and Japanese around southern Hokkaido.

@ExiledSwede Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I've really gotta start planning my trips outside Morioka :) so much to explore!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Lots of stuff in the areas around Morioka, definitely!

@dianechaniewski293 Жыл бұрын

How cool! I love learning bits of history like this. Thank you for sharing Quinlan!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ehlersdanlosandi 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting! I've been really enjoying videos about the smaller towns in Japan, so thank you for that! I've only been to Japan once, and only Tokyo, so I'm hoping my next trip will include some smaller towns and definitely a few breweries!

@GoNorthJapan 5 ай бұрын

Breweries are popping up all over the place in Japan now, it's great!

@caviesrule4445 Жыл бұрын

Nice fun little adventure! Thanks for making such good and fun informative videos!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@MissRoseyCheeky Жыл бұрын

I loved this video. Thanks for sharing.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed it!

@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren 5 ай бұрын

Uhh yeah beer 😁

@flavorhostage Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I've been all over Japan just to visit breweries and now you're giving me another one to visit? I'm sorry I missed the local Morioka beer when I was there. I heard good things about Baeren after I got back to the US.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Baeren is a German-style, which is fine. I'm more excited about Black Tide in Kessennuma, and even Tono Brewing is pretty great, actually!

@flavorhostage Жыл бұрын

@@GoNorthJapan Oh yeah. I had a nice 4 hour talk with James when I visited Black Tide. They make good stuff! And the seafood in Kesennuma was spectacular!

@elementalfitnesslab Жыл бұрын

Japan's craft beer quality is on par with anywhere now, in my humble opinion - being from Wisconsin and having lived in the Pacific Northwest for years. Getting your hands on local beer is the issue though as distribution appears to be a problem, so often one has to go to an area to be able to drink the bounty. Ibaraki alone has dozens of craft breweries now, but very few are available even in Tokyo. Not a bad thing perhaps.

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Well hello fellow Wisconsinite! Agreed regarding Japan's craft beer. There's a lot of great stuff!

@roberttene9571 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos man! Always puts me in such a nice and relaxed mood. Perfect for chilling to after having a tough day at work. Cheers!

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really appreciate that!

@deanzaZZR Жыл бұрын

Looks promising. When we were in your neck of the woods in Iwate in December I enjoyed a couple bottles of your recommended Baeren Brewery which were quite tasty. For me the real value proposition is sake. So following Japanese tradition I suggest a first round of 生ビール followed by the appropriate amount of 日本酒. 🍻

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

If you get a chance, Akabu is some of the best sake from around here!

@deanzaZZR Жыл бұрын

@@GoNorthJapan Haha. You suggested that to us. The only time we saw it was in Morioka Station. We didn't have enough time to purchase and send back to Tokyo as we needed to catch a train and had more traveling to do. I didn't want to lug it around. We had some nice local flights in our stay at Hanamaki Onsen and Hiraizumi. The one bottle I grabbed before we got a bus to the onsen was Hamachidori Tokubetsu Junmai which was a real mild, pleasant sake. Akabu is actually available not too far from me in San Francisco but it's expensive. It will be mine eventually as both my wife and I love visiting Japan's Far North.

@McEspada Жыл бұрын

So you been in my town wow and I also got told that Iwanai was the first palce where Asparagus was cultivated. come for a climb next time

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Definitely want to go back and hike!!

@McEspada Жыл бұрын

There is also a ainu road that had disappeared because of lack of maintenance. Currently trying to find people who want to revive those forgotten passes. Come on in to our climbing gym and have a chat ✌️ your always welcome

@Slewenski 11 ай бұрын

:O I often wondered how the beer came to Japan but never read it up, so that's a mistery solved lol. I'm really suprised that hops would just grow wildly in japan i wonder if some visitors had previously just lost some seeds or what XD anyway,...here is yet another place I wanna visit..damn it lol. also: i'm going through your vids way too fast at this rate I'll be out of content before i finish ironing lol in a way it's a good sign that you have less time for videos overall as it means you're buzy and income is well and steady ;) good good. But it is somewhat bitter sweet 🥲 (but don't you dare stressing out about it :o you take all the time you need and all that)

@GoNorthJapan 10 ай бұрын

I'm over in the States for a month, and it's killing me that I can't hike any mountains in Japan this season or make any videos. Ah well.

@abrahamhernandez7782 Жыл бұрын

👍👍🙏🙏

@AlinaTheGoblin Жыл бұрын

As a former beer drinker (boo to gluten allergies!), love these videos. Are there any comparable breweries in Japan similar to Wisconsin's beloved New Glarus?

@GoNorthJapan Жыл бұрын

Definitely! But I'm not sure which one it would be.. hm... And sorry to hear about the gluten allergy..!

@deanzaZZR Жыл бұрын

Sake is gluten free last time I checked. 🍶