Category Archives: Beer and Wine

Ganesh Belgium Beer Bar, Matsumoto

Ganesh is known amongst foreigners as Matsumoto cities’ micro-brew and international beer headquarters because the small, normal seeming bar has a uniquely diverse and international menu. In typical Japanese bar fashion, Ganesh’s import beers run a bit steep at 1,000yen … Continue reading

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Matsumoto City’s Gourmet Cheese Shop & Restaurant

by Whitney Conti Gellee Blanche cheese shop and restaurant displays Camembert boxes like most restaurants would show off wine bottles. Dozens of Camembert wheels line the walls above European trinkets and the French certificates of cheese connoisseur and owner Shomoda … Continue reading

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Shinano Brewery: Local Brewery Nails It

Shinano Brewery: By Derek Hurst I’d heard about it since I got here—the local microbrewery that apparently had a brew master who apprenticed in Boston.  Famous for miles around, I saw the signs everywhere: the train station, the tourist centers, … Continue reading

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