
JI-BEER
1994: the year small breweries began.
The annual minimum volume for a beer licence fell from 2,000 kL to 60 kL.

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Mie, in the Tokai region. On record: Craft Beer.
Regional context image (photographed in an unrecorded location)Photo: Romain Guy from San Francisco, USA / Public domain
REGIONAL CONTEXT
Fuji's waters and Pacific light.
Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu and Mie. Water from Mount Fuji and the Kiso mountains meets a mild Pacific climate across this region.