MITO, Japan -- On a winter afternoon at JR Hitachi-Daigo Station located just north of Tokyo in Ibaraki prefecture, a bus pulls up ready to serve beer and whisky to the thirsty passengers boarding for their tour of local breweries.
A bar-equipped bus, sake tours and farm stays offer new flavors for far-flung visitors

Kiuchi Brewing and Distilling's bar-equipped sightseeing tour bus. (Photo by Naho Kondo)
MITO, Japan -- On a winter afternoon at JR Hitachi-Daigo Station located just north of Tokyo in Ibaraki prefecture, a bus pulls up ready to serve beer and whisky to the thirsty passengers boarding for their tour of local breweries.