Why You Should Visit
A once-a-year beer festival on the lawn of Ukigumo-enchi in Nara Park, bringing together every craft brewery in Nara Prefecture plus out-of-prefecture breweries with Nara ties. The 7th edition features 14 breweries alongside a row of food stalls. It began in 2018 as the celebration following a ceremony at Himuro Shrine, where beer is offered on the morning of Oct 3 before the festival opens. Admission is free; buy a reusable cup (¥100) with your first beer and rinse it at any booth for refills. A relaxed way to sample Nara-made beer with deer wandering nearby.
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Essentials
- location
- Ukigumo-enchi, Nara Park
- period
- October 3, 2026 (Sat) - October 4, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 10:00–17:00(ラストオーダー16:30)
- cost
- Free admission. To drink beer, buy a reusable plastic cup (¥100, tax incl.) at a beer booth on your first purchase, then pay per beer at each booth (no cup needed for food only). Last year's tickets are accepted at all booths as ¥300 each; no tickets are sold this year.
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About 15 min on foot from Kintetsu-Nara Station, or take a Nara Kotsu city-loop bus (outer loop) from JR Nara or Kintetsu-Nara to the Daibutsuden Kasuga-taisha-mae stop. No parking or bicycle parking at the venue.
- NOTE
Shrine ceremony: Sat Oct 3 from 9:00 at Himuro Shrine. Beer is offered to pray for the prosperity of brewing, and the festival follows.
How it works: buy the reusable cup and your first beer at a beer booth; rinse the cup at any beer booth for refills. T-shirts and take-home beer are sold on site.
Rules: only the official cup may be used; return food dishes to the booth you bought from; take your cup home afterwards; do not feed the deer anything other than deer crackers.
Payment: settle at each booth. Cash everywhere; e-money and credit cards at some booths. Leftover sticker tickets are not refunded and no new tickets are sold.
Enquiries: via the form on the official site. Office: Wine no Ojisama (10:00–19:00).
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 3 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Ukigumo-enchi, Nara Park, and 6 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
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