Fukushima Sake Festival

Take your pick of more than 150 varieties of Fukushima-produced sake at this jolly-looking two-day bash, which sees Shinbashi's SL Plaza invaded by 54 of the prefecture's finest nihonshu breweries. Pick up a five-pack of drink tickets for ¥1,000 and work your way through the selection, which includes several dozen award-winning bottles. All this will be complemented by booze-compatible local eats such as miso-flavoured tofu and grilled corn, plus stage appearances by comedy duo Tetsu and Tomo, 'folk music idol' Megumi Nagamine, bar-hopper-in-chief Rui Yoshida and many more.