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Cider in Japan 2014/12/12 16:57
Hi,

I am wondering if cider is a popular drink in Japan?? And what are the top/leading brands of cider if it is popular.

Also, does Japan have any range of 'flavoured' beers such as chilli, lychee, ginger, etc. - or is this something that Japanese people wouldn't be interested in?

Thanks guys!
by Paris (guest)  

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/12 18:08
In Japan, the alcoholic drink made from apples is not common at all, although you might come across it on occasion.

However, there is a very popular Japanese drink called cider....

This drink though is essentially sparkling lemonade; why they call it cider I have no idea...

http://tinyurl.com/kcvhbdu
by Saru Bob (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 00:20
Most famous cider in Japan is mitsuya cider.
However, recently, the land cider and strange cider has come out in various ways.
You may want drank salt cider.
http://www.notostyle.biz/SHOP/fo01-002.html
Also, being sold also unusual Ramune.
I drank curry Ramune.
Ramune is cider and taste almost the same, container is different.
It is covered with a round ball.
http://www.kimura-drink.co.jp/index1/ramune-toku/
Maybe, it might be sold at such Village Vanguard.
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 00:45
Once upon a time, I remembered that I bought a pudding cider in Shinjuku Isetan underground.
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2137757433259927001/2137758596067316703
And made to have company
http://www.tomomasu.co.jp/main/17.html
There was that drank syoyu(soy sauce) cider.
Homepage cider of information rests
http://www.j-sda.or.jp/images_j/stories/con_for_consumers/cydr/map.pdf
https://www.actiz.jp/cider/index.html
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 01:49
@haro1210

I think that OP is asking about cider as it's known in most other countries and NOT Japanese サイダー, as the drinks are completely different.

When English speakers think of cider, this is what they mean:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB
by Saru Bob (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 15:16

I looked at the wikipedia.
I was understanding not a cider(サイダー), and cider(シードル).
Cider I drank several times.
Located on the galette shop menu of Tokyo.
It is a French Brittany shops.
http://www.le-bretagne.com/e/cidre.html
This cider is sold very well and if fashionable liquor store's Tokyo.
Other, sometimes drank cider Japanese production.
Cider daily routine you might have sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/cidre/
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 15:36
Seems to have sold the cider that France made of different even in Cardi coffee farm.
http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/kaldi/3271470753711.html?sc_e=sydr_kwpd
I have never drank, but it seems there is also cider of Kirin.
http://www.kirin.co.jp/products/rtd/hardcidre/
It seems to drink in Tokyo part of the store.
Since cider can not make that it is not the producer of apples, kind as microbrew seems not many.
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture seems to be making the local cider.
http://www.jre-abc.com/a-factory/ciedle.html
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 15:42
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/cidre/
Cider daily routine you might have sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.

This is a strange translation.
When you have entered the nikka, it had been converted to a daily routine. .
nikka in old company name, now nikka has become a part of in the Asahi.
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/13 16:02
The other, Nagano, Yamagata, it seems to be also in Gunma.
Apple is made in a cold place.
Especially famous locality is Aomori and Nagano.
http://www.hara-igeta.jp/page0008.html
http://www.sakesake.com/item/kurabetu3/5/3-5-11.html
http://www.obuse-ya.jp/SHOP/XA-1.html
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/15 10:31
Hi All,

Thanks so much for your replies..

Sorry but to clarify, so the Alcoholic drink cider (such as Strongbow) is not very popular in Japan?

Do you think it's just that there's not a large availability, or that the Japanese just don't like cider?

Thanks for your help!
by pazmiz rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/15 10:38
It's probably a combination of them being neither popular nor really available. I also don't imagine that they would suit the general Japanese palate all that much either.
by yllwsmrf rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/15 11:15
I likes cider.
However, maybe, do not know the cider, or Japanese are not interested a lot.
Beer is not considered no life, life without cider is considered.
Towards the wine is popular than cider.
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/15 11:28
Thanks very helpful!
by pazmiz rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2014/12/15 17:40
It's quite difficult to get authentic alcoholic European cidre in Japan, but I once encountered a couple of them in a cafe in the resort of Nasu, Tochigi-ken.

The owner of the cafe gave me a "warning" that I may not like it, and when I did (nice and bitter) she said "Ugh!"

I noticed today that one of my favorite bakery cafes in southern Tokyo serves Bretagne cidre (three types: sweet, dry and organic). At least I know their bread is authentic. Unfortunately, I couldn't try the cidre as I still had work to do. But they didn't seem like your everyday Asahi sparkling apple wine. Here's the cafe. Note that they also serve Bretagne buckwheat beer.
http://www.palaisdepain.co.jp/cafe/index.html

I'm sure it's also possible to request for new stock at department stores. The many "Irish pubs" may carry them too.
by Uco rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2018/7/5 11:06
There is a magazine called inCiderJapan that has all the information about it: http://www.inciderjapan.com
by Tokyo Dynamite (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2018/7/5 12:37
Hard cider (alcoholic) is called shiidoru (シードル, sometimes spelled "cidre") in Japan.

I stopped drinking beer for a medical reason, and switched to hard ciders and sparkling wines (Champagne) for carbonated libations. Anyways, I visited Aomori prefecture (famous for apples) last year, a place called A-Factory (near Aomori station), where they brew their own hard ciders and also you can sample about a dozen hard ciders made in the region. I did sample all they offered, and concluded none of them were any good.
http://www.jre-abc.com/wp/afactory/cidlefactory/

I heard that in Japan you can buy an American hard cider brand called Angry Orchard. That is much better than any I sampled in Aomori.
by Ringo (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2018/7/6 14:28
As for your question about flavored beer, the liquor laws were amended in April this year to allow additional ingredients to be used in beer flavoring...
by dunit (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2018/7/6 15:33
There has been a boom in cider consumption in Japan over the past few years - there have been lots of trendy magazine articles, and it's easier to find cider on the menus of cafes. You can also see lots more craft cider on tap in craft-beer bars.
by Umami Dearest rate this post as useful

Re: Cider in Japan 2018/7/16 12:59
First, thank you Toko Dynamite for mentioning us. We are inCiderJapan, Japan's first and only bilingual magazine dedicated to all things cider: http://www.inCiderJapan.com

To reply to Ringo's comment, Angry Orchard is only one of many imported ciders available in Japan, and we will start importing ciders from San Diego this month.

If you have any questions regarding ciders in Japan, whether domestic or imported, please feel free to contact us.
by inCiderJapan rate this post as useful

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