Craft beer bliss in Japan's Otaru: German malt meets soft water

Brewery and pub by famous Hokkaido canal offers visitors fine brews, views

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Otaru Beer Brewery's Otaru Soko No. 1 in the Hokkaido city attracts tourists from around Japan and around the world. (Photo by Sakura Hashikawa)

SAKURA HASHIKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SAPPORO, Japan -- Nestled along a picturesque canal in Otaru, a historic port town in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, is a building with weathered brick walls and green-framed windows that transports visitors straight to a "Little Germany."

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