Yaho Brewing will open Yaho Brewing Osaka Brewery Yona Yona Beer Rise, an experiential brewery, in Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture, on July 23.
Yaho Brewing is a craft beer producer founded in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, in 1997. Its flagship product, Yona Yona Ale, was launched the same year. The company holds the leading share of Japan’s craft beer market and operates six official YONA YONA BEER WORKS beer restaurants in Tokyo, as well as SORATOSHIBA by Yona Yona Ale, a craft beer brewery restaurant at ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO.
With the concept “Peaceful surprises through beer!”, Yona Yona Beer Rise combines a beer production facility with a tourist attraction. More than simply a factory, it offers a new form of beer entertainment centered on craft beer.
The facility was made possible as a regional revitalization project using Izumisano City’s Furusato Tax 3.0 hometown tax donation-based crowdfunding program. The program aims to create local industries by launching new projects in partnership with private companies, providing companies with subsidies of up to 100% of donation amounts. Yona Yona Beer Rise has utilized approximately 2.3 billion yen in donations collected through the furusato tax program since September 2021 as subsidies.
While development has progressed on the southern side of the Rinku Town area, where an outlet mall is located, the northern side has remained underdeveloped. Izumisano City has positioned the brewery as a key visitor attraction. An experiential gelato facility and a ham and sausage factory with a café are also expected to open on adjacent sites within the year. Together with nearby facilities such as Kansai Ice Arena, the development is expected to encourage visitors to explore the area.
At the taproom, guests can pour and enjoy unfiltered Yona Yona Ale themselves at KURADASHI TAP, which is directly connected to the brewing area. YORIDORI TAP, where visitors can sample and compare up to 14 varieties of craft beer, is also available. The taproom and brewing area are separated by glass, allowing guests to eat and drink while watching brewers at work.
Outdoors, the facility features the PUHAA Garden. Guests can enjoy seating surrounded by herbs, a lawn area, and cornhole, a game originating in the United States. Food will also be offered from kitchen trucks on weekends.
At the BEER LOG CAN original-can-making experience, visitors can apply a decorated label to an empty can and use the brewery’s can seaming machine to seal it themselves. A game that challenges visitors to identify hop aromas and photo spots will also be available.
The adult brewery tour, held three times daily, includes tastings of freshly drawn beer straight from the tanks and other tasting experiences. Each 90-minute tour begins at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. daily. Capacity is limited to 12 people, and the fee is 3,630 yen, including tax. Tour participants do not need an admission reservation.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Friday through Sunday, with last orders at 5:30 p.m. There are 64 indoor seats and 80 outdoor seats. To ease congestion, admission is by reservation. Reservations for admission from July 1 through August 30 opened at noon on July 1 but have sold out.
To coincide with the opening, Yona Yona Moonwalk, which opened in November 2024 at the nearby OMO Kansai Airport hotel operated by group company Hoshino Resorts, will hold the Yona Yona Neighborhood Beer Garden from July 23 to October 31. Its feature is a neighborhood snack cart offering pairings with local gourmet food. The open space on the hotel’s top, 22nd floor offers views of Kansai International Airport and Izumisano City.
Access is approximately a four-minute walk from Rinku Town Station on JR West and Nankai Electric Railway lines. No parking is available. The annual visitor target is approximately 70,000, with annual production projected at around 900 kiloliters. (Reporting cooperation: Yaho Brewing)
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