Mount Takao Spring Beer Festival

Touted as Tokyo’s highest beer garden, Mount Takao Beer Garden sits 488m above sea level beside the cable car station, with views stretching across Tokyo and even to Yokohama on clear nights. It’s a popular post-hike stop, offering an all-you-can-eat buffet of Japanese, Chinese and Western dishes, plus 90 minutes of free-flowing beer, wine and cocktails.

To say that this place gets crowded at weekends would be an understatement. The spring edition runs from mid-March to late May, with a chance of extending into summer. One thing to note: the last cable car departs at 6pm (6.30pm on weekends).