Asahi Beer Oktoberfest in Hibiya 2013

Sure, we've managed to extract some mild amusement from the spate of Oktoberfests that have cropped up around Tokyo over the summer – but if they showed scant regard for seasonality, at least they had the decency to serve the right beer. With the real Oktoberfest starting in Munich in a few weeks' time, Tokyoites can mark the occasion with foaming pints of that most prized Teutonic tipple, Asahi Super Dry. Er... what? In a grudging concession to authenticity, Löwenbräu – which Asahi produces under license in Japan – will also be sold, and there'll be the requisite yodeling and oompah music. But really: who, other than the thousands of sloshed office workers who'll doubtless head to the event, are they trying to kid?